What is the meaning of life

From the Bible; Matthew 22;verse 37. "You must love Jehovah your God
with your whole heart and with your whole soul and with your whole
mind. [38]This is the greatest and first commandment. [39] The second,
like it, is this, 'You must love your neighbour as yourself'. [40] On
these two commandments the whole Law hangs, and the prophets.
Jesus, as God's son and representative, with the God given authority
to speak for God [ Matthew 17;5.."This is my son, the beloved, whom I
have approved, LISTEN TO HIM"] had told the religious leaders of his
day that the covenant made between Almighty God, his father, and
Abraham, the father of the Jewish Nation, had been replaced with a
"new Covenant" , much simpler and involving all humanity. Love God
first and your neighbour second.
By loving your neighbour, Jesus expressed it to perfection when he
said , at Matthew 25;40.."Truly I say to you, to the extent that you
did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me".
[Jehovah=God's name Psalm 83;18, Exodus 6;3, 9;16]

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Well it seems broken down into a logical vs. humanistic/emotive
framework. The logical perspective ends at a paradox where logic
proves false, although the logic  systems create probable outcomes.
When working in a probalistic stimulus response system one gears
themselves either conciously  or unconciously towards values. At that
point analysis of ones values there is creation of a sense of
personality. The gearing of detrimined values crossed with temporal
values creates desire. Ones meaning could directly relate to ones
desires, this could also be the seemingly never fullfillable desire
not to desire, if that is ever acheived then ones life would seem to
no longer be temporal in nature, thus the notion of purpose would no
longer be there and with that the notion of meaning which is
synonomous with purpose. This is not to say that it is not posible it
is just to say that the logical framework for understanding it isn't
nesicarily symantic and for this to be more then symantic is to go to
the artful nature of life.


If someone is to be aware of their conciousness then they are in a
form of paradox, that paradox is one where nothing has logical
meaning, however meanings can still be created based upon emotive
symbolics.

In a mnemonic system it could be argued that enthropy is eventual
however with the idea of entropy is the ongoing theme of
specialization and selection. The idea of faiths ties into ones
groundings however faith itself seems a subset of the greater school
of culture. Ultimately we are all individual souvreign and divine
entities interacting with our own notions of worldlyness. It is not so
much us that takes force instead it is our life which is to experience
the emotions, ultimately it is our
faith/culture/experiences/personality that guide us.

For myself the world is one of many contrasts however it is up to us
to gauge our emotions. To fill the world with a greater sense of
"GOOD". These are the most pure emotions we have and it would seem
that it is our desire to maintain the overall sense of those pure
emotions. However as one is within a logical framework which includes
perceptions of temporal mnemonics ones emotions become more complex
where one "feeling" can span countless other momements. The more one
feels the greater the potential of those emotions become.

The important values I've learned which are central to pureness of
being are the following

Being removed from the domain system.
Valueing all life and in regard to humans never enoforcing your will on them.

The environment you live in may be another key factor to having
fullfillment in life. Also nurturing and being nurtured in an
environment of love.


A recent song by tiesto exemplifies the next comment I was going to
make "JUST BE"

In the reading and experiences I've had, the meaning of life teaches
me enjoy the moments you can and if your lucky either the world will
change or you'll keel over. It such a disgusting twisted twisted
twisted planet where the base concepts tear at the very notion of
having lasting joy in any worldly sense and where your torn apart in
solitude knowing that there is a world that could be. Really on that
note adjusting.

I see myself in many ways as a historian someone who records the life
and times of myself. I'm an emotive robot. I can make sense of
everything to my full understanding. In the moment things are exactly
what they are however everything  one experiences is more and more.

Ultimately YOU are the meaning of life but what you are is nothing
less then everything and with that WE are the meaning of life.

Of course to define each and everyword the notions of concept of
culture philosophies and frameworks of existance.  Pinch yourself how
about slaming your head against a wall? ENJOY your life you can't do
any wrong. I have to find my peace, and I'd love to give you joy. Both
are unthinkable the notion of sanity and winter may be the two notions
that have me in the beleif I'm still thinking... its just feeling.
FEEL.

All in all you make your own life otherwise your some puppet. What if
that puppet had very long arms and was wresting on a pole? Its a much
better visual.

The issue is I'm not to sure I'm totally dead yet.. and I'm not too
sure I'll get back to you when I am.

Hope that answers your question.

The obvious one would seem to be getting to the point you can say I
dont know but thats just ignorance. AND THAT may be the difference
between me and the world.

Life IS its own meaning.

From a physics perspective, the meaning of life is to break the law.
By which I mean the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics.

Paraphrasing the 2nd law, all ordered systems tend towards entropy, or
becoming disordered. The exception is life. Anarchists excluded, we
try to make order out of disorder. Since the laws of the Universe are
against us, this is a battle we are never going to completely win, but
fortunately, we won't go to jail for it either.

