In my personal opinion, there is no one universal answer to this question. This is a question everyone has to ask themself and form their OWN opinion about. No one else can tell you the meaning of your life.
We did not choose to be here, nobody and nothing chose for us. Ultimately, consciousness is a blind accident. But it is our privilege now that this is so to choose our purpose, as long as we understand the rights and responsibilities that come with it.
Human kind has a very real purpose. Man was fortunate enough to evolve into intellectual animals, therefore increasing chances of *survival. The “new” reasoning for a “purpose” consists of our new conscientous demands including well-being and the state of happiness. Concluding therefore a state of purpose as man is now is complex in the means of well-being of your own opinion.
I think we are here to express love to our planet and eachother and help to uplift the consciousness of ourselfs ond everything liveing thing around us. But we have not been doing this because of the men behind the curtan and our focouse on the individgual.
The Why as to our existence is something I often wonder, and it’s hard to settle on an answer that lies completely without subjectivity, not just subject to myself, but as a being of the human species. It’s difficult to make an objective claim about humankind wile we are all definitively human.
How did we get here? I’m not sure, evolution, adaptation probably. But when did we lose our sense of self? I believe our continued existence here is merely a case of survival, and that chaos and violence are what happens when (excuse the childish metaphor) We, as a society, decide its a good idea to run with the scissors as fast as we can, enjoying ourselves until something terrible happens. But of course we learn after that. As a whole, if we want to ever discover What our purpose is or where it is we’ve come from, then we’ll have to keep surviving until we meet that answer where ever it may be. Until then Love and Compassion to maintain a healthy and functioning “Human Cell” are going to become necessary, if only to continue our survival. But then again perhaps, in the end, the discovery of that form of survival practice is the purpose of it all.
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Jason Malerich on January 16, 2008, 11:23 AM
In my personal opinion, there is no one universal answer to this question. This is a question everyone has to ask themself and form their OWN opinion about. No one else can tell you the meaning of your life.
Andrew Torr on January 16, 2008, 11:33 AM
We did not choose to be here, nobody and nothing chose for us. Ultimately, consciousness is a blind accident. But it is our privilege now that this is so to choose our purpose, as long as we understand the rights and responsibilities that come with it.
Derek Pritchard on January 16, 2008, 3:38 PM
Human kind has a very real purpose. Man was fortunate enough to evolve into intellectual animals, therefore increasing chances of *survival. The “new” reasoning for a “purpose” consists of our new conscientous demands including well-being and the state of happiness. Concluding therefore a state of purpose as man is now is complex in the means of well-being of your own opinion.
Alan Golay on January 16, 2008, 3:51 PM
I think we are here to express love to our planet and eachother and help to uplift the consciousness of ourselfs ond everything liveing thing around us. But we have not been doing this because of the men behind the curtan and our focouse on the individgual.
Derek Hendricks on January 16, 2008, 8:00 PM
The Why as to our existence is something I often wonder, and it’s hard to settle on an answer that lies completely without subjectivity, not just subject to myself, but as a being of the human species. It’s difficult to make an objective claim about humankind wile we are all definitively human.
How did we get here? I’m not sure, evolution, adaptation probably. But when did we lose our sense of self? I believe our continued existence here is merely a case of survival, and that chaos and violence are what happens when (excuse the childish metaphor) We, as a society, decide its a good idea to run with the scissors as fast as we can, enjoying ourselves until something terrible happens. But of course we learn after that. As a whole, if we want to ever discover What our purpose is or where it is we’ve come from, then we’ll have to keep surviving until we meet that answer where ever it may be. Until then Love and Compassion to maintain a healthy and functioning “Human Cell” are going to become necessary, if only to continue our survival. But then again perhaps, in the end, the discovery of that form of survival practice is the purpose of it all.
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