What is The Meaning of Life?

Life

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  • To realize one’s potential and ideals
  • To achieve biological perfection
  • To seek wisdom and knowledge
  • To do good, to do the right thing
  • Meanings relating to religion
  • To love, to feel, to enjoy the act of living
  • To have power, to be better
  • Life has no meaning
  • One should not seek to know and understand the meaning of life
  • Antinatalism

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Mills Of God

Mills Of God The proverbial expression of the mills of God grinding slowly refers to the notion of slow but certain divine retribution. Plutarch (1st century AD) alludes to the metaphor as a then-current adage in his Moralia (De sera numinis vindicta “On the Delay of Divine Vengeance”): “Thus, I do not see what use...

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Sexual Abuse

Sexual Abuse Sexual abuse, also referred to as molestation, is abusive sexual behavior by one person toward another. It is often perpetrated using force or by taking advantage of another. When force is immediate, of short duration, or infrequent, it is called sexual assault. The offender is referred to as a sexual...

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Balance Between Worldly Life And Spiritual Life

Balance Between Worldly Life And Spiritual Life This article tries to find some answers to Balance Between Worldly Life And Spiritual Life. How Should We Establish Balance with Respect to The Spiritual and Worldly Dimensions of Our Life? Balance holds a very significant place in every phase of life. Balanced...

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Depression

What Is Depression? Depression is a state of low mood and aversion to activity. Classified medically as a mental and behavioral disorder, the experience of depression affects a person’s thoughts, behavior, motivation, feelings, and sense of well-being. The core symptom of depression is said to be anhedonia, which refers to loss of interest or a loss of...

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Mutual Assistance In The Universe

Mutual Assistance In The Universe This article covers that there is mutual assistance in the universe. Life in the whole of the universe displays a symphony of mutual helping. Just like the members, organs and systems, even cells, of a living animal body, all parts of the universe support and...

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Life Is The Brightest Evidence Of God

Life Is The Brightest Evidence Of God This article covers Life and God’s Unity. It proves that Life Is The Brightest Evidence Of God. Everything, every being in existence displays God’s Unity as a most manifest truth. For example, of the innumerable arguments for His existence and Unity, consider life:...

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Cleanliness In The Universe

Cleanliness In The Universe This article covers Cleanliness In The Universe. Have you ever considered why nature is so clean? Until recently, when human beings began to over-pollute air, water and earth, the natural world has been continually cleansed and purified. Even now, it still preserves its original purity in...

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Marriage In Hinduism

Marriage In Hinduism Hindu marriage joins two individuals for life, so that they can pursue dharma (duty), artha (possessions), and kama (physical desires). It is a union of two individuals as spouses, and is recognized by law. In Hinduism, marriage is followed by traditional rituals for consummation. In fact, marriage...

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Where Does The Enjoyment And Pleasure Of Life Lie?

Where Does The Enjoyment And Pleasure Of Life Lie? So, that is how life is. If you desire the pleasure and enjoyment of life, animate your life with belief, and adorn it with religious obligations. Maintain it by abstaining from sins. As for the fearsome reality of death, which is...

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Is Life A Struggle?

Is Life A Struggle? This article covers the answer to the question: “Is Life A Struggle?” O corrupted thinking! A number of your rotten and baseless foundations are as follows. You say: “Every living being from the greatest angel to the tiniest fish owns itself and works for itself and...

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Life Is A Test

Life Is A Test It is certainly the case that God knows how we act and live in this world. He sends us to be tested by Him, so that we can improve our abilities and skills through the responsibilities He ordains for us. Not all of the men are...

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Meaningful Life

Meaningful Life In positive psychology, a meaningful life is a construct having to do with the purpose, significance, fulfillment, and satisfaction of life. While specific theories vary, there are two common aspects: a global schema to understand one’s life and the belief that life itself is meaningful. Meaning can be defined as the...

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Cyberstalking

What Is Cyberstalking? Cyberstalking is the use of the Internet or other electronic means to stalk or harass an individual, group, or organization. It may include false accusations, defamation, slander and libel. It may also include monitoring, identity theft, threats, vandalism, solicitation for sex, or gathering information that may be...

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Cyberbullying

What Is Cyberbullying? Cyberbullying or cyberharassment is a form of bullying or harassment using electronic means. Cyberbullying and cyberharassment are also known as online bullying. It has become increasingly common, especially among teenagers, as the digital sphere has expanded and technology has advanced. Cyberbullying is when someone, typically a teenager, bullies or harasses others on the internet and other digital spaces, particularly on social...

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Mobbing

What Is Mobbing? Mobbing, as a sociological term, means bullying of an individual by a group, in any context, such as a family, peer group, school, workplace neighborhood, community, or online. When it occurs as physical and emotional abuse in the workplace, such as ‘ganging up’ by co-workers, subordinates or superiors,...

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The Purpose Of Our Creation

The Purpose Of Our Creation Are all of life’s hardships worth enduring? The answer depends on what our goal is in living. In fact, understanding life’s purpose is a slow and absorbing process. We sense its mystery while reflecting upon our existence and humanity. Therefore, our concept of life evolves...

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Loneliness

What Is Loneliness? Loneliness is a complex and usually unpleasant emotional response to isolation. Loneliness typically includes anxious feelings about a lack of connection or communication with other beings, both in the present and extending into the future. As such, loneliness can be felt even when surrounded by other people...

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Solitude

What Is Solitude? Solitude is a state of seclusion or isolation, i.e., lack of contact with people. It may stem from bad relationships, loss of loved ones, deliberate choice, infectious disease, mental disorders, neurological disorders or circumstances of employment or situation. Short-term solitude is often valued as a time when...

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Privacy

What Is Privacy? Privacy is the ability of an individual or group to seclude themselves, or information about themselves, and thereby express themselves selectively. The boundaries and content of what is considered private differ among cultures and individuals. When something is private to a person, it usually means that something is inherently...

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How Can We Save Our Lives In The Hereafter?

How Can We Save Our Lives In The Hereafter? Being assaulted by the deceptive, seductive amusements of the present time, a group of young people were asking: “How can we save our lives in the Hereafter?” The grave is there and no one can deny it. Whether they want to...