The meaning of life

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Hey fellow DJ's. Over the last few days I've really been pondering over what the true meaning of life is and come to several conclusions. I have been raised to believe in god but have recently been questioning if god is really real or just a mythical figure. Since this is true I am not really sure if there is a heaven or not (but who on earth really is). I just want to know if you guys think that life has a greater calling or if once we die we are just dead and forgotten (have no life after death). Thanks for reading and for any input that you give me.
 

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a better question to ask instead of "What's the meaning of life?"

is:

"How do I give my life meaning?"
 

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Good point. Thanks for your post, however I still want to know everyone opinion on the meaning of life. Keep posting guys.
 

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Well the purpose of life is to die. Think about a can of soda. It was produced to be consumed, we essentially serve the same purpose. Kind of bleak but whatever, im going to have some fun and rock this world, then when im done im going to die and be at peace. Its all good.
 

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Originally posted by Mystic
Well the purpose of life is to die. Think about a can of soda. It was produced to be consumed, we essentially serve the same purpose. Kind of bleak but whatever, im going to have some fun and rock this world, then when im done im going to die and be at peace. Its all good.
I just want you to think about this Mystic.

It could be worst, when you die, there is no death, rather, there's re-living our life in a different world, maybe more harder and more advance.

There are, at times, when I think that someone, be it God or some evil demon (look Rene Descartes) liking to play games with all living beings.

I'm going to say, God, if real, if alive, is a necromancer to the core.
 

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Yeah theres that possibility as well, reincarnation into a different plane of existence/universe could be whats waiting for us, but there are so many other things that could happen as well. I personally believe in the simplest explanation that seems most likely, death is like the time before our birth, non-existance.
 

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Do you mean, "Is there a purpose for life?"

I think purpose is just something we make up. Nothing needs a purpose. But giving things a purpose helps us understand how events in the world are linked together. In other words no one will ever figure out the meaning of life because meaning is just something we make up -- it doesn't actually exist outside of our heads.

Sorry, I'm just a cynical neuroscientist.

It comes down to YOU choosing something that feels intuitively right for you.

But if you can't find a meaning, that doesn't mean you can't live your life in a way that will do you the most good and others the least harm.

I think Christ's central message was one of compassion. We're in this together. Love yourself, love your fellow man, and love life.

my 2 cents
 

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Originally posted by The Bad Ass Canadian
a better question to ask instead of "What's the meaning of life?"

is:

"How do I give my life meaning?"

bravo!!@@!!@!!@!:cheer:
 

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the next question you have to answer is whether you want to give something back to the world or just live your life and enjoy it 120%.
 

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The meaning of life is...

to keep on living. Survival. A thousand of your ancestors made their choice to evolve and survive, ultimately resulting in your life. We can choose to keep on living through our genes and through our legacies.

The choice to keep on living, and evolving as a person in order to survive is nature's mandate for you. In modern times though we have really lost sight of this. We tend to think that our lives are somehow meaningless if we don't achieve perfection. It's striving to evolve that will add true purpose to your life, regardless of how close you ever get to perfection. The more effort you put into personal evolution, the more purposeful your life will seem.
 

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Originally posted by Flogger

I think purpose is just something we make up. Nothing needs a purpose. But giving things a purpose helps us understand how events in the world are linked together. In other words no one will ever figure out the meaning of life because meaning is just something we make up -- it doesn't actually exist outside of our heads.

Sorry, I'm just a cynical neuroscientist.

It comes down to YOU choosing something that feels intuitively right for you.

But if you can't find a meaning, that doesn't mean you can't live your life in a way that will do you the most good and others the least harm.

I think Christ's central message was one of compassion. We're in this together. Love yourself, love your fellow man, and love life.
I like your cynical response there.
 

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The purpose of life is to add purpose to your life.
 

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to see haw far you can get. Remember you got notting to loose, when it's done you'll be dust anyway.

(good thing I don't belive in god, or I would have hung my self long time ago.)
 