The meaning of life is pretty much the main topic of discussion in
Philosophy. Many different schools of philosophy exist, each with it's
own answer to the question "What is the meaning of life" The
philosophy of Hedonism is that aquiring physical pleasure is the
meaning of life while Nihilism holds that there is no meaning to life.
Plenty of books exist on the subject and there are quite a few that
are written to appeal to the average person. I'm pretty sure there is
even a "Philosophy for Dummies" book.

I
AM
YOU
LOVE

Life is full of sound and fury, [..] signifying nothing.
- Shakespeare

It's up to you really. Either life has meaning, e.g. reproduction,
hedonism, religion; or it doesn't. Whatever you decide it will make no
difference to your life other than to your outlook.

Personally I think the meaning of life is to ask questions.

The meaning of life is just an answer to a two dollar question. For
some it is everything. For some it is nothing...

If there was no meaning to life would it change the way you lived,
would it make you unhappy? You can also ask, "what is the reason for
life". What would be your answer to that? Isn't life just an
"opportunity" and nothing more?

42.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Answer_to_Life,_the_Universe,_and_Everything

the supreme dharma

?r?mad Bh?gavatam 1.2.6

sa vai pum?s?m? paro dharmo

yato bhaktir adhoks?aje

ahaituky apratihat?

yay?tm? supras?dati

SYNONYMS

sah? ? that; vai ? certainly; pum?s?m ? for mankind; parah? ? sublime;
dharmah? ? occupation; yatah? ? by which; bhaktih? ? devotional
service; adhoks?aje ? unto the Transcendence; ahaituk? ? causeless;
apratihat? ? unbroken; yay? ? by which; ?tm? ? the self; supras?dati ?
completely satisfied.

TRANSLATION

The supreme occupation [dharma] for all humanity is that by which men
can attain to loving devotional service unto the transcendent Lord.
Such devotional service must be unmotivated and uninterrupted to
completely satisfy the self.

PURPORT

In this statement, ?r? S?ta Gosv?m? answers the first question of the
sages of Naimis??ran?ya. The sages asked him to summarize the whole
range of revealed scriptures and present the most essential part so
that fallen people or the people in general might easily take it up.
The Vedas prescribe two different types of occupation for the human
being. One is called the pravr?tti-m?rga, or the path of sense
enjoyment, and the other is called the nivr?tti-m?rga, or the path of
renunciation. The path of enjoyment is inferior, and the path of
sacrifice for the supreme cause is superior. The material existence of
the living being is a diseased condition of actual life. Actual life
is spiritual existence, or brahma-bh?ta existence, where life is
eternal, blissful and full of knowledge. Material existence is
temporary, illusory and full of miseries. There is no happiness at
all. There is just the futile attempt to get rid of the miseries, and
temporary cessation of misery is falsely called happiness. Therefore,
the path of progressive material enjoyment, which is temporary,
miserable and illusory, is inferior. But devotional service to the
Supreme Lord, which leads one to eternal, blissful and all-cognizant
life, is called the superior quality of occupation. This is sometimes
polluted when mixed with the inferior quality. For example, adoption
of devotional service for material gain is certainly an obstruction to
the progressive path of renunciation. Renunciation or abnegation for
ultimate good is certainly a better occupation than enjoyment in the
diseased condition of life. Such enjoyment only aggravates the
symptoms of disease and increases its duration. Therefore devotional
service to the Lord must be pure in quality, i.e., without the least
desire for material enjoyment. One should, therefore, accept the
superior quality of occupation in the form of the devotional service
of the Lord without any tinge of unnecessary desire, fruitive action
and philosophical speculation. This alone can lead one to perpetual
solace in His service.

We have purposely denoted dharma as occupation because the root
meaning of the word dharma is "that which sustains one's existence." A
living being's sustenance of existence is to coordinate his activities
with his eternal relation with the Supreme Lord Kr?s?n?a. Kr?s?n?a is
the central pivot of living beings, and He is the all-attractive
living entity or eternal form amongst all other living beings or
eternal forms. Each and every living being has his eternal form in the
spiritual existence, and Kr?s?n?a is the eternal attraction for all of
them. Kr?s?n?a is the complete whole, and everything else is His part
and parcel. The relation is one of the servant and the served. It is
transcendental and is completely distinct from our experience in
material existence. This relation of servant and the served is the
most congenial form of intimacy. One can realize it as devotional
service progresses. Everyone should engage himself in that
transcendental loving service of the Lord, even in the present
conditional state of material existence. That will gradually give one
the clue to actual life and please him to complete satisfaction.

The answer's in the question.  What is the meaning of life?  Whatever
gives life meaning.

Read Viktor Frankl's "Man's Search for Meaning"