The Importance Of Life On Eternal Life

Stranded and lost, deep in the Pacific ocean, with no direction or path to follow, with only a crazed hyena, a wounded zebra, a worried orangutan, and a fierce tiger for company. This is the situation that Pi finds himself in during the novel, Life of Pi, by Yann Martel. The protagonist, Piscine Molitor Patel (Pi), goes through many struggles and challenges throughout his journey in the lifeboat. There are some major beliefs that he learned during his childhood in India that helps him persevere through these struggles and survive to tell the tale. Three beliefs Pi learns in India that enabled him to survive on the lifeboat are that all animals are dangerous, that humans are the most dangerous animal, and to have faith in God.

"The time is fulfilled, and the Kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel." (Mark 1:14-15)

Many believe that being truly happy is the ultimate meaning of life.  If that were the case, achieving the meaning of life would be much simpler than most think.  In order to be truly happy, one must put that perspective into their life.  It is all about the outlook.  "Your life has no meaning." (Roth 15.)  Every single person who has, is, or ever will be alive and breathing is in control of their own life.  Every single person is in charge of what they want to do.  Whatever route is taken, is the choice of he who took that route.  Once this idea is programmed into someone's head, it is much easier for them to become more complete physically, mentally, and emotionally.  Professor Bernard Roth of Stanford University is a true eyeopener in this topic.  In his best-selling novel, The Achievement Habit: Stop Wishing, Start Doing, and Take Command of Your Life, Roth clearly demonstrates the idea of putting life into perspective with several detailed examples, observations, and demonstrations.  He makes it clear that to truly succeed in life, you must follow Aristotle's Rhetorical Triangle.  Using this Triangle, Roth clearly supports his statement "Your life has no meaning," through Ethos, Pathos, and Logos.

All throughout history philosophers, politicians, and religious leaders have pondered the meaning of life. 20th century philosopher Albert Camus found that it Western society was far too focused on substance rather than understanding that it is the search for actualization or the process as opposed to the destination that provides the true meaning of life (Camus, 1942). Still others, Friedrich Nietzsche, for instance, found that it was suffering in its literal sense, or the process of undergoing, that defined the meaning of life. This was the ultimate search for freedom and actualization intellectual and emotional satisfaction (Nietzsche, 2004). Taking this view further, it seems as if the 21st century as brought the challenge of overcoming one's base instincts and striving for more, ""to be any kind of a person, one's life must have a unity to it, the continuity and coherence which comes from constructing one's life as a work of art" (Young, 2003, 117). Karl Marx called religion the "opiate of the masses," in that it both numbs and comforts people, but really leaves them in a perpetual state of confusion and falsehoods. Yet it is primarily religion that humans turn to when facing questions about the meaning of life.

Virtually everyone dreads having to discuss preparations for their loved ones after they are gone. We know that death is a natural part of the life cycle but we would still rather not discuss it. Although this is a sensitive topic on which many choose to remain silent; preparation for death, or death period, is an important conversation to have. The earlier we talk about it the less confusion there is among family members. One thing that will destroy a family/ relationship is greed. Love of money is the root of all evil. When a decedent has a will and/or life insurance policy in place this often can prevent disputes and eliminate confusion. It helps to clarify your wishes by sitting everyone down and talking about the end of life as a family. When having the conversation you can disclose the amount of any life insurance and how it is to be divided. In addition to having life insurance, it is important to make sure that each family member knows you have a will. The will documents how any real or personal possessions are to be disposed of. The conversation is not meant to incite fear, or make anyone feel uncomfortable, but rather to help everyone realize that eventually we will all die; it’s part of the life cycle.

Waking up to discover the immense, pristine wilderness of Alaska, hearing nothing but the tranquilizing sound of Mother Nature. (incomplete sentence) Listening to the birds chirping their sounds while feeling the tremble of your heart beating through your veins. Trees as far as one can see. Rolling hills and in the reach peaks covered with ghostly snow. The sounds of streams growing larger until it rushes over a fall into an untainted lake. Moss growing silently on the trunks of trees while droplets of water fall from large leaves. Pondering the true meaning of life while absorbing nature’s grace. Only few can relate to this scene of the wild, one such man being Christopher John McCandless, a young pioneer and traveler.

