The Meaning of Life

[Sempu]

Originally Posted by caveman

You wouldn't happen to be a Zen master, would you

A Zen master would probably say either that he wasn't a master, or that everyone was. Take your pick

The purpose of this thread was twofold. First, I find alternate ways of thinking to be fun and challenging. Secondly, this can be beneficial to other people who struggle to find meaning in life.

Whoa, you mean there's meaning in this thread?

But seriously... there is a big reminder here. So much of the time I treat things around me from a blind assumption based interpretation. Nothing wrong with that much of the time, or I'd still be figuring out how to get out of bed. But doing that all the time robs me of the joy of experiencing something completely. I just looked at the strawberry I was eating. I mean, really looked at it. And it was like, wow. That's available to everyone all the time. Even if they don't have a strawberry handy

[SaphirJD]

i wonder why there are always so much valueable reasons in life - just return to the core, enjoy yourselfe, enjoy your freetime, grab some food and drinks and enjoy the environment

[Theorist]

Maybe...

The meaning of life is that we are a being,
while,
the meaning of death is that we are an object?

[SaphirJD]

in the end life is an illusion, we put so much meaning into things that we forget to LIVE at all - As long as people dont realize that fact nothing changes, nothing is won!

[SaphirJD]

No matter if you are Bill "Windows Man" Gates or Lost "No Money, No Home" soul under the next bridge of the river next door :

You can still live with whatever you have, and the less you have, the less you care about things which are such stupid timewaste

We are overfeed, we are spoiled little brats which run out of control, we dream from neverending richness, the great god who watches only OUR steps. We are selfish and Greedy little children.

There are 2 Ways at least which i see:

1) We die out - What will perhaps mostly happen, dont be depressed, you all see it coming...

2) We do what not well educated Children can do best, we have fun without destroying things.

There is nothing more, nothing less. Every meaning is self created, and we run behind our many dreams like the dog after the bone. And i fear, the dog has in the end more brain as the Stupid children which we are deep to our core.

[Theorist]

let me simplify my take on life.

it's when you're not dead.

[SaphirJD]

Perfect words Just have your life, dont care about the rest wich enslaves you Love, Money, Education, Jobs... What is all that... Human creations - Just to keep our mind going that we dont turn insane

Back to our Roots, back 2 ourselves

[SaphirJD]

You have strawberries? Epic Friend, Epic

Thats what i always praying as All Knowing, All Seeing Super Villain - Trust in red Fruits, they know the truth and show you reality as it should be

[Sempu]

My favorite example of the dichotomy in religion is in the movie "Brother Sun, Sister Moon," about Saint Francis of Assisi. You have in Francis the essence of religion as a calling from God, meeting the Pope who is the essence of religion as an ossified dogma, and the effect of one on the other is so great that the Pope realizes he is in the presence of a truly religious man.

[josie20]

I find it arrogant to even ask what the meaning of life is. We're animals, just like any other. Did we develop greater intelligence, yes. But that doesn't mean we're separate, or different, from any other animal on the planet. You're here, so enjoy it(or don't). It's all up to you. We all live. We all die. Accept it for what it is.

[Icu]

Originally Posted by josie20

I find it arrogant to even ask what the meaning of life is. We're animals, just like any other. Did we develop greater intelligence, yes. But that doesn't mean we're separate, or different, from any other animal on the planet. You're here, so enjoy it(or don't). It's all up to you. We all live. We all die. Accept it for what it is.

Yeah this is more or less how I view it when it comes to talking about meaning in life. I don't think there's any inherent meaning so you're free to make whatever meaning out of it that you want.

Actually this is also in a lot of ways how I view posts about people criticizing humanity as an entire species.

[BotanicalMedley]

What is life? What is the meaning of life? Does it even have a meaning?

Life is consciousness.

What is consciousness?

Consciousness is thinking, smelling, seeing, hearing, tasting, feeling. Over all, experiencing.

What is the meaning of life?

Think of what you do from a day to day basis. You experience. Every single day, we experience, LEARN something new. It doesn't have to be something like a difficult calculous problem. It can be as simple as finding out that James Cameron posted a new tweet. It's still finding something out, and when you read that tweet, you're finding out what he thinks, or what he's been doing, etc.(this is a strange idiology, I know) But either way, you're learning something.

We learn every single day. You may think now,"But we always see the same things every single day." That's not true. We may see in general the same people, or the same roads we travel on, and the same sky, but those people are going to be wearing something different and saying different things, the roads will have different cars on them, the sky will have different clouds in it. So, we're learning that these poeple like these kinds of clothes and say these things so they have this kind of personality, this road is very popular or not so popular, these clouds look like rain clouds or the sun looks so interesting behind them. And you feel something about it.

So, this concludes that the meaning of life is for us to LEARN and EXPERIENCE, to FIGURE OUT as much as we possibly can with the time given to us.

And our life could end at any moment from anything, and that's why it's so important to live as best as we can every second of every minute of every hour of every day and so on and so forth. So when we die we don't live the rest of eternity in complete misery because we didn't live our life the way we should have.

[caveman]

Originally Posted by BotanicalMedley

What is life? What is the meaning of life? Does it even have a meaning?

Life is consciousness.

What is consciousness?

Consciousness is thinking, smelling, seeing, hearing, tasting, feeling. Over all, experiencing.

What is the meaning of life?

Think of what you do from a day to day basis. You experience. Every single day, we experience, LEARN something new. It doesn't have to be something like a difficult calculous problem. It can be as simple as finding out that James Cameron posted a new tweet. It's still finding something out, and when you read that tweet, you're finding out what he thinks, or what he's been doing, etc.(this is a strange idiology, I know) But either way, you're learning something.

We learn every single day. You may think now,"But we always see the same things every single day." That's not true. We may see in general the same people, or the same roads we travel on, and the same sky, but those people are going to be wearing something different and saying different things, the roads will have different cars on them, the sky will have different clouds in it. So, we're learning that these poeple like these kinds of clothes and say these things so they have this kind of personality, this road is very popular or not so popular, these clouds look like rain clouds or the sun looks so interesting behind them. And you feel something about it.

So, this concludes that the meaning of life is for us to LEARN and EXPERIENCE, to FIGURE OUT as much as we possibly can with the time given to us.

And our life could end at any moment from anything, and that's why it's so important to live as best as we can every second of every minute of every hour of every day and so on and so forth. So when we die we don't live the rest of eternity in complete misery because we didn't live our life the way we should have.

So could you say, in the most general term, that the meaning of life is to grow?

This was actually my conclusion for some time. I still play with the idea, although as I've stated in the thread, I'm diving into new understandings and new ways of thinking. Still, I like this conclusion you have. It seems like a mix between my old conclusion and my new one.

[BotanicalMedley]

To caveman:

Yup. Basically.

[Oliver]

i can't find the meaning with life right now. i don't thinks there is a actually meaning with life