The meaning of life

Since the dawn of time, the ultimate question has been asked in a number of ways. Why do we exist? What is the meaning of life? Does God exist? What is the origin of the universe? How does the world exist, and what is its origin or source of creation? Why is there something rather than nothing?

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Forum / What if?
# Stars - 2009-05-22 15:42
What if . . .
The answer is right infront of us, and we cannot see it.

What if . . .
We are so coiled up in life's daily survival of the fittest business, that we cannot see it.

What if . . .
What we think is general knowledge, is the key to all our questions.

What if . . .
OUr answers are all right

What if . . .
Our answers is all wrong!

What if . . .
We think we exist, but we do not, we are just the imagine nation of some one/ something bigger?

What if . . .
The Bible is actually the truth? What then?

What if . . .
Our very existence are determined by our deeds, our love for people and the services we provide for the people around us? What then?

What is your answer to this?!!
# smallBang - 2009-05-22 22:41
A potential answer to all those "what if" is that the Truth is probably not found in any of those intellectual beliefs/hypothesis.

Maybe only direct experience may touch Truth. I think this is what zen is all about. No religion, no belief. Only direct experience through meditation.

But it's not like I'm a zen master myself! ;-) It's just a point of view I find interesting.
# Kelly Tran - 2011-06-20 00:39
The meaning of life is one thing and one thing only.
It's to have fun. Life is like a vacation, you're there for a short period, to have fun.
# Slugsong - 2011-07-18 01:51
The meaning of life is 42
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