I am Bisexual, there I said it, I am not afraid to say it and I will be saying it throughout this entire narrative. I am not afraid to be who I am, and no one else should be afraid to be who he or she is either. I have been told being gay is a "sin", I have also been told people like me are going to go to hell, and I have always question these statements. If people are going to go to hell for being their true selves, then shouldn’t heterosexual, Christians, be going to go to hell as well, because they to are only being themselves? This as you can see creates a compacted series of questions about life and the afterlife, which isn’t something I want to get into. I’m instead going to take you on the journey of who I am as a person, and how I

I try to live life happily and fully because I know that the time on Earth is limited. What makes the life precious is the inevitability of the death. Day by day, from birth, everyone is approaching a step closer to his or her final hour. Even the Bible mentions in Ecclesiastes 3 that “there is a time for everything … a time to be born and a time to die”. Many scientists tried to research the concept of mortality, and yet, this matter needs further study, or it will remain unknown until each person encounters at a time of death. I still remember the first decease scene I witnessed as a child; it was my great-grandfather’s. He was an atheist for his whole life and neither did he believe the afterlife. In spite of this, right before he ceased to breathe, my family heard him saying, “I believe in God, I want an eternal life”. I suppose that my great-grandfather wanted to have peace and be sincere before leaving this world which he could not return. Notably, a lot of people throughout the times believed the afterlife. Egyptians, for example, believe that the souls continue their life even after the death. Others, for instance, the Christians, believe of resurrection at return of Jesus. Christian’s burials are interesting that it is still a popular tourist attraction in Rome. The tombs I will focus are the Christian catacombs and the St. Peter’s, in addition to development of Christianity and the Christian art traced along these sites.

The universe is 92 billion light years in diameter, filled with over 100 billion galaxies, and each galaxy is full of its’ own stars and planets – YET out of all those galaxies the only evidence for life is here on planet Earth! According to Live Science, “We're lucky to live on such an incredibly perfect planet, where the air is exactly the right mix of chemicals, there's lots of water, and the temperature is just right” . Although the article contributes these fine features of Earth to just a series of “Luck” it continued to point out a few more of Earth’s more complex characteristics such as: stable rotation, constant gravity, protective atmosphere, and plate tectonics - all which are necessary to support life. Earth truly makes a great place to live!!!

One of the most important services that religions provides to its practitioners is the already set path of what to do during that life. The meaning of life philosophy in each individual religion serves as a guideline of good behaviour versus bad behaviour and a definite end consequences of the two behaviour. It acts like a lifeline through the stormy seas of life, and often people that have gone through traumatising come out the other end religiously devout, even though you might have think the opposite would be true.

Astrobiology is the investigation of the origins, distribution and future of life in the Universe. A key aspect of astrobiology is to search for and characterize the full diversity of habitable environments, both on early Earth and on other planets. Volcanic activity and its interactions with water are key aspects of ancient habitable environments on Earth. Evidence of such interactions has been discovered on Mars and these interactions probably also occurred on other Earth-like planets in the universe. Lassen Volcanic National Park provides field sites were volcanic processes interact with water and also host microbial life. The Lassen Astrobiology Intern program explores how volcanism, water, and life interact to sustain microbial ecosystems. These ecosystems provide important examples of the kinds of evidence that astrobiologists seek on Mars as well as on other potentially habitable planets.

Rabbi Maimonides, you take the position that it is not obvious that world is not eternal. I understand that you did comprehensive examination of the cognitive in approval of the world’s eternity. You came to the conclusion that it could not be disapproved or proven. I have come up with my own ideas and reasons to try to persuade that you could accept it. Even though it can't be proven that the world is eternal, the world could be eternal because Maimonides could accept that because he has no convincing or superseding reason to reject it.

David Suzuki provided an educational video on how us as humans make a big difference in our world. We are the earth, we aren't just a species that is on the earth, and we are every different kind of essence of earth. The earths resources and problems that go on in our world are from us, we are our only hope to keep or save the way our planet is going. Globalization is a big part in the way we treat our planet and how it will turn out, how we treat it will depend on how we react to problems. Gaia’s Hypothesis is really expressed throughout the film and gives the idea of how we have to start saving the resources and the world, it suggests to help the big picture. The importance of having certain conditions perfect to live on earth depends on how we want to treat our world, the factors are sometimes looked past even though they are important, if they aren't followed, these problems will get even worse. Our world is close to being in big danger and the world needs to be treated better so our lives can feel better too.

The question of life 's meaning is a wide topic that touches on areas including life 's essence and purpose. The notion of life holds a fundamental position in Schopenhauer 's metaphysics of will and appearance. He states that life 's inner essence is the simple "will to live" (Klemke and Cahn 36). Arthur Schopenhauer was among the great philosophers of the 19th-century who contended the argument of the universe as an irrational realm. Inspired by Kant and Plato, Schopenhauer developed an instinct-recognizing, ascetic outlook, which emphasized the world as one filled with strife (Klemke and Cahn 42). According to Schopenhauer, humanity ought to minimize its natural desires so as to achieve tranquility and dispositions to universal beneficence. He interpreted death as the purpose and aim of life, maintaining the idea that living is to suffer.

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