what is the meaning of life?

Answer 1

Thanks for the most intelligent question asked. In a nut shell-
We are not this material body, IE; Race, color, nationality, Religion, mind, intellect, senses, job, etc. We are all eternal spirit souls, part and parcel of the Supreme Soul, also known as Krishna, Allah, Jehovah, Vishnu, etc. We never die, only this mortal body dies.
This material world is not our real home, it is called Maya (illusion) and is temporary and full of misery, only one fourth of the souls come here, and the rest are enjoying blissful eternal loving relationships with our Maker named above. We fell here due to envying Gods position and He gave us free will so this world is for those who want to be separate from Him. After many lifetimes of trying to be creators we become board, frustrated and exhausted with this material world and finally come to the point of wanting to Return HOME. Those who are intelligent, take up the process of self realization (Bhakti Yoga)Which begins with the chanting of the Maha Mantra (The great Mantra for deliverance from material existence) which gives one real peace, happiness and reality. Then at the end of life they can return to the eternal Kingdom where there is no more birth, death, old age, or disease and be eternally happy. Unless one comes to ask this question in life they are considered no more intelligent than an animal. You have made much spiritual advancement today. Congradulations.
For info. Go to harekrishnatemple.com Read Bhagavad Gita- As it is by Bhaktivedanta Prabhupada asitis.com you can read it on line.

Answer 2

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 3

to find the meaning of life

Answer 4

I feel the meaning of life is to find out what the meaning of life is. Wierd huh? It made sense when I was attemping sleep last night.

Answer 5

Life is a learning experience. We come into this life to learn new things, to become better persons, to be generous, humble and learn to love...and be happy. In order to achieve this, we most overcome all the negativity that surrounds us.
Life is a school ...a passage ...

Answer 6

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Answer 7

What is the meaning of a cup of coffee? Same difference.

Answer 8

Suppose that is what it is. What it is, life. Life is what it is. Life is life. Life is a biological structure.

Answer 9

We each create our own meaning, and our own reasons for living.

Answer 10

We're not done here.