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Thanks for your replies. They have helped me to better understand life in general. Keep posting.
 

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I was talking to God about this very subject yesterday and apparently she has put us all here to masturbate each other's egos through the internet. Furthermore, anyone born before the invention of the net has gone straight to hell and anyone who has not posted endless threads about getting laid in their lifetime will be doomed to purgatory for an unbearably boring 5 minutes before reincarnating their way back up the heirarchy of living things (****roach, parasitic larvae, Bush family member, rat, cat, pig, etc) eventually earning the chance to be a DJ. I consider it sheer fortune that I found this place and have invested so much time in my afterlife!
 

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I have had a very difficult and interesting life

i left home at 14 years of age

i have been in jail as a youth and also as an adult

when i was freed at 17 years of age i ended up in a church and gave my heart to Jesus

it was a long road but my life turned around thanks to God and i went from very dangerous criminal into nice young man with a hope and a future

if i had not allowed God into my life i would be dead

when i was 19 my life went off course. and yes like all sad stories it involved a young woman. by the age of 21 i was no longer a nice person i was turning slowly back into the monster i had been before God helped me.

i had stopped going to church. started hanging around criminal friends from my younger years and i was sleeping around.

my grandfather passed away and he had left a small inheritence of $3000 ( $1800 US ) to me

i had not a cent to my name and my grandfather had meant alot to me growing up

i was 21 years old and i rang my uncle and asked him about the money. he said he would take as long as he wanted. i planned to get a gun and go have a talk with him face to face and see if he still felt like giving me the run around

i got scared. i knew i was going to do it. i went and bought a bottle of vodka and started drinking. i forgot why i was so upset and thought at least alcohol calms me down so i won't threaten my uncle. if he tells the police i will go to jail and i don't like jail.

so i became an alcoholic. 6 months later i get the money.

by now i am a wreck. giving me $3000 is like giving me a rope to hang myself.

i spent the $3000 in 3 days. i hired a car. i drove the car drunk. i crashed the car into another car on the wrong side of the road while being chased by the police at over 140km'h in a 50km/h zone

i had 5 passengers in the car. yes my car was overloaded.

i pulled over and allowed my passengers to flee.

i was so drunk i couldn't see properly.

i felt bad about the car i hit so i stayed where i was an awaited the police

the police broke my nose and beat me. they put a gun to my head.

they thought it was a stolen car.

i get out of the police station and that night in the same clothes covered in blood i walk into a church.

it was the first time i had been to church in almost 2 years.

i felt like crying. how had my life managed to get so f*cked up again ?

i was looking at going back to jail and i thought i would rather die than go back

sorry guys i am getting abit upset. maybe i will type the rest later.

anyways God has always been there for me.

I have not always been doing what God wants me to do.


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Damn, Lost.

Your life sounds like an after-school special gone wrong!
Glad you managed to get out of the rut....unless of course you are drinking as you post, which might explain a lot actually.
 

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haha no. i am doing good these days.

i just shared alittle about the threads question about God and how God has helped me in my darkest hours.

i am laying low but doing good.

no crime. no criminal friends. no police after me.

i was in some serious $hit 4 months ago but i moved to another city and ever since then my life has began anew.


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what ever works for you. I'm glad your getting your life together.


me on the other hand, If I belived in god, i would have hang my self already. I would have gave up......

But since I don't belive in him, I see life as a Mericle. A feak occurance. Something that happens once every few billion years on some corner of the universe. billions of cells in your body working together for one cause, different animals, colours, smells......ALL OF A SUDEN IT ALL BECOMES SPECIAL. And no metter haw crappy my life is, I remember that it's better then rotting in the ground and not being part of it all. Nobody cares about your problems as much as you do. And nobody cares more about your succes then you do. I don't know if it makes sence to all of you, but it makes perfect sence in my head.......so who cares....

MEANING OF LIFE IS WHAT EVER YOU WANT IT TO BE....
 
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