Discussion What is the purpose of life?

Let's see your answers of LN community.

Mine is eating, praised, and living free of work.

 

the internet! (now figure out what i mean with that)

 

Do you even need to ask?

 

To get f***ed in every and any way possible

 

to search the meaning of life

 

There is no purpose unless you give it purpose. Mine is to find the Holy Grail. Btw im totally serious

 

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to scearch

 

Isn't the purpose of life just to live?

 

Living the way you want, without causing much trouble to others(you can cause trouble if you absolutely have to)

 

The purpose of life? Living! No point to complicate that something so simple( yeah right lol simple)

 

i have been asking myself that question often... the answer is to LIVE and get the most of it and enjoy life as much as you can and the more you naturally smile the better

 

The goal of all life is DEATH

 

Eat, shit, and die

 

To collect good karma and eventually get out of the sansara and achieve absolute bliss
Or so they say.

 

The purpose of life is to raise stats, farm money, compete with other and become pokemon master.

 

To Live without Regrets!

 

Pablo Neruda once said
"Life is what it is about"

Spoiler: for my bored friends

Meaning of life
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This article is about the significance of life in general. For other uses, see Meaning of life (disambiguation).

Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?, one of Post-Impressionist Paul Gauguin's most famous paintings
The meaning of life, or the answer to the question "What is the meaning of life?", pertains to the significance of living or existence in general. Many other related questions include "Why are we here?", "What is life all about?", or "What is the purpose of existence?" There have been a large number of proposed answers to these questions from many different cultural and ideological backgrounds. The search for life's meaning has produced much philosophical, scientific, theological, and metaphysical speculation throughout history. Different people and cultures believe different things for the answer to this question.

The meaning of life as we perceive it is derived from philosophical and religious contemplation of, and scientific inquiries about existence, social ties, consciousness, and happiness. Many other issues are also involved, such as symbolic meaning, ontology, value, purpose, ethics, good and evil, free will, the existence of one or multiple gods, conceptions of God, the soul, and the afterlife. Scientific contributions focus primarily on describing related empirical facts about the universe, exploring the context and parameters concerning the "how" of life. Science also studies and can provide recommendations for the pursuit of well-being and a related conception of morality. An alternative, humanistic approach poses the question, "What is the meaning of my life?"

Contents

• 1 Questions
• 2 Scientific inquiry and perspectives
  • 2.1 Psychological significance and value in life
  • 2.2 Origin and nature of biological life
  • 2.3 Origins and ultimate fate of the universe
  • 2.4 Scientific questions about the mind
    • 2.4.1 Parapsychology
  • 2.5 Nature of meaning in life
• 3 Western philosophical perspectives
  • 3.1 Ancient Greek philosophy
    • 3.1.1 Platonism
    • 3.1.2 Aristotelianism
    • 3.1.3 Cynicism
    • 3.1.4 Cyrenaicism
    • 3.1.5 Epicureanism
    • 3.1.6 Stoicism
  • 3.2 Enlightenment philosophy
    • 3.2.1 Classical liberalism
    • 3.2.2 Kantianism
  • 3.3 19th century philosophy
    • 3.3.1 Utilitarianism
    • 3.3.2 Nihilism
  • 3.4 20th-century philosophy
    • 3.4.1 Pragmatism
    • 3.4.2 Theism
    • 3.4.3 Existentialism
    • 3.4.4 Absurdism
    • 3.4.5 Secular humanism
    • 3.4.6 Logical positivism
    • 3.4.7 Postmodernism
    • 3.4.8 Naturalistic pantheism
    • 3.4.9 Embodied cognition
• 4 East Asian philosophical perspectives
  • 4.1 Mohism
  • 4.2 Confucianism
  • 4.3 Legalism
• 5 Religious perspectives
  • 5.1 Western religions
    • 5.1.1 Zoroastrianism
    • 5.1.2 Islam
    • 5.1.3 Bahá'í Faith
    • 5.1.4 Judaism
    • 5.1.5 Christianity
  • 5.2 South Asian religions
    • 5.2.1 Hindu philosophies
      • 5.2.1.1 Advaita and Dvaita Hinduism
      • 5.2.1.2 Vaishnavism
    • 5.2.2 Jainism
    • 5.2.3 Buddhism
      • 5.2.3.1 Earlier Buddhism
      • 5.2.3.2 Mahayana Buddhism
    • 5.2.4 Sikhism
  • 5.3 East Asian religions
    • 5.3.1 Taoism
    • 5.3.2 Shinto
    • 5.3.3 New religions
• 6 In popular culture
• 7 Popular views
  • 7.1 To realize one's potential and ideals
  • 7.2 To achieve biological perfection
  • 7.3 To seek wisdom and knowledge
  • 7.4 To do good, to do the right thing
  • 7.5 Meanings relating to religion
  • 7.6 To love, to feel, to enjoy the act of living
  • 7.7 To have power, to be better
  • 7.8 Life has no meaning
  • 7.9 One should not seek to know and understand the meaning of life
  • 7.10 Life is bad
• 8 See also
• 9 References
• 10 External links

