What is the meaning of life?
The meaning of life.
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Actually, i've been thinking about this a lot lately. I recently saw a commercial where a woman working in a hospital doing odtopsies (sp?) said that when she's operating on someone she doesn't know the name of the person, their background or anything, they're just a number. So really the commercial all boiled down to the secret of life being, "be happy/thankful with what you've got". And I never thought of it like that before so it's been making me think...
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Then check out http://www.urantia.com. There you will find the meaning of life and many of the secrets of the universe. It's free, too!
are you in some kind of cult?
The meaning of life? Why, to live until you die, of course. ;] It's kind of a silly uberphilosphical question. You mean the meaning of an individual, or humanity, or life itself as a whole? I've had all sorts of interesting and far-too-intricate conversations with my brother on all three subjects, but I'm way too tired to get into that. So I'll just talk about what's most immediately important to me: the meaning in my own life, i.e; why it'd suck to die tomorrow.
For me, coming from no religious affiliation, and therefore believing in no form of afterlife (when it's over, it's over. The end. Literally ;D ) I'm only concerned with doing what I want to do. If I accomplish everything I want to, and I am successful in it and reach my fullest potential in every way I am capable -- and maybe, if I'm lucky, find some happiness along the way -- I can die happy. I've yet to reach any of this. ;]
I don't think they're any real answer though. Or, perhaps more correctly: there is no real meaning of life. Only what you make it.
For me, coming from no religious affiliation, and therefore believing in no form of afterlife (when it's over, it's over. The end. Literally ;D ) I'm only concerned with doing what I want to do. If I accomplish everything I want to, and I am successful in it and reach my fullest potential in every way I am capable -- and maybe, if I'm lucky, find some happiness along the way -- I can die happy. I've yet to reach any of this. ;]
I don't think they're any real answer though. Or, perhaps more correctly: there is no real meaning of life. Only what you make it.
Shadows Paradox X wrote:
No. No. The book actually advises AGAINST cults. At least CLICK on it and read the foreword.
hate to break it to you but life has no meaning. sorry kiddies but all that crap they taught you about in sunday school was a lie. your born you live you die, it's simple. religion was originally just a way for people to gain power through instilling fear in people. or peoples sad attempts at creating false hopes that all their problems will be solved by "God".
CookieMoses wrote:
Oh My God! that's exactly what a brainwashed cult member would say. do you hand out pamphlets at airports and await the shining spaceship that will take you to heaven after you fork over all your worldly posessions.
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ummm. right now the meaning of life for me is to do SOMETHING until tomorrow, when I do something else until the next day until it is over again. My highschool's motto was "life is preparation for death," so, like, I guess we're just suppose to die.
I think maybe we only create meaning because we're too afraid to have none. I have none. But sometimes I find something shiny to play with so I do that for about a half an hour, and then my life has meaning once again~*lalala*
I think maybe we only create meaning because we're too afraid to have none. I have none. But sometimes I find something shiny to play with so I do that for about a half an hour, and then my life has meaning once again~*lalala*
Shadows Paradox X wrote:
NO!!! DO NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS BEFORE YOU CHECK OUT THE WEBSITE. THAT WOULD MAKE YOU LOOK UNEDUCATED AND STUPID. YOU DO NOT KNOW WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT. AT LEAST READ THE FOREWORD OF THE BOOK!!!!!!!!
GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Cookie, relax, he was making a joke, honestly I would have said the same thing ><
But I think the meaning of your own life is the difference you made, the people you helped, and eveything you created.
So far the meaning of my life is individuality, courage of facing age old fears, and accepting my family and past (yes I have a problem of not bieng able to forget all the crap that happens in my life), also my friends, crystal, I've helped her out a bit by talking to her, Toki-kun, I also talked to him, Masako, Oomi, and Tarian, and lastly, a new outlook on life. (only my close friends will understand this)
But I think the meaning of your own life is the difference you made, the people you helped, and eveything you created.
