What is the meaning of life?
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"What is the meaning of life?" is a question many people ask themselves at some point during their lives. Some people believe that the meaning of life is one or more of the following:\n\nSurvival and temporal success\n\n...to accumulate wealth and increase social status \n...to compete or co-operate with others \n...to destroy others who harm you, or to practice nonviolence and nonresistance \n...to gain and exercise power \n...to leave a legacy, such as a work of art or a book \n...to produce offspring through sexual reproduction \n...to seek freedom, either physically, mentally or financially \n...to seek happiness and flourish, experience pleasure or celebrate \n...to survive, including the pursuit of immortality through scientific means (see life extension) \nWisdom and knowledge\n\n...to be without question, or to keep asking questions \n...to learn from one's own and others mistakes \n...to seek truth, knowledge, understanding, or wisdom \n...to explore, to expand beyond our frontiers \n...to try to understand the meaning of life \nEthical\n\n...to express compassion \n...to live in peace with each other, and in harmony with our natural environment (see utopia) \n...to give and receive love \n...to seek and acquire virtue, to live a virtuous life \n...to serve others, or do good deeds \n...to work for justice and democracy \nEsoteric/Other\n\n...to achieve a supernatural connection within the natural context \n...to achieve enlightenment and inner peace \n...to advance natural human evolution, or to contribute to the gene pool of the human race \n...to advance technological evolution, or to actively develop the future human \n...to become God, or God-like \n...to contribute to collective meaning ("we" or "us") without having individual meaning ("I" or "me") \n...to die, or become a martyr \n...to experience existence from an infinite number of perspectives in order to expand the consciousness of all there is (i.e. God) \n...to give life meaning (an example of antimetabole) \n...to produce useful structure in the universe over and above consumption (see net creativity) \n...to pursue a dream, vision, or destiny \n...to relate, connect, or achieve unity with others \n...to seek and find beauty \n...to simply live until one dies (there is no universal or celestial purpose, existence has no meaning beyond which one chooses to give it) \n...to worship, serve, or achieve union with God \n...to have a purpose
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http://www.answers.com/meaning%20of%20life\n\n\nWhat is the meaning of life?" is a question many people ask themselves at some point during their lives. Some people believe that the meaning of life is one or more of the following:\n\nSurvival and temporal success\n\n    * ...to accumulate wealth and increase social status\n    * ...to compete or co-operate with others\n    * ...to destroy others who harm you, or to practice nonviolence and nonresistance\n    * ...to protect one's family, no matter the cost\n    * ...to gain and exercise power\n    * ...to leave a legacy, such as a work of art or a book\n    * ...to produce offspring through sexual reproduction\n    * ...to seek freedom, either physically, mentally or financially\n    * ...to seek happiness and flourish, experience pleasure or celebrate\n    * ...to survive, including the pursuit of immortality through scientific means (see life extension)\n\nWisdom and knowledge\n\n    * ...to be without question, or to keep asking questions\n    * ...to explore, to expand beyond our frontiers\n    * ...to learn from one's own and others' mistakes\n    * ...to seek truth, knowledge, understanding, or wisdom\n    * ...to try to discover and understand the meaning of life\n    * ...to experience anything if not something in this world\n\nEthical\n\n    * ...to express compassion\n    * ...to live in peace with each other, and in harmony with our natural environment (see utopia)\n    * ...to give and receive love\n    * ...to seek and acquire virtue, to live a virtuous life\n    * ...to serve others, or do good deeds\n    * ...to work for justice and democracy\n\nReligious, spiritual and esoteric\n\n    * ...to achieve a supernatural connection within the natural context\n    * ...to achieve enlightenment and inner peace\n    * ...to become God, or God-like\n    * ...to experience existence from an infinite number of perspectives in order to expand the consciousness of all there is (i.e. God)\n    * ...to follow the "Golden Rule"\n    * ...to produce useful structure in the universe over and above consumption (see net creativity)\n    * ...to reach Heaven in the afterlife\n    * ...to understand and follow the "Word of God"\n    * ...to worship, serve, or achieve union with God\n\nOther\n\n    * ...to advance natural human evolution, or to contribute to the gene pool of the human race\n    * ...to advance technological evolution, or to actively develop the future human\n    * ...to contribute to collective meaning ("we" or "us") without having individual meaning ("I" or "me")\n    * ...to die, or become a martyr\n    * ...to find a purpose, a "reason" for living that hopefully raises the quality of one's experience of life, or even life in general\n    * ...to live, and enjoy the passage of time\n    * ...to protect humanity, or more generally the environment\n    * ...to pursue a dream, vision, or destiny\n    * ...to relate, connect, or achieve unity with others\n    * ...to seek and find beauty\n    * ...to simply live until one dies (there is no universal or celestial purpose)\n    * ...still some do not even think there is any purpose whatsoever
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What is the meaning of life?" is a question many people ask themselves at some point during their lives. Some people believe that the meaning of life is one or more of the following:\n\nSurvival and temporal success\n\n    * ...to accumulate wealth and increase social status\n    * ...to compete or co-operate with others\n    * ...to destroy others who harm you, or to practice nonviolence and nonresistance\n    * ...to protect one's family, no matter the cost\n    * ...to gain and exercise power\n    * ...to leave a legacy, such as a work of art or a book\n    * ...to produce offspring through sexual reproduction\n    * ...to seek freedom, either physically, mentally or financially\n    * ...to seek happiness and flourish, experience pleasure or celebrate\n    * ...to survive, including the pursuit of immortality through scientific means (see life extension)\n\nWisdom and knowledge\n\n    * ...to be without question, or to keep asking questions\n    * ...to explore, to expand beyond our frontiers\n    * ...to learn from one's own and others' mistakes\n    * ...to seek truth, knowledge, understanding, or wisdom\n    * ...to try to discover and understand the meaning of life\n    * ...to experience anything if not something in this world\n\nEthical\n\n    * ...to express compassion\n    * ...to live in peace with each other, and in harmony with our natural environment (see utopia)\n    * ...to give and receive love\n    * ...to seek and acquire virtue, to live a virtuous life\n    * ...to serve others, or do good deeds\n    * ...to work for justice and democracy\n\nReligious, spiritual and esoteric\n\n    * ...to achieve a supernatural connection within the natural context\n    * ...to achieve enlightenment and inner peace\n    * ...to become God, or God-like\n    * ...to experience existence from an infinite number of perspectives in order to expand the consciousness of all there is (i.e. God)\n    * ...to follow the "Golden Rule"\n    * ...to produce useful structure in the universe over and above consumption (see net creativity)\n    * ...to reach Heaven in the afterlife\n    * ...to understand and follow the "Word of God"\n    * ...to worship, serve, or achieve union with God\n\nOther\n\n    * ...to advance natural human evolution, or to contribute to the gene pool of the human race\n    * ...to advance technological evolution, or to actively develop the future human\n    * ...to contribute to collective meaning ("we" or "us") without having individual meaning ("I" or "me")\n    * ...to die, or become a martyr\n    * ...to find a purpose, a "reason" for living that hopefully raises the quality of one's experience of life, or even life in general\n    * ...to live, and enjoy the passage of time\n    * ...to protect humanity, or more generally the environment\n    * ...to pursue a dream, vision, or destiny\n    * ...to relate, connect, or achieve unity with others\n    * ...to seek and find beauty\n    * ...to simply live until one dies (there is no universal or celestial purpose)\n    * ...still some do not even think there is any purpose whatsoever
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The purpose of life is to help the less fortunate and raise children, and to behave in a truthful and ethical manner.\n\nTherefore the meaning of life is to understand how to enhance the quality of life of others, and to do so.
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the meaning of life is to ponder the meaning of life.  The catch is if we ever find out the meaning of life all life will end and be replaced by something even more complicated.