Questions
Questions about the meaning of life have been expressed in a broad variety of ways, including the following:

• What is the meaning of life? What's it all about? Who are we?[1][2][3]
  
  Philosopher in Meditation (detail) by Rembrandt
• Why are we here? What are we here for?[4][5][6]
• What is the origin of life?[7]
• What is the nature of life? What is the nature of reality?[7][8][9]
• What is the purpose of life? What is the purpose of one's life?[8][10][11]
• What is the significance of life?[11] – see also § Psychological significance and value in life
• What is meaningful and valuable in life?[12]
• What is the value of life?[13]
• What is the reason to live? What are we living for?[6][14]

These questions have resulted in a wide range of competing answers and arguments, from scientific theories, to philosophical, theological, and spiritual explanations.

Scientific inquiry and perspectives
Further information: Eudaimonia § Eudaimonia and modern psychology, and Meaningful Life
Many members of the scientific community and philosophy of science communities think that science can provide the relevant context, and set of parameters necessary for dealing with topics related to the meaning of life. In their view, science can offer a wide range of insights on topics ranging from the science of happiness to death anxiety. Scientific inquiry facilitates this through nomological investigation into various aspects of life and reality, such as the Big Bang, the origin of life, and evolution, and by studying the objective factors which correlate with the subjective experience of meaning and happiness.

Psychological significance and value in life
Researchers in positive psychology study empirical factors that lead to life satisfaction,[15] full engagement in activities,[16] making a fuller contribution by utilizing one's personal strengths,[17] and meaning based on investing in something larger than the self.[18] Large-data studies of flow experiences have consistently suggested that humans experience meaning and fulfillment when mastering challenging tasks, and that the experience comes from the way tasks are approached and performed rather than the particular choice of task. For example, flow experiences can be obtained by prisoners in concentration camps with minimal facilities, and occur only slightly more often in billionaires. A classic example[16] is of two workers on an apparently boring production line in a factory. One treats the work as a tedious chore while the other turns it into a game to see how fast she can make each unit, and achieves flow in the process.

Neuroscience describes reward, pleasure, and motivation in terms of neurotransmitter activity, especially in the limbic system and the ventral tegmental area in particular. If one believes that the meaning of life is to maximize pleasure and to ease general life, then this allows normative predictions about how to act to achieve this. Likewise, some ethical naturalists advocate a science of morality – the empirical pursuit of flourishing for all conscious creatures.

Experimental philosophy and neuroethics research collects data about human ethical decisions in controlled scenarios such as trolley problems. It has shown that many types of ethical judgment are universal across cultures, suggesting that they may be innate, whilst others are culture specific. The findings show actual human ethical reasoning to be at odds with most logical philosophical theories, for example consistently showing distinctions between action by cause and action by omission which would be absent from utility based theories. Cognitive science has theorized about differences between conservative and liberal ethics and how they may be based on different metaphors from family life such as strong fathers vs nurturing mother models.

Neurotheology is a controversial field which tries to find neural correlates and mechanisms of religious experience. Some researchers have suggested that the human brain has innate mechanisms for such experiences and that living without using them for their evolved purposes may be a cause of imbalance. Studies have reported conflicted results on correlating happiness with religious belief and it is difficult to find unbiased meta-analyses.[citation needed]

Sociology examines value at a social level using theoretical constructs such as value theory, norms, anomie, etc. One value system suggested by social psychologists, broadly called Terror Management Theory, states that human meaning is derived from a fundamental fear of death, and values are selected when they allow us to escape the mental reminder of death.

Emerging research shows that meaning in life predicts better physical health outcomes. Greater meaning has been associated with a reduced risk of Alzheimer's disease,[19] reduced risk of heart attack among individuals with coronary heart disease,[20] reduced risk of stroke,[21] and increased longevity in both American and Japanese samples.[22] In 2014, the British National Health Service began recommending a five step plan for mental well-being based on meaningful lives, whose steps are: (1) Connect with community and family; (2) Physical exercise; (3) Lifelong learning; (4) Giving to others; (5) Mindfulness of the world around you.[23]

 

The progression of time is an illusion, each moment of existence is eternal. Therefore your past, present, future, are all already laid out. Your experiences now nothing more than a needle running along a record. Repeating over and over again infinitely, without change, or deviation.

 

So there is a purpose?