There ya go, exactly the reason I asked for clarification

Meaning: A concept for distingushing between how to interpret something. Life: a subjective experience which is only known to those that possess it. Its obvious by these two defintions there is no meaning to life except what you give it or make it. A horrible freedom as we have no idea hwere to start inventing, because we are limited by the defintions themselves. AS to your assummption, its rather ego-centric as life had existed before we could ask hwat it was, silly yet, why it is. Not only does life exist without your concepts but it does so in the absence of humanity. The charateritics you stated are an example of how you precieve or logically define your identity. As we are not capable of knowing our selves at any given moment on a complete level, identity is just an illusion you induldge in or most do, to suit a feeling of worth decided by siocieties values and unconcious imprinting as a child. People rarely let go of their identitys, instead they seek to defend their self image which will alaways be pleasing to them. Quit wasting your time.

What a copout, besides the pleasure pain priciple is not law just a behavior and is not always suited to be the ultimate reason. The pursuit of knowledge for its own sake supercedes this. Of course thast jst my philosophy.

Can't be sure, but here's one possibility that is as close to a fit for me as I can come (at least for today):

Life here on Earth is a physical manifestation of our "souls'" or "higher-selves'" (perhaps) choice or desire for the greatest "knowledge"/experience/understanding of love. Life on Earth is like a classroom. We enter this realm on purpose and school is immediately in session. We come here and purposely forget the greater picture and focus only on memories from this life in order to gain specific learning that can only take place in each particular physical lifetime.

In this case, the Prime Directive of higher-self would be to allow for greatest learning within a physical lifetime within the parameters of infinite human curricula.

Although we ultimately feel alone in this journey, we are always connected to our higher-selves (even when we feel totally disconnected). Some see it as God... Others do not. If all of our higher-selves are collectively connected, it could be easier to see the whole as God. One needs that connection to feel whole. And equally, our higher-selves need that connection. Our physical experience completes the picture.

During a lifetime, a human can be so focused on its own lifetime and getting it right that in the end, it becomes almost humorous to greater knowing. This IS like a game.

Don't children learn from the games they play? Aren't we as school children?

All of the physical principles of the Planet and Universe comprise the playing field that we step out onto to play and learn together.

Safe assumptions, you like wholistic foods and medicine. Practice your own religion or one similiar to buddism. Theres a 80% chance you have had your shakras cleaned. 85% chance you had a psychic or tarot card reading. 70% chnace you belivev in reincarnation. You have read siddhartha, also you may believe in the healing effects of cyrstals. Most likely youngest child and your parents had you when they were older than average.????? Or im just making stabs in the dark....like yourself

Why...

Yes, I AM the youngest of parents who had me late in life.


Guess I'm just a predictable and pathetic drone.


All we have are stabs in the dark, aye?

Admitt the the stuff about the shakras and power cyrstals

The meaning of life is simply put, to reproduce and die. We are just like every other animal there is. We put ourselves on a "golden Throne" due to our size and thumbs. (as strange as it sounds). Take ants for example, they are smarter, faster, and stronger compared to humans. We are not better than nature, we just know how to screw with it. The troubles of life are made up in our own minds. We get over that, we are good.

I think when people try to seek out some kind of overarching single meaning to life it really is a goose chase.

There certainly is plenty of meaning WITHIN life. Of life maybe not (except what has been said quit rightly the imperative to live), in life yes much meaning.

For analytical robotic types, (those without feeling or souls) the meaning of life is to process and store information and run their personal programming, then reproduce.

For dysfunctional psychopathic crazy people, the meaning of life is to get away with as much as possible, to plunder, pillage, rape, kill as much as possible as long as possible and then die to escape their punishment because they don't believe in Heaven or Hell or any other life after death.

For materialistic greedy types, the meaning of life is to amass as much wealth and riches as possible and collect as many material possessions as possible.


For fearful power hungry types the meaning of life is to amass as much wealth and power as possible and to control and take over countries and then the entire world if they can.

For the common average people, the meaning of life is to simply survive and reproduce.

For creative type people the meaning of live is to create something great to strut their stuff around and be remembered for generations.

I read...

Some interesting, some kinda out there, some hurtfull, some nice.

All leave me wondering...

What ever happened to just living.

What better meaning can life have than to enjoy what comes next... When it arrives... and live this moment that it may be wonderful.

In this moment I breath. When the next moment comes I will breath also of its essence. In time I will touch upon a different world and learn also of it...

Life is good.

Well everyone "lives." There is not much special about that. But to enjoy life, might be a worthy goal. Not everyone actually enjoys life.

Best one yet IMHO.

I don't know about meaning, but my purpose in life is to feed my cat.

That's all I know.

lol, yeyyyyy, a justified hoo-man, according to Garfield!

If one considers life a process, asking what the meaning is becomes absurd. What's the meaning of wind?

Important questions nonetheless.

Joad, Why would it be absurd? A process can still have meaning and I have no doubt that meaning would be different to anyone observing the process based on the very thought processes of the observers. Wow, this can go round and round, can't it?

If I were God, and someone asked me some of these questions and were spending their lives puzzled and confused and lost about the meaning of life and what they should do with theirs my advice to them would simply be:

"Just live your life."

People should do just that. Live their lives the best way they know how.