The Meaning of Life

[HappytheStripper]

Hi All .. I thought I may add something worthwhile from a well known person .. not me .. lol ..



Ashley

[mkirkpatrick]

Thank you Ashley,Mother teresa,was an inspiration to me and many others,
you have not been posting much lately,look forward to more posts from you!
regards michael.

[harmonygirl]

Thanks Ash, you have gotten me thinking about the sorrow aspect. This seems to permeate Buddhist philosophy and others, (the Jewish faith). I don't know that 'getting over it' is correct, I think you need to fully experience it, but am rethinking...

[ZenClone]

Very cool thread. and Mother Theresa was a wonderful woman!

To Live is to Create- to live is to express, and to express you have to create. Creation is never merely repetition. To live is to express oneself freely in creation.

The life of perfection is the simple life - A simple life is one of plainness, in which profit is discarded, cleverness abandoned, selfishness eliminated, and desires reduced.

It is the life of perfection which seems to be incomplete, and of fullness which seems to be empty.
It is the life which is as bright as light, but does not dazzle. In short, it is a life of harmony, unity, contentment, tranquility, constancy, enlightenment, peace , and long life.



I borrow heavy from Asian Philosophy.

There is no answer. Life must be understood from moment to moment.

[Elizabeth]

We may choose to give life meaning, but is it necessarily so that life must have a meaning? Life may just be, and it may be an evolutionary benefit for humans who wanted meaning to their lives to have survived, and therefore passed on their genes including the ones tainted with a desire for meaning, but I don't believe that there is a meaning to life.

Robert, the fan belt may have symbolically been the correct answer.

[Despina]

To want to preserve life gives life meaning......

To realize
The value of a sister,
Ask someone
Who doesn't have one.

To realize
The value of ten years,
Ask a newly
Divorced couple.

To realize
The value of four years,
Ask a graduate.

To realize
The value of one year,
Ask a student who
Has failed a final exam.

To realize
The value of nine months,
Ask a mother who gave birth to a stillborn.

To realize
The value of one-second,
Ask a person
Who has survived an accident.

Time waits for no one

Treasure every moment you have.

To realize the value of a friend or family member:

Is when you LOSE ONE.

Life has meaning and value.

[magic]

purpose and meaning

Now listen very closely and I will explain the nature of reality and the meaning and purpose of life, but before I do, let me ask you one question: "Why do you want to know?"

[mkirkpatrick]

So I can share this valuable knowledge with others!

regards michael.

[dleviwing]

"Why do you want to know?"

WHY DO YOU NEED A REASON FROM OTHERS????
Have you been in the outback too long?