meaning of your life, your thought?

[Tim_Lou]

whats the purpose of life? whats the meaning of it?
hmm, everyone has a different view point of life...

this is not an arguing topic.
just wanna see ppl's opinions of it.

[sycosis]

there is no meaning of life. its just an illusion

[sanctus]

eventually there are two devils........


Well i believe that all and every of our actions are selfish an egoistic, therefore the purpose of life is to be alright with your ego and yourself. You can do that saying it out loud and then you're classified (by the people who judge) as an egoist or you can not be aware of it and then people will say that you're "normal (or not an egoist)".
Now the question is what does you make feel alright with yourself, as this is the aim of living? There are only personal answers, I personally feel alright with myself when I do actions that I judge as good (as helping somebody who wants/needs help, making people that don't think think and so on..), because then I'm happy with myself.

I know this doesn't seem very altruistic, and it's true when I help someone there is no altruism there, I do it for myself as I feel good by doing it. In my vision of life and human beings it's impossible to be altruistic.

[Freethinker]

Sanctus, you sound like an Objectivist.

The very question of "what is the meaning of life" has the problem of whether it is even a valid question. Who says there is or even has to be a "meaning to life"? We are begging the question in even asking it. It needs to be defined further. First we need to know at what level is the question being asked? Are we to assume, with a total lack of support, that some outside agent is providing life and thus there is an outside objective answer? Or do we assume, that since there is nothing to justify acceptance of any outside agent myth, that it is up to us individually to provide a meaning for our individual life?

[sundog]

As I see it, we can only 'create' a meaning or purpose in our own life to give it direction. There is no meaning or purpose to life as a whole. So whatever ones view of their purpose, it is still only a creation of the mind. Life can exist without a concept of purpose or meaning. Only actions or events can change that. As sycosis says "it's just an illusion"

We question to get answers, to help our understanding. But just because we can form a question, does not mean there 'must' be an answer.

What's the purpose of life? What's its meaning? There is no correct answer.
It's like asking "what is the meaning of rain, what is its purpose?" It's just a process of events. We can understand what causes it and what effect it has. But its purpose or meaning could only exist in our minds.

I see life as the end result of a complex combining of elements. Given the right elements, conditions and given enough time, I think life can develop. We are just part of a process. Just as elements come together to form stars and planets, elements came together in a complex way and formed what we call life.

I find it better to try and understand 'how' something came to be, rather than try and find a 'purpose' of it being.



Well, that's my humble opinion.



sundog

[Freethinker]

Originally posted by: sundogBut just because we can form a question, does not mean there 'must' be an answer.

WOW! If you had any idea how many times I have typed that very sentence! I thought I was reading my own post for a sec! Often regarding this question or "What came before the big bang."

It's nice to have some company for a change!

[Tim_Lou]

this is NOT an arguing topic!
what im asking is that what do you think your goal is in your life?
what do YOU think is the purpose of being here?

this is all personal, i just wanna see how ppl's opinions differ.
dont judge other ppl's opinions based upon your own opinions...

thx for those who replied! :-)

as i said in other post, i believe that the purpose of life is find out the purpose of it.... once you try, you will truely get something out of it...

[alexander]

Freethinker, i totally agree with you, and once again, just because we can come up with a question, does not mean that it makes sense and has to have an answer...
As to the original question of what the meaning of life is, we can only answer a question with any persiceness if the question asks a specific thing, but in case of your question I'd say that you are asking about something that is so vaigue that nobody will ever be able to answer it but yourself, an noone wil be able to prove it but you to yourself.
Your question can't be answered until we can declare that there is life, that we are alive, that there are other people, that there is communication, that whatever i'm writing, i am not writing to another part of whatever i simulate in my own bain or do i even have a brain, only to be answered for me by another part of me. Is there a life, is there a meaning, does life have a meaning, can a meaning be a part of life and what the meaning (or therefore purpose) of life is, noone knows or can ever find out defore their death....


As to my theory, I rarely disclose it, since many people after hearing about it and try to cloud me with their meaning of perceprion of what I just told them.

[Freethinker]

Originally posted by: Tim_Lou
this is NOT an arguing topic!

what im asking is that what do you think your goal is in your life?

Ah, GOALS! that is very different from "purpose" in terms of the typical claim of human life having some "purpose" given by some outside agent.

My goal is to have as positive of an influence to society as I can while enjoying life as much as possible.

as i said in other post, i believe that the purpose of life is find out the purpose of it.... once you try, you will truely get something out of it...

We find out the purpose of life through introspection. You make your OWN purpose in life.

Some waste their lives trying to please some mythical vengeful sky god to stop from being tortured for eternity.

Others understand that this is the life we actually KNOW we have and put their energy and resources into making it as positive as possible.

[Tim_Lou]

"Some waste their lives trying to please some mythical vengeful sky god to stop from being tortured for eternity."

you might think it is stupid, but that person might be happy about it. "waste?", well, many of my friends think that it is a waste of time to type essays in this forums...
(judging is probably one of the most troubling things in the world...)