The Meaning of Life, The Purpose of Life
October 19, 2009
What is the meaning of life? Does it not vary from life to life? Isn’t the meaning in our lives given to us by either ourselves or a divine guidance that guides? I believe each of the 6.5 billion people on earth (and each of the trillions up trillions upon trillions of beings on this earth) might answer this question differently. There may be as many answers as their are answerers.
The purpose of life is easier to contemplate (for me at least). The purpose of life is the experience of life. No more (for what more can there be?) and no less (as what could be less?). We arrive in this world with nothing but some sense of our connection to the universe as well as a sense of our individuality. When we leave, those are the only “things” we take with us. What happens between the entry and the exit is less important than something that is interesting happens. The purpose of life is the experience of life.
