The True Meaning Of Life

We all sit and wonder what’s the meaning of life. People can research and write novels about the topic, but we will never understand the real meaning until people experience life for themselves-until people feel like they’re experiencing the beauty of life. Every person has their own ideas of their needs, wants, and desires. But people don’t know what their needs, wants, or desires unless they go and discover what they love. Everyone has their own ways to share their views on the meaning of life-everyone is unique. If people walk around a shopping mall and ask each person what they believe the meaning of life is, this topic would receive different answers and views from each person. The answer from many people would be “just to live a happy life,” but is that all people have to say about the meaning of life?

This is greatly illustrated in the book "Monkey" where the Monkey King mentions his desire to live forever at numerous points.

Why would someone want to be immortal if they cannot share their life with others? Sharing with others is what life is about. Making connections and relationships

When I was young, I used to spend my day pondering over the purpose of existence. My family wasn’t rich, conflicts happened every time between adults. There were no allowances for me and the most I would get after receiving a perfect score was a “Good job”. Watching my friends going out for dinner with their parents or showing off new toys wasn’t a very pleasing experience. To my perception, the point of life for grownups was to struggle for money, which, well, makes the family happier. However, after a simple chess game in a nursing home with an old man named Kramer, I discovered something that had greatly affected me.

Being alive is very precious, which many people take for granted as it goes for that one quote “You’re alive but are you really living?”. Death is something that people fear and will always be inevitable. With that in mind, how would one know if they were alive unless they knew that they could die? Living forever is overrated, and life itself being a race against death. This is why we must create a meaningful life, actively engaging in something of value to us and ultimately succeeding, preventing death from taking anything away, and depriving us from further experiences.

While the above are some of the strategies used to explain where and how to find the meaning of life, there are other ways to answer the question “What is the meaning of life?” The answers are not necessarily associated with a specific philosophy in life, but nonetheless, are answers people regularly find themselves giving when they ponder the issue.

The fact that we only have a limited amount of time on this earth is one of the main things that gives human lives meaning. It encourages humans to make the best use of their time and to experience as much of what this world has to offer while they still have a chance to. If we never did die, life would seem meaningless. There is also the fact that if someone were to live forever, eventually they will run out of things to do. When Andrew was told that as a robot he will never die, Andrew proves my point by responding with “ what will I spend all of eternity doing?”(p.124)

Our medical advancements have allowed us to increase the length of the average life more and more every generation, but I believe that our pursuit of longevity should stop there. Aging is not an epidemic, nor is it a flaw in our engineering as science views it. Death is the intended natural end for every living being, and for humanity to think that could be changed without implications is hubris. A world that continued to reproduce without death would quickly become overpopulated and uninhabitable. If radical life extension proponents see this as a viable option, they would have to develop additional technology that prevents and eliminates pollution, along with establishing living options outside of Earth for the masses of people that will be still be alive. Dealing with overpopulation would be the real epidemic, not death. There is also a distinction to be made between living forever and living well. “The pursuit of perfect bodies and further life extension will deflect us from realizing more fully the aspirations to which our lives naturally point: for living well, rather than merely staying alive” (Kass). It would be hard for individuals in society to make decisions regarding their goals and desires if they had limitless time to pursue them- society could become stagnant. If we make the goal of humanity immortality, we abandon the concept of having an individual teleological end. By rejecting radical life extension, we would not only be preserving the natural tradition of death, but preserving human individuality and one’s right to live

Humans are so interested in living forever because death is something everyone would like to avoid. Many believe there is a connection to being attractive or strong and being young. This causes humans to search out ways to stay young as long as possible or even keep up the look of it. Also, just watching people growing old around us and not being able to do all the things they could when young is a scary sight. This also causes us a society to try and avoid growing old like that for as long as we

I want to be immortal so I don’t have to die. I don’t want to die. Nobody wants to

Some individuals believe that there is more meaning and promise in their death than the life that they are currently living on earth. Many religions, Christianity included, believe in eternal life. No one except for Christ (i.e. God) knows

Since ancient times there has always been a debate in the field of philosophy of whether individuals continue to live after death. Although many religions believe in the concept of “immortality”. I believe that immortality could exist, because of cloning, cryonics, and Calorie Restriction. For hundreds of years people have been attempting to preserve and prolong life, and essentially become immortal. There are many new technologies in this time of scientific exploration and advancement that claim to do these things. There are many methods that are currently being studied as ways to either prolong life or to become immortal. All of these aspects take a different approach to man’s constant search for immortality. Immortality has primarily been

What is the meaning of life? Well known Greek philosphers such as Socrates and Plato believed that our purpose in this life was to gain knowledge in preparation for the next life. Other Philosophers such as Epicurus believed that pleasure is the main goal in life. After giving these ideas lots of thought, I have come to my own conclusion that the true meaning of life is far more complex than either of these; far too complex for any human to fully comprehend. In fact these two different philosophies are only part of the grand picture. If it were that easy for men to figure out our lives wouldn't be so messed up now. The meaning of life revolves around many different things. I

My few years on this planet have been a bit confusing. I have learned of many aspects of life from which one can draw meaning, if indeed such meaning can be drawn. I have also learned that there can be no singular meaning of life to stand for us all, or even any one of us. What I have learned above all is that trying to put words to the meaning of life is a task of absolute absurdity. This is not to be confused with the idea that life has no meaning, for life certainly has meaning. However, there is no single meaning of life to be defined - life is different for us all. Therefore, rather than define life for an entire planet, I shall try to explain what life means as I perceive it, and why it means so.

Life as we know it could vanish within seconds. The next day is not promised to anyone that walks on this earth. As we live our everyday lives peacefully, we tend not to think what our mission or purpose in life is. Instead, we think what we must do for that to be a “successful” person. Despite this way of thinking, just think for a second. What makes life meaningful? What is life anyway? These questions dive right into the heart of the philosophical, psychological, and the biological aspects of life and what the true meaning of life is. This is a very arguable topic due to every person’s different perspective on life and what it means to them. In summary, I personally think that life is simply what you make of it and each person’s accomplishments has its own merit