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Creation! The meaning of life is what you make of it. The universe is what is there for you to discover. and everithing is what you live for. put them together and the answer is the same: CREATION
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What is the meaning of life? The question itself contains a word that is a misnomer. The word "life" should actually read "death" since this existence that we all like to call "life" is really "death." We all reside in the world of the dead, in "Hades" or "Hell," if you will. And of course, the dead know nothing, hence the reason we're continually asking "What is the meaning of life?" Since we're also inquiring of the dead, we get no sure replies.\n\nThose receiving the gift of life and resurrected will no longer have to ask "What is the meaning of life?" Being alive, they also have knowledge and the answer to the question before it's even asked.
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http://www.answers.com/topic/meaning-of-life?method=22\n\n\nWhat is the meaning of life?" is a question many people ask themselves at some point during their lives. Some people believe that the meaning of life is one or more of the following:\n\nSurvival and temporal success\n\n...to accumulate wealth and increase social status \n...to compete or co-operate with others \n...to destroy others who harm you, or to practice nonviolence and nonresistance \n...to protect one's family, no matter the cost \n...to gain and exercise power \n...to leave a legacy, such as a work of art or a book \n...to produce offspring through sexual reproduction \n...to seek freedom, either physically, mentally or financially \n...to seek happiness and flourish, experience pleasure or celebrate \n...to survive, including the pursuit of immortality through scientific means (see life extension) \nWisdom and knowledge\n\n...to be without question, or to keep asking questions \n...to explore, to expand beyond our frontiers \n...to learn from one's own and others' mistakes \n...to seek truth, knowledge, understanding, or wisdom \n...to try to discover and understand the meaning of life \n...to experience anything if not something in this world \nEthical\n\n...to express compassion \n...to live in peace with each other, and in harmony with our natural environment (see utopia) \n...to give and receive love \n...to seek and acquire virtue, to live a virtuous life \n...to serve others, or do good deeds \n...to work for justice and democracy \nReligious, spiritual and esoteric\n\n...to achieve a supernatural connection within the natural context \n...to achieve enlightenment and inner peace \n...to become God, or God-like \n...to experience existence from an infinite number of perspectives in order to expand the consciousness of all there is (i.e. God) \n...to follow the "Golden Rule" \n...to produce useful structure in the universe over and above consumption (see net creativity) \n...to reach Heaven in the afterlife \n...to understand and follow the "Word of God" \n...to worship, serve, or achieve union with God \nOther\n\n...to advance natural human evolution, or to contribute to the gene pool of the human race \n...to advance technological evolution, or to actively develop the future human \n...to contribute to collective meaning ("we" or "us") without having individual meaning ("I" or "me") \n...to die, or become a martyr \n...to find a purpose, a "reason" for living that hopefully raises the quality of one's experience of life, or even life in general \n...to live, and enjoy the passage of time \n...to protect humanity, or more generally the environment \n...to pursue a dream, vision, or destiny \n...to relate, connect, or achieve unity with others \n...to seek and find beauty \n...to simply live until one dies (there is no universal or celestial purpose) \n...still some do not even think there is any purpose whatsoever
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Life is meaningless. We have to create meaning in order to have meaning. Life would be darn boring if there's no meaning.
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The meaning of life is us and the living things that surround us. The meaning of the Universe is us and the livings things inside of it. The meaning of everything is all of it.
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You are basically asking what the meaning of life is.  I believe that we all have a purpose here.  The hard part is chosing the right path to follow in order to get where we are destined to be.
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No one can honestly answer this question for you. No one knows the meaning of life but I learned that you only have one chance in life and that you should make the most of it.
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life. To give life. I think thats the meaning of life or whatever is most important to you thats the meaning of life to you.
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what is the meaning of life?!?
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What is the meaning of life?\n\nOR\n\nWould you like fries with that? (ha ha)
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the meaning of life is to live, love and enjoy it; even in struggle.
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There is no meaning to life. Accepting this is very liberating.\nThen you can adopt a pragmatic view of life -- set goals based on your own criteria and realize that thought and behaviour is social convention. If this is true, then the meaning one creates in one's life would be very different from one individual to another.