[DAVES]

Originally Posted by Rich Iwaszko

Hi,
you have made it this far in life and are getting closer to total consciousness. It is time to ask the million dollar question....what is the meaning of life? Not your life as YOU have given it its meaning.

Old minor in psychology. Normal life stages. Different levels of difficulty for all.
As an adolescent you wonder what will I do with myself. As a senior you wonder what have I done with myself. What is the meaning of life? Like most things you need to find your own answers. Others can only post their answers and in most cases their answers. are not yours and they often are, usually are SPUN.

[pv-mike]

Originally Posted by Keefelane66

“The Meaning of Life” was covered in a 1983 film with the same name. Available on Amazon Prime Video.
Also in books by Douglas Adams reference to “42”

The answer is 42 the question is "what is 6 times 9", Hitchhikers Guide, Slartibartfast, Margathea

apparently the meaning is "the universe is organized on base 13"

[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by Worldseries27

class, class, classssss

Lets keep this a secret. My wife calls me Mr Perfect and after all these years do not want her to think she was wrong.

[DAVES]

Originally Posted by Two Bills

The one with the most toys at the end, Wins!

An old statement. We just redid our will. Was on my to do list. Creeped onto my shoulda done list-slow progression took close to ten years. You can't take your toys with you. Who gets your stuff. Will they want it? Will it be a pain in the neck to sell it, dump it and turn it into CASH?

[DAVES]

Originally Posted by Happydaz

Victor Frankl wrote a book called “Man’s Search for Meaning.” He was a Holocaust survivor. He found those people who survived the camps were not always the strongest but more often those prisoners who had found meaning in their lives. Maybe the hope to meet a loved one again or to write a book when they were released. Often, he said, alcoholics and drug addicts have a sense of no meaning to their lives, that nothing matters. Any grandparent can tell you the power of love and how that gives meaning to their lives. Just looking around at all the happy grandchildren at a family gathering can give one a beautiful feeling of meaning to your life. Others may find meaning in their work helping people. I don’t think I would be very content or happy if I believed there was no meaning to life. Just my thoughts.

In terms of the Holocaust, I regularly wonder about stuff people find to complain about and how evil mindless HATE is and can be. Imagine what happened. A society motivated by HATE. By we are good they are evil and if you don't think so we will kill you. Oh, our first amendment freedom of speech. Does not say only if you agree with us.

In High School by best friend's parents were Holocaust survivors. His dad only spoke about it once. As young kid he went to a Hitler speech he too was drawn into the MOB hate. It wasn't till the trip home, freed from the mass hypnosis that he realized it is ME they HATE.

Villagers are as a group better educated than most, more prosperous then most sadly too often we hear we are good they are evil.

[Whitley]

Originally Posted by Dr.Butler

The answer is 42

Yes, the answer is 42. Doug told me.

[jmaccallum]

Originally Posted by retiredguy123

I don't view it as coincidences, but as probability. If you flip a coin 100 times, there is a very low probability that you will get 100 heads. But, if you flip the coin a trillion times, you are virtually guaranteed to get 100 heads in a row at least once.

The earth is 5 billion years old, but intelligent life has only existed for about 150,000 years. One reason that intelligent life is unlikely on another planet within our galaxy is that many of the planets in the galaxy cannot exist long enough for intelligent life to evolve. They are located in a congested area where they are destroyed by being bombarded by other larger objects. It takes millions of years with stable environmental conditions for life to evolve into an intelligent life form.

Just sitting in the bleachers watching the world circus…. So this is what you call intelligence?

[jmaccallum]

Originally Posted by retiredguy123

The toilet paper should always come out over the top, not from the back. One practical reason for this is that the dog cannot grab the end and run around the house. Another reason is that it is the correct way to do it.

In the northern hemisphere, the toilet paper should always come out down the back. It creates a clockwise spin on the roll which aligns it with the spin of the flush of water in the bowl. Creates good karma. Seriously, the entire Universe know this. Sheesh.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Originally Posted by Dr.Butler

The answer is 42

Don't forget to bring your towel.

[Jerry101]

The meaning of life …from human lips … or from the author of life … and words from His Son, our Lord … ???

16 For God so loved(A) the world that he gave(B) his one and only Son,(C) that whoever believes(D) in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

6 Jesus said to him, “I am (A)the way, (B)the truth, and (C)the life. (D)No one comes to the Father (E)except through Me.

[Hank’s mom]

And that’s why I’m lonely and depressed!

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

I take the question more literally. What is the meaning of "meaning?" "The meaning of life" isn't "the requirement of living." It isn't "the goal of life."

What does it mean, to live? The meaning of - is a question of defnition, not a what or how. Not "what tasks are we here to perform." Because maybe - we're not here to perform any tasks at all. Maybe that is just a natural result of our being here, but not the meaning of our being here. What is the significance of the human species in the scheme of the universe? What is the reason this planet has humans occupying it? What is the reason this solar system has a planet occupied by humans? What is the reason the galaxy has a solar system with a planet occupied by humans? IS there even a reason? Maybe there is no reason. Maybe we aren't significant at all. Or maybe we are profoundly significant, but we just haven't evolved enough to comprehend our own significance - so we make up fairy tales and pretend to know, based on those myths.

The only way to answer this is to read two authors, and understand them both: Douglas Adams, and Stephen Hawking. Do this, and you will understand the meaning of life.

[richdell]

Some people make things happen;
some people watch what happens;
and some people wonder what just happened.

[Worldseries27]

Originally Posted by orangeblossombaby

i take the question more literally. What is the meaning of "meaning?" "the meaning of life" isn't "the requirement of living." it isn't "the goal of life."

what does it mean, to live? The meaning of - is a question of defnition, not a what or how. Not "what tasks are we here to perform." because maybe - we're not here to perform any tasks at all. Maybe that is just a natural result of our being here, but not the meaning of our being here. What is the significance of the human species in the scheme of the universe? What is the reason this planet has humans occupying it? What is the reason this solar system has a planet occupied by humans? What is the reason the galaxy has a solar system with a planet occupied by humans? Is there even a reason? Maybe there is no reason. Maybe we aren't significant at all. Or maybe we are profoundly significant, but we just haven't evolved enough to comprehend our own significance - so we make up fairy tales and pretend to know, based on those myths.

The only way to answer this is to read two authors, and understand them both: Douglas adams, and stephen hawking. Do this, and you will understand the meaning of life.

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[Worldseries27]

Originally Posted by jerry101

the meaning of life …from human lips … or from the author of life … and words from his son, our lord … ???

16 for god so loved(a) the world that he gave(b) his one and only son,(c) that whoever believes(d) in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

6 jesus said to him, “i am (a)the way, (b)the truth, and (c)the life. (d)no one comes to the father (e)except through me.

amen, brother