What is the meaning of life?

To interpret it with your own eyes…

I think it is probably the most frequently asked question on Q&A sites.

The meaning of life is there is no meaning.

It is what it is, make the best of it.

42!

”The condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic objects and dead organisms, being manifested by growth through metabolism, reproduction, and the power of adaptation to environment through changes originating internally.”

Whatever you make of it I suppose, for me, happiness.

But in a pinch, as @Dr_Dredd said, I’ll take 42.

The funny thing about life is that it has no opposite. Most people will say that it is death, and that is incorrect. Birth is the opposite of death. Life, truly has no opposite.

life (lf)
n. pl. lives (lvz)
1.
a. The property or quality that distinguishes living organisms from dead organisms and inanimate matter, manifested in functions such as metabolism, growth, reproduction, and response to stimuli or adaptation to the environment originating from within the organism.
b. The characteristic state or condition of a living organism.
2. Living organisms considered as a group: plant life; marine life.
3. A living being, especially a person: an earthquake that claimed hundreds of lives.
4. The physical, mental, and spiritual experiences that constitute existence: the artistic life of a writer.
5.
a. The interval of time between birth and death: She led a good, long life.
b. The interval of time between one’s birth and the present: has had hay fever all his life.
c. A particular segment of one’s life: my adolescent life.
d. The period from an occurrence until death: elected for life; paralyzed for life.
e. Slang A sentence of imprisonment lasting till death.
6. The time for which something exists or functions: the useful life of a car.
7. A spiritual state regarded as a transcending of corporeal death.
8. An account of a person’s life; a biography.
9. Human existence, relationships, or activity in general: real life; everyday life.
10.
a. A manner of living: led a hard life.
b. A specific, characteristic manner of existence. Used of inanimate objects: “Great institutions seem to have a life of their own, independent of those who run them” (New Republic).
c. The activities and interests of a particular area or realm: musical life in New York.
11.
a. A source of vitality; an animating force: She’s the life of the show.
b. Liveliness or vitality; animation: a face that is full of life.
12.
a. Something that actually exists regarded as a subject for an artist: painted from life.
b. Actual environment or reality; nature.
c. A formerly publish pictorial magazine.

What do I think of the question? I think it’s futile.

This question has been beaten to death on Fluther.

I think we have to put meaning into life. It’s a bigger responsibility to have to create meaning than just find it. It’s like we were given a huge canvas and all these fantastic colors to paint with. We can paint something beautiful and meaningful, or we can scribble and doodle.

what is the meaning of your existence?

The meaning of life is whatever you want it to be. There are some questions, like this one, that you will never be able to find the answer for. The answer simply does not exist. When you have a question like this, it is best to just invent and answer that you can get on board with 100%. Only by doing this will you be able to make peace with yourself and move on. Only philosophers want to sit around all day, day in and day out, pondering questions like this instead of experiencing what the world has to offer during your short time here.

I had a quiz in high school with this question. Ummm I think it’s because.

To Progress, gain a body, develop earthly relationships and become a ‘Bigger’ person.
Most hopefully, is to become like God, our Father in Heaven.

@mowens – “Life” truly DOES have an OppositeLOL!
Satan and one-third of the hosts of Heaven before this life chose it; and they rebelled against God and us.
Their Choice??
Not to be Born in the first place!
In fact, they were the very First Opposites we had to make choice betweenLOl!
The reason you cannot find an opposite in this life is because you already made the choice BEFORE this life: whether to come here or not.
Satan and his cronies who tempt us to wrong and disbelief in this life ere those who opposed our choice and God’s plan for us to come here, and decided to set up some short-circuit system of their own where they would steal our glory and bodies from us.
Basically, though their plan only works to the degree we let them in.

To live it to the fullest? Meh, thats what i do :D

The cake is a lie.

to give, receive, and share love

I can not answer what the meaning of life is for anyone else except myself.

For myself, I think it has something to do with acquiring a sense of ubiquitous compassion through the realization that there is no separation between self and Source, and, if one lives long enough, putting that sense into action by being able to reach out and give yourself to others.

You are born then you die.

@Owl I love you actually

@Dibley – “You are born then you die” ... and in between you find a wonderful boyfriend who means ‘the world’ to you… that kinda makes life special: Doesn’t it??
Do you think that it’s just accidental that you find this kind of purpose that carries infinite meaning to you??