Meaning of life

[No0ne]

For life is what life is, for that is what I say life is, therefore making life what life is, and thats what I say life is, and therefore I made life what life is.

Originally Posted by No0ne

For life is what life is, for that is what I say life is, therefore making life what life is, and thats what I say life is, and therefore I made life what life is.

So therefore You must make life what life is, and thats what you say life is, therefore making life what life is, and thats what you say life is.

So the meaning of life, is the act of defining what life is to you, therefore you say what life means to you, therfore you make the meaning of life that of which you say it is.

Yet what you say it is, might not be the same thing somone els say's it is, so please give there point of view and perception of there meaning of life, the same amount of respect as your own, for you would want your own respected so respect other's Hence Do onto other's as want done onto your self.(also there is no one single meaning of life is correct in allway's, that work's for all peole.)

[BrightNoon]

I'm no buddhist, but I like their koans, so here is one on this very subject.

A young monk walks into the room of his master and asks "Master, what is the meaning of life." The master looks at him, then looks down, picks up his shoes, places them squarely atop his head and walks out of the room whistling.

In other words, apple sauce.

[Fido]

Originally Posted by BrightNoon

I'm no buddhist, but I like their koans, so here is one on this very subject.

A young monk walks into the room of his master and asks "Master, what is the meaning of life." The master looks at him, then looks down, picks up his shoes, places them squarely atop his head and walks out of the room whistling.

In other words, apple sauce.

My mother said she often wished everything had a point so it wouldn't hold much clutter. I just clutter everything up to a rounded mound that won't hold more. I did get the harley out of the garage for a few days. I obviously screwed something up in the clutch area, and the rear brake stuck, which wasn't my fault. But it is hard to save junk and think clearly, or work well for that matter. So my point is: how does one put flat shoes on top of a round head squarely? Is apple sauce the answer to that too?

[ratta]

the meaning of life for me is knowing that my soulmate loves me as much as i love him.

i dont think u have to be crazy to unerstand the meaning of life that was lovely what u wrote i just want u to know that

[Didymos Thomas]

I think the Buddhist metaphors have been more powerful in this thread than anything else.
Check out "Inner Revolution" by Robert Thurman.
And if you, having read Thurman (the father of a famous movie star Thurman), appreciated the Buddhist contributions, check this site:
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[Fido]

Originally Posted by ratta

the meaning of life for me is knowing that my soulmate loves me as much as i love him.

i dont think u have to be crazy to unerstand the meaning of life that was lovely what u wrote i just want u to know that

Everyone should learn that our reach always exceeds our grasp, and I know this pesonally because I have left finger prints all over much that has escaped me. That does not mean anyone should quit reaching, and over reaching. It does mean we should develop our senses when these are the very qualities we often try to turn off just so we can function. Do you get my drift here? I mean, when we find we are living our lives denying our emotions, our fatigue, our boredom, our anger, our fear; then we have denied to ourselves the path of learning. I love children. But I can't stand them much because they are so demanding and filthy. To be around them is to be made new. They see, smell and taste everything as though it were made this morning only for them, and if they stick their whole face in a rose they know as much about its scent as a scientist with enthusiasm to spare. I would go through youth again for no prize. I hope to always keep my youth until I die.

[Corax]

you could argue: god knows the meaning of life, so why do you need to know it? he controls all of your actions anyways.

or you could say: what is life? what is meaning? everyones life is different, so is the meaning of everyones life different? it seems like it would be. so the answer is: i dont know the meaning of your life, and i don't care to spend my time figuring it out, you would have to figure it out for yourself, and the results could only help you and no one else.

[Khethil]

Meaning; is loosely defined as, "... what is meant or intended" (Definition)

To say "Life has a meaning" - or to ask what that might be - implies that there is an 'intention', as if to ask "What is the intent of putting goats on the earth?! - There must be some reason!" Who says that life, as a general concept, has any intent at all? Could it be that this "just is"? Life evolved over billions of years - continuing to change - and us folk find ourselves here at the same time asking "why".

Must that tree, now dripping more raindrops on my BBQ grill, have some 'intent' or 'purpose'? Where did this notion come from: that all things have a purpose or reason to exist? Kind of sounds like vicious egotism - the man in a box sees all things as relating to boxes.

But notwithstanding the juxtaposed mish-mash of brain-soup this question bestows, my take on the question, in the spirit and intent it's has been posed, is as follows:

Life has no meaning except that which it gives itself.

There is, to my knowledge, but one species on our planet that has this capability.

[Fido]

Originally Posted by Corax

you could argue: god knows the meaning of life, so why do you need to know it? he controls all of your actions anyways.

or you could say: what is life? what is meaning? everyones life is different, so is the meaning of everyones life different? it seems like it would be. so the answer is: i dont know the meaning of your life, and i don't care to spend my time figuring it out, you would have to figure it out for yourself, and the results could only help you and no one else.

He? God knows why people who believe always going where people are trying to reason.

[Fido]

Originally Posted by Khethil

Meaning; is loosely defined as, "... what is meant or intended" (Definition)

To say "Life has a meaning" - or to ask what that might be - implies that there is an 'intention', as if to ask "What is the intent of putting goats on the earth?! - There must be some reason!" Who says that life, as a general concept, has any intent at all? Could it be that this "just is"? Life evolved over billions of years - continuing to change - and us folk find ourselves here at the same time asking "why".

Must that tree, now dripping more raindrops on my BBQ grill, have some 'intent' or 'purpose'? Where did this notion come from: that all things have a purpose or reason to exist? Kind of sounds like vicious egotism - the man in a box sees all things as relating to boxes.

But notwithstanding the juxtaposed mish-mash of brain-soup this question bestows, my take on the question, in the spirit and intent it's has been posed, is as follows:

Life has no meaning except that which it gives itself.

There is, to my knowledge, but one species on our planet that has this capability.

Meaning is the equal of value since meaning is compared to meaning as though less or more. If people say the meaning of life, they think meaning can some how be held beside the life itself. The meaning of a telegram is the value to a life, to a person. What is the value of life to a life? Life cannot be put beside the life and compared because life is all meaning, and we are alive. We cannot abstract meaning from life because meaning is life, and without life there is no meaning. So all about us are things or ideas we find more or less meaningful than other things and ideas of meaning; but considered as a whole, all meaning is our lives, and our lives are all meaning.