What is The Meaning of Life?

Life

Popular views

  • 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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The True Long Life

The True Long Life This a short writing about how to live the true long life. The really long-lived are not those who live long but those who can make their lives as fruitful as possible. In view of this standard, as there may be those who, though a hundred...

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Dreams Quotes

Dreams Quotes We have collected and put the best Dreams quotes about the meaning of life from around the world. Enjoy reading these insights and feel free to share this page on your social media to inspire others. May these Dreams Quotes on many subjects inspire you to never give...

Friendship Quotes

Friendship Quotes

Friendship Quotes We have collected and put the best friendship quotes about the meaning of life from around the world. Enjoy reading these insights and feel free to share this page on your social media to inspire others. Friendship is a relationship of mutual affection between people. Friendship is a stronger form of...

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Divine Support And Ensuring Its Continuation

Divine Support And Ensuring Its Continuation This article covers Divine Support. Question: God Almighty has graced us with a great deal of possibilities to serve humanity. What would you recommend so that this holy grace and benediction upon us shall not be stopped? I think we all are aware that...

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Real Life And Real Humanity

Real Life And Real Humanity This article covers Real Life And Real Humanity. Since “real” life is only possible through knowledge, those who have neglected learning and teaching are considered to be “dead,” even when they are biologically alive. We were created to learn and to communicate what we have...

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Humanity And Its Responsibilities

Humanity And Its Responsibilities If humanity is the vicegerent of God on Earth, the favorite of all His creation, the essence and substance of existence in its entirety and the brightest mirror of the Creator—and there is no doubt that this is so—then the Divine Being that has sent humanity...

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The Inner Profundity Of Humankind

The Inner Profundity Of Humankind This article covers The Inner Profundity Of Humankind. The human being is the essence and the vital element of being, the index and core element of the universe. Human beings are at the center of creation; all other things, living or non-living, compose concentric circles...

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Human Beings And Their Nature

Human Beings And Their Nature This article covers Human Beings And Human Nature. Everything that humans are granted, namely their faith, good deeds, and creation, is built upon human values, like lacework woven on the threads of human nature. Humanity is conferred upon humans as a gift; no price is...

"The Drunkard's Progress", 1846 demonstrating how alcoholism can lead to poverty, crime, and eventually suicide

What Is The Cause Of Social Injustices?

What Is The Cause Of Social Injustices? This article covers the answer to the question: “What Is The Cause Of Social Injustices?” The cause of all revolutions and social upheavals, and the root of all moral failings, are these two attitudes or approaches. First: I don’t care if others die...

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Love

What Is Love? Love is an intense feeling of deep affection. Love is when you choose to be at your best when the other person is not at their best. Love is when what you want is never important. But what the other person needs and wants is always paramount. If you truly love someone,...

Human Rights

Human Rights

Human Rights Human rights are “the basic rights and freedoms to which all humans are entitled” Examples of rights and freedoms which are often thought of as human rights include civil and political rights, such as the right to life and liberty, freedom of expression, and equality before the law;...

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The Door Half-Opened Through Death

The Door Half-Opened Through Death This poem is about old age and death. What imaginations those coming to this world nourish! Imaginations as sweet as the joy felt at religious festivals! And yet the first step taken into the world is also the first step those who have come to...

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The Reality Of Worldly Life

The Reality Of Worldly Life The Old Said (Bediuzzaman) saw the reality of worldly life in a vision. It transformed him into the New Said. You too listen to it in the form of a comparison: I saw that I was a traveler and was going on a long journey;...

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Women’s Spiritual Lives

Women’s Spiritual Lives This article covers the spiritual lives of women. Those occasional doubts, the internal dialogue, and the constant nagging: these are the days when we ask ourselves, “Who am I? What am I supposed to be?” I don’t know if there is a “one-size-fits-all” answer. I also don’t...

Women’s Rights

Women’s Rights

Women’s Rights Women’s rights are the rights and entitlements claimed for women and girls worldwide, and they formed the basis for the women’s rights movement in the 19th century and the feminist movements during the 20th and 21st centuries. In some countries, these rights are institutionalized or supported by law,...

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The Heroine’s Journey: The Modern Woman’s Quest For Professional And Personal Fulfillment

The Heroine’s Journey: The Modern Woman’s Quest For Professional And Personal Fulfillment This article covers The Modern Woman’s Quest for Professional and Personal Fulfillment. According to Carl Jung’s theory of human development, the first half of life is devoted to differentiation and development of one’s individual ego, and the goal...

Kathleen Fischer argues secular spirituality is inherently linked to nature, and can be found in the beauty of "the delicate mist that arises from the spray of a waterfall, a hummingbird hovering at a flowering bush, white beaches bordering turquoise waters."

Are Women More Spiritual Than Men?

Are Women More Spiritual Than Men? I was asked a very interesting question the other day. Perhaps it’s one you’ve even asked yourself: “Are women more spiritual than men?” At first glance, it would seem so. Most self-help/spiritual-growth books are purchased by women. Most attendees at growth-oriented workshops are women....

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A Powerful Tool For Grief And Difficult Life Changes

A Powerful Tool For Grief And Difficult Life Changes This article covers how to handle grief and difficult life changes. I often suggest journal writing to my clients who are grieving the death of a loved one or dealing with a difficult life change as a useful way to deal...

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What Would You Say About The Equality Of Men And Women?

What Would You Say About The Equality Of Men And Women? Before discussing the equality of men and women, we should first look more closely at the meaning of “equal” and “equality”. “Equal” means that there is no difference between things, that they have the same nature, quality, value and...

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Republic

Republic A republic (meaning “public affair”) is a form of government in which “power is held by the people and their elected representatives”. In republics, the country is considered a “public matter”, not the private concern or property of the rulers. The primary positions of power within a republic are attained through democracy or a mix of democracy with oligarchy or autocracy rather...