So far the meaning of my life is individuality, courage of facing age old fears, and accepting my family and past (yes I have a problem of not bieng able to forget all the crap that happens in my life), also my friends, crystal, I've helped her out a bit by talking to her, Toki-kun, I also talked to him, Masako, Oomi, and Tarian, and lastly, a new outlook on life. (only my close friends will understand this)
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Sorry. Again.
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I love these kinds of questions!
Ohhh boy, I'm glad someone asked this question because I have very strong opinions on it. Although then again, I have strong opinions on everything. And I'm always very open to hear someone's new point of view too, because like a child it is how I learn.
Well to begin, let's talk about the possible reasons someone commits suicide. Usually, when someone's unhappy or ambivilent about their life, they keep on living anyway. But what pushes someone over the edge and drives them to kill--themselves? What made them so unsatisfied with their life, to make them do such a thing? It could be for a variety of reasons, but they seem to usually revolve around a social situation of some sort. A recent breakup w/a once-loyal counterpart, the loss of a good friend and/or the hurtful words spoken, feeling so alone and helpless in the world, etc. Companionship...a sacred bond in any sort of relationship better known as love... A great loss of this can be what really motivates someone to feel that life is no longer worth waking up for.
And then there's also a reason such as feeling like they can do nothing to change a situation that is detrimental to their emotional health. So something else has a crucial impact on the meaning of life, if you start feeling helplessly trapped. We all need change. We learn, grow and move forward in life through change. Both life experiences and scientific research prove how harmful routines and ruts can be upon mental and emotional (not to mention sexual) health. Slightly off-topic, but did you know that it has been proven that someone is more likely to grow mentally unstable in a room with no variety of decoration or color (let's say, a room filled with the same pigment of a drab neutral beige,) than in a room as colorful and flashy as a circus (a lot like my room?
) What I'm saying, is that the same applies to our lives.
I believe that the point of our lives, is not at all about hoarding up as much money and crap as possible. I don't believe in the American dream. It's not about having a wife, two kids, a golden retriever, and a two-story house with a swimming pool. In a way, I believe it is selfish to think this is what defines a sucessful life. What I do believe, is that we were meant to share close meaningful bonds, interact deeply with each other, do something to actively change each other's lives in a positive and permanent way. Enrich each other's lives with all sorts of things inspired by the heart of our emotions and what makes us human--through music, literature, fine arts, and sometimes just insightful words from the heart. To be a living example, I can rest feeling more accomplished tonight after finishing this thoughtful piece. Another living example would be how Mana feels the reason he was put in this world was to enlighten our lives with the music and illusions of his brilliant imagination. If my life became so hopeless, dull and without love, I could live on and save myself if I discovered Malice Mizer for the first time all over again...so in a way Mana is saving my life. But I also believe that we were all put in this world for different purposes that cleverly interlink with one another's. As my best friend put it, "The meaning of life is different for everyone...everyone will find their own...if only people would realize that."
Ohhh boy, I'm glad someone asked this question because I have very strong opinions on it. Although then again, I have strong opinions on everything. And I'm always very open to hear someone's new point of view too, because like a child it is how I learn.
Well to begin, let's talk about the possible reasons someone commits suicide. Usually, when someone's unhappy or ambivilent about their life, they keep on living anyway. But what pushes someone over the edge and drives them to kill--themselves? What made them so unsatisfied with their life, to make them do such a thing? It could be for a variety of reasons, but they seem to usually revolve around a social situation of some sort. A recent breakup w/a once-loyal counterpart, the loss of a good friend and/or the hurtful words spoken, feeling so alone and helpless in the world, etc. Companionship...a sacred bond in any sort of relationship better known as love... A great loss of this can be what really motivates someone to feel that life is no longer worth waking up for.
