what's the meaning of life?

Question

I just don't get it, you gonna anyway and probably a lot throughout your life. so what the damn reason we come here. i hate it here.

Answer 1

80% of humanity, the religious folks, don't need to ask the meaning of life, the church tells them....the supernatural explanation. But the rest of us can't swallow religious dogma, because there's no evidence. Nobody can prove that there life after death, that people are tortured or rewarded after life or that there's invisible spirits running around.

I've come to two conclusions recently:

1. Life has no meaning
2. Life has a million meanings.

First, there's a certainty that death and annihilation awaits not only you, but the Earth in general. It's an astonomical certainty that our sun will supernova and leave the earth a burnt crisp, not to mention all the other extinction level events around the corner.

Second, the million things that give us meaning are the pleasurable experiences we can conjure up during the short period we are here on the earth, in the form of the relationships we have with our kids and other people, and the 'housekeeping' types of purposes. What i mean by that are the curing disease, ending hunger, improving literacy, reducing crime, preventing war, helping other kinds of things.

So the bottom line is, we only have a temporary meaning to life, to reduce pain and increase pleasure, other than that everything is lost to oblivion.


To be or not to be? "To be" is temporary and "not to be" is inevitable.....

Answer 2

Evolution made matter so complex that it can perceive a small amount of the area around it, in doing this evolution formed awareness, in this awareness we ask what reason are we aware for.
The meaning of life is life. The meaning of an scarmbled egg, is scrambled egg, the meaning of pillow is a pillow, all these things interact with other things, but there purpose is no greater then what the universe has given the listed items, including life.

Answer 3

This is the most sought question ever in this section. Allow me to share with you the answer of Albert Einstein in his message at Mein Weltbild, amsterdam: Querido Verlag, 1934.

What is the meaning of human life, or, for that matter, of the life of any creature? To know an answer to this question means to be religious. You ask: Does it may any sense, then, to pose this question? I answer: The man who regards his own life and that of his fellow creatures as meaningless is not merely unhappy but hardly fit for life.

Answer 4

There is no meaning to life, time does not exist, this is only a second, time is fleeting and when were gone no will even remember that we were here.

Answer 5

the meaning of life would have to be
to make those you love to feel loved.
to make others' lives easier.
to be known, to make a difference.
why would you question this? i highly doubt Martin Luther King Jr. or Ghandi or Albert Einstien thought about this. .

Answer 6

i asked my dog that once, not Ruffy, but Shadow, who is dead now. anyway, i asked him, what do you think is the meaning of life. he looked up at me with his beautiful brown eyes, and told me...... 'try to be happy, and keep your tail out of the lawnmower'. ive never ever known a dog to lie.

Answer 7

To live and learn.

Answer 8

That's the beauty of it: each of us has to find their own answer to that question! :)

Answer 9

You live until you die. Case closed.

Answer 10

Only the individual who poses this question can provide an adequate answer, but it requires much effort. To answer the question requires that one learn about oneself, knowledgeably choose one's social roles, freely develop social functions, and know well what the values of those roles and functions are. What motivates individuals to seriously question the meaning of life, besides philosophical curiosity, is normally that they feel that their life lacks meaning and their sense of existential purpose is weak. Such individuals tend to not adequately know how their life adds value to the world and how the world adds value to their individual life and recognizes their life's value. So, the pursuit of knowledge of self and others helps individuals to overcome the feeling that life lacks meaning and to gain a strong sense of existential purpose.

However, the attainment of a strong sense of existential purpose requires that one do more with knowledge than merely obtain it. One must apply that knowledge in ways that are helpful for one's personal psychological development and the well being of other persons. One's sense of existential purpose does not simply depend on future considerations. It depends on one's present and past experiences as well. The development of a strong sense of existential purpose requires three main temporal outlooks. The first one is a sense of past accomplishment. One has to apply knowledge in ways that satisfy psychological needs such as the need for self-esteem. When one feels progress in the satisfaction of one's need for self-esteem one also feels that one has added value to one's life and that other persons recognize that value. This knowledge of the value of one's life develops feelings of past accomplishment, and deepens one's awareness that one does have existential purpose.

Another requirement for a strong sense of existential purpose is present endeavour. One must apply knowledge towards one's own social and mental development, that is, one must develop one's social and psychological self in an informed manner; obtain further knowledge so that one may optimally inform one's continued pursuit of the definition and redefinition of one's ethical character; select one's dominant personality traits in accordance with what will help one to satisfy one's various psychological needs, preferences, and priorities; and continue to define and redefine one's concepts of, and point of views on, as many things that one holds of interest. As well, one must set concrete goals for one's present endeavours and towards future achievements, and this is the third requirement for a strong sense of existential purpose: a sense of future direction.

The meaning of life is that one as a rational and progressive human being must learn to live one's life in ways that respect its value, and optimize its growth and maturation. Yet, the meaning of life must be customized for the individuals to whom that life belongs, and the ways that one chooses to show respect for one's own life, and help its progress are the ultimate expression of the meaning of one's life.