What is the purpose of life?

The purpose of life is simply to live it. Nothing more. We are here to dance the dance and witness the dance. Each piece of creation is part of the All looking back at itself and witnessing its own creative process. We are alive in order that we may be alive.

For me, the meaning of life is the ongoing quest for the meaning of life. This is not a joke. I am completely serious in saying this. Science for instance is a constant search into the unknown on a mission to make it known. The same holds true for the quest for god or godhood. Like evolution, the quest is never ending. This is what brings me joy out of life. All else is secondary. I consciously make as much time for my personal quest and meaning of life as possible.

Hi Cobradene,How are you , where are you.......:)) wow that blue glittering star is beautiful, now that was a quick promotion. Congratulations. Now about the purpose of life. To tell you the truth, I got matured only after 40 even to understand that life should have a purpose.I think I just lived and accepted life as it came to me, just like flowers that grows in forest, even when nobody cares for them.Now after I look at what I have got in store, I see only one purpose, and that seems to be - welfare of my children, to see my children properly educated, employed, married ,well settled and always healthy. I want to stand by them when ever they need me. More than this I don't see anything else. I think when I should have lived for myself, I had no brains. Now that I got brains, it is too late and my purpose for life now is fully connected to my children, atleast till they need me.......:))

Well I think that the purpose of life is to become and grow into productive human beings. Of course theres many other things that you could consider to be the purpose of life like getting married and raising a child or more then becoming grand parents is a lot of people's idea of life and to thats what it means to me as well. I just guess it all depends who you are.

Hi cobradene, You have asked an age old question, one which the great minds of all generations have pondered. I have spent a lifetime looking at the various paths, and contemplating the meaning of life. From my present understanding, the ultimate purpose of life is to discover who we are. I believe we do this by going within where we can just "be". Since the answer lies within, perhaps we should say that we have to "remember" who we are. A great discussion my friend. Blessings.

I think the purpose of life is to have experiences and share them with others. Some people choose to share by being married and having children, some people choose to have a large group of friends, and others choose to have just a couple of people in their lives that they are close with. No matter what choice is made, I think that living is all about what we experience. If we did nothing but sit on the couch and stare at the wall I wouldn't see much purpose in that. However, by going out and meeting new people and doing something different we have new thoughts, new sights, etc. I don't think many people consciously choose a path. I know I don't. I have never been good at the "where will you be in 5 years" question. I never know where life is going to take me. I have found that if I try to force a direction something will always throw me off course, and that is upsetting to me. So I kind of go with the flow. Of course, that doesn't mean I sit back and do nothing, but I am flexible with the direction of my life.

To be born. Most of us are strongly influenced by external influences and a minority are independant thinkers. Most people follow someoneelses list of preaproved behaviors. From those that go to church to those who listen to rap. Some level of external influence will get in, and should. No. No. To be born and join the fight.

WOW!!! Yet another fantasic & very interesting Question! :D I think Life paths actually depend of the person, & on their Families & their Karmic Influences. Some people seem to be Old souls who already know the direction that thei are going, but for some others, like myself, the path is Much slower, & a much Longer hill to climb. If your asking me why I am actually here? For most people are not actually suppose to remember this when they do come down here for each lifetime. I can Not tell you that, but I do know that If I had to choose again, I would decide to find an alternative route, one that does Not require having to return to this Negetive, physical world. I personally do prefer living in the Dream (astral) universe. Thankyou for asking. - Sue -

to be rich with my families,that is what i want to do in my life.

I don't think we can say there's the purpose of life. We cam e to the world,grow up and experience things. As the time passing by,we'll have different aims at different phases of life. We may wann be very excellent when we were student,then after we graduate,maybe we wanna have a good career and then a nice family. I think the most important thing in life is to be happy. You don't need to be too rich but it's important to lead a happy life. We don't need to live with certain purposes cause I don't consider that's a good state of leading a life.

Well, often I've been concerned about my role in the universe, and attempted to understand what I'm here for. At times I feel the purpose of human beings is either to love, reach out or connect with others, and to explore whatever it is we personally love and share that. I find to do so brings the most satisfaction. So essentially, I suppose I believe finding and exploring satisfaction and passion in whatever form it takes is one valid purpose for life. Another purpose I believe in comes from this 'forest' metaphor. In a sense I've always viewed life to be a forest. One that everyone has walked through in history, and one that everyone continues to walk today. I beleive we're guided in this metaphorical 'forest' by the footprints that others have left behind for us. And that our purpose is to leave behind as many footprints as we can (whether in our creations of art or music, or in the lives of others that we influence) ... So I suppose I believe making an impression is another purpose. In conclusion I also like the Wiccan quote which states, "There are many paths to the garden. It doesn't matter which one you take, as long as you get there - " so there are certainly many paths. The above two are the ones I like to walk.