What is the meaning of life?

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What is the meaning of life?
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The philosophical question quotWhat is the meaning of life?quot means different things to different people. The vagueness of the query is inherent in the word quotmeaningquot, which opens the question to many interpretations, such as quotWhat is the origin of life?quot, quotWhat is the nature of life and of the universe in which we live?quot, quotWhat is the significance of life?quot, quotWhat is valuable in life?quot, and quotWhat is the purpose of, or in, ones life?quot. These questions have resulted in a wide range of competing answers and arguments, from scientific theories, to philosophical, theological, and spiritual explanations.brbrThese questions are separate from the scientific issue of the boundary between things with life and inanimate objects.brPopular beliefsbrquotWhat is the meaning of life?quot is a question many people ask themselves at some point during their lives, most in the context quotWhat is the purpose of life?quot Here are some of the many potential answers to this perplexing question. The responses are shown to overlap in many ways but may be grouped into the following categoriesbrbrSurvival and temporal successbr...to live every day like it is your last and to do your best at everything that comes before you br...to be always satisfied br...to live, go to school, work, and die br...to participate in natural human evolution, or to contribute to the gene pool of the human race br...to advance technological evolution, or to actively develop the future of intelligent life br...to compete or cooperate with others br...to destroy others who harm you, or to practice nonviolence and nonresistance br...to gain and exercise power br...to leave a legacy, such as a work of art or a book br...to eat br...to prepare for death br...to spend life in the pursuit of happiness, maybe not to obtain it, but to pursue it relentlessly. br...to produce offspring through sexual reproduction alike to participating in evolution br...to protect and preserve ones kin, clan, or tribe akin to participating in evolution br...to seek freedom, either physically, mentally or financially br...to observe the ultimate fate of humanity to the furthest possible extent br...to seek happiness and flourish, experience pleasure or celebrate br...to survive, including the pursuit of immortality through scientific means br...to attempt to have many sexual conquests as in Arthur Schopenhauers will to procreate br...to find and take over all free space in this quotgamequot called life br...to seek and find beauty br...to kill or be killed br...No point. Since having a point is a condition of living human consciousness. Animals do not need a point to live or exist. It is more of an affliction of consciousness that there are such things as points, a negative side to evolutionary development for lack of better words. brbrWisdom and knowledgebr...to master and know everything br...to be without questions, or to keep asking questions br...to expand ones perception of the world br...to explore, to expand beyond our frontiers br...to learn from ones own and others mistakes br...to seek truth, knowledge, understanding, or wisdom br...to understand and be mindful of creation or the cosmos br...to lead the world towards a desired situation br...to satisfy the natural curiosity felt by humans about life brbrEthicalbr...to express compassion br...to follow the quotGolden Rulequot br...to give and receive love br...to work for justice and freedom br...to live in peace with yourself and each other, and in harmony with our natural environment br...to protect humanity, or more generally the environment br...to serve others, or do good deeds brbrReligious and spiritualbr...to find perfect love and a complete expression of ones humanness in a relationship with God br...to achieve a supernatural connection within the natural context br...to achieve enlightenment and inner peace br...to become like God, or divine br...to glorify God br...to experience personal justice i.e. to be rewarded for goodness br...to experience existence from an infinite number of perspectives in order to expand the consciousness of all there is i.e. to seek objectivity br...to be a filter of creation between heaven and hell br...to produce useful structure in the universe over and above consumption see net creativity br...to reach Heaven in the afterlife br...to seek and acquire virtue, to live a virtuous life br...to turn fear into joy at a constant rate achieving on literal and metaphorical levels immortality, enlightenment, and atonement br...to understand and follow the quotWord of Godquot br...to discover who you are br...to resolve all problems that one faces, or to ignore them and attempt to fully continue life without them, or to detach oneself from all problems faced brbrPhilosophicalbr...to give life meaning br...to participate in the chain of events which has led from the creation of the universe until its possible end either freely chosen or determined, this is a subject widely debated amongst philosophers br...to know the meaning of life br...to achieve selfactualisation br...all possible meanings have some validity br...life in itself has no meaning, for its purpose is an opportunity to create that meaning, therefore br...to die br...to simply live until one dies there is no universal or celestial purpose br...nature taking its course the wheel of time keeps on turning br...whatever you see you see, as in quotprojection makes perceptionquot br...there is no purpose or meaning whatsoever br...life may actually not exist, or may be illusory br...to contemplate quotthe meaning of the end of lifequot brbrOtherbr...to contribute to collective meaning quotwequot or quotusquot without having individual meaning quotIquot or quotmequot br...to find a purpose, a quotreasonquot for living that hopefully raises the quality of ones experience of life, or even life in general br...to participate in the inevitable increase in entropy of the universe br...to make conformists lives miserable br...to make life as difficult as possible for others i.e. to compete