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I too have myself this question many times and I am no wiser. So if anyone can come up with a plausible answer as to our purpose in life apart from the obvious ones such as make the most of what time we have and love as many people as you can etc I would be grateful, but please no religious answers because they are the ones I find most implausible.
We each have to discover this for ourselves.
Believing what we are told simply will not do.
Legitimate maps for this process are extremely lacking.
The place to start is to understand what it means to be alive and to be human. The human mind is what makes it possible to ask this question and to arrive at an answer so begin by understanding yourself and your relationship to the world which enables your existence. Appreciation for this is the key to finding its value. You can learn from others but only if you can relate what they tell you to your own experience. This process may not always be easy but short-cuts will only lead you down a blind alley. Your efforts and patience will be rewarded but don�t just take my word for it. See for yourself.
Believing what we are told simply will not do.
Legitimate maps for this process are extremely lacking.
The place to start is to understand what it means to be alive and to be human. The human mind is what makes it possible to ask this question and to arrive at an answer so begin by understanding yourself and your relationship to the world which enables your existence. Appreciation for this is the key to finding its value. You can learn from others but only if you can relate what they tell you to your own experience. This process may not always be easy but short-cuts will only lead you down a blind alley. Your efforts and patience will be rewarded but don�t just take my word for it. See for yourself.
For what it's worth....
I don't think there is any meaning in the simplistic sense (ie 42 or something like that) but I do believe that the way you live your life is vitally important. If you murder, rape, steal, always strive to just get stuff for yourself, to exploit others for your own ends etc, you condemn yourself to being a certain kind of person and having a certain kind of very limited life. If however you strive to be good, to do what is right, to love and respect those who deserve love and respect, to behave unselfishly and to look into the mystery and beauty of this world then you will have a much more rewarding and fulfilling life.
I don't believe in heaven and hell, and for me, not believing in these things means that this life is all the more important - it's vital to get things right because you will never get another chance. But I do believe that exploitative or sadistic people create their own ****** realities, and compassionate people create their own beautiful worlds - in effect, we create heaven and hell in our own lives.
I don't think there is any meaning in the simplistic sense (ie 42 or something like that) but I do believe that the way you live your life is vitally important. If you murder, rape, steal, always strive to just get stuff for yourself, to exploit others for your own ends etc, you condemn yourself to being a certain kind of person and having a certain kind of very limited life. If however you strive to be good, to do what is right, to love and respect those who deserve love and respect, to behave unselfishly and to look into the mystery and beauty of this world then you will have a much more rewarding and fulfilling life.
I don't believe in heaven and hell, and for me, not believing in these things means that this life is all the more important - it's vital to get things right because you will never get another chance. But I do believe that exploitative or sadistic people create their own ****** realities, and compassionate people create their own beautiful worlds - in effect, we create heaven and hell in our own lives.
I don�t believe in life after death but I do believe we do continue after death in the form of the things we bring into being and/or set into motion throughout our lifetime. Would it not be fitting if our legacy, good or bad, contributed to how we felt about ourselves in our final moments of consciousness?
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