And then there's also a reason such as feeling like they can do nothing to change a situation that is detrimental to their emotional health. So something else has a crucial impact on the meaning of life, if you start feeling helplessly trapped. We all need change. We learn, grow and move forward in life through change. Both life experiences and scientific research prove how harmful routines and ruts can be upon mental and emotional (not to mention sexual) health. Slightly off-topic, but did you know that it has been proven that someone is more likely to grow mentally unstable in a room with no variety of decoration or color (let's say, a room filled with the same pigment of a drab neutral beige,) than in a room as colorful and flashy as a circus (a lot like my room?
) What I'm saying, is that the same applies to our lives.I believe that the point of our lives, is not at all about hoarding up as much money and crap as possible. I don't believe in the American dream. It's not about having a wife, two kids, a golden retriever, and a two-story house with a swimming pool. In a way, I believe it is selfish to think this is what defines a sucessful life. What I do believe, is that we were meant to share close meaningful bonds, interact deeply with each other, do something to actively change each other's lives in a positive and permanent way. Enrich each other's lives with all sorts of things inspired by the heart of our emotions and what makes us human--through music, literature, fine arts, and sometimes just insightful words from the heart. To be a living example, I can rest feeling more accomplished tonight after finishing this thoughtful piece. Another living example would be how Mana feels the reason he was put in this world was to enlighten our lives with the music and illusions of his brilliant imagination. If my life became so hopeless, dull and without love, I could live on and save myself if I discovered Malice Mizer for the first time all over again...so in a way Mana is saving my life. But I also believe that we were all put in this world for different purposes that cleverly interlink with one another's. As my best friend put it, "The meaning of life is different for everyone...everyone will find their own...if only people would realize that."
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Finally, someone more positive
RedMetallicTears, I like your idea of what life means to us! It's a lot more positive than what I've been mostly reading in this forum
Seriously, you've just read a teensy little excerpt of ALL the things I could go on and on about the meaning of life. Positiveness is quite essential, as the study of psychoneuroimmunology so vividly proves. And don't even get me started on what that word represents the study of; I've contributed enough to this forum for tonight at least X_X
RedMetallicTears, I like your idea of what life means to us! It's a lot more positive than what I've been mostly reading in this forum
Seriously, you've just read a teensy little excerpt of ALL the things I could go on and on about the meaning of life. Positiveness is quite essential, as the study of psychoneuroimmunology so vividly proves. And don't even get me started on what that word represents the study of; I've contributed enough to this forum for tonight at least X_X
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Finally, someone more positive
RedMetallicTears, I like your idea of what life means to us! It's a lot more positive than what I've been mostly reading in this forum
Seriously, you've just read a teensy little excerpt of ALL the things I could go on and on about the meaning of life. Positiveness is quite essential, as the study of psychoneuroimmunology so vividly proves. And don't even get me started on what that word represents the study of; I've contributed enough to this forum for tonight at least X_X
RedMetallicTears, I like your idea of what life means to us! It's a lot more positive than what I've been mostly reading in this forum
Seriously, you've just read a teensy little excerpt of ALL the things I could go on and on about the meaning of life. Positiveness is quite essential, as the study of psychoneuroimmunology so vividly proves. And don't even get me started on what that word represents the study of; I've contributed enough to this forum for tonight at least X_X
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I wonder if my intestines are wondering the same..... haha it would be funny to tell them whats their meaning to be 
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The meaning of an intestine's life? XD
Err...to do their manly best at absorbing amino acids, electrolytes, fatty acids, water and monosaccharides (broken-down carbohydrates,) for as long as we're alive? Well...they do get a short break if there's an adrenaline rush
Err...to do their manly best at absorbing amino acids, electrolytes, fatty acids, water and monosaccharides (broken-down carbohydrates,) for as long as we're alive? Well...they do get a short break if there's an adrenaline rush
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"Crush your enemies.
See them driven before you.
And hear the lamentations of the women."
not that anyone pays attention to me or anything but, the meaning of life is really just to learn lessons as things go on, when you pass over you either start again and learn more or move on again.
pretty simple stuff i feel.
pretty simple stuff i feel.