Originally posted by crispycream
is this question like too deep for people to attempt
It's not too deep, just too broad. There are too many things not defined in your question, like what do you mean by purpose? Sometimes the easiest answer is because. What I mean is that the universe has cause and effect, so at some time in the past a cause was created whose effect is manifest in you and I existing.
The truest purpose we can have comes from ourselves. We can just sit and think about it though. If we spend all our time pondering about the purpose of our existence then the only purpose you will find is pondering. If you want to know the meaning of life then go live it. After all, the is no meaning to a life that isn't lived... Wow, that's pretty deep.
Originally posted by Maleficus
The truest purpose we can have comes from ourselves. We can just sit and think about it though. If we spend all our time pondering about the purpose of our existence then the only purpose you will find is pondering. If you want to know the meaning of life then go live it. After all, the is no meaning to a life that isn't lived... Wow, that's pretty deep.
And very true. The purpose of life is what you make it.
Originally posted by Biscuit
your purpose is whatever u want it to be
Maybe that is the problem, if we are free to decide then we will have to decide something, and we don´t know what we want. Maybe we are not prepared for too much freedom, we will not know how to use it, and maybe thats why we are always trying to find a purpose, I mean... we are free to do whatever we want to do, but we don´t know what we want, so we try to find something to do, or a purpose.
Originally posted by Atlantis001Maybe it's following the path that brings you joy....
Maybe that is the problem, if we are free to decide then we will have to decide something, and we don´t know what we want. Maybe we are not prepared for too much freedom, we will not know how to use it, and maybe thats why we are always trying to find a purpose, I mean... we are free to do whatever we want to do, but we don´t know what we want, so we try to find something to do, or a purpose.
Originally posted by Devalion
I have always wondered whether we have an actual purpose to be here. When I think of it, we make life better, or maybe worse (depending on what you believe), for the next generation. But why? Why actually are we put through love, hate, life and death? Is there really a reason? I suppose the reason of this thread to ask you guys what you think the point of life is........? And why we are put through so much, for nothing.
Originally posted by Atlantis001
Maybe that is the problem, if we are free to decide then we will have to decide something, and we don´t know what we want. Maybe we are not prepared for too much freedom, we will not know how to use it, and maybe thats why we are always trying to find a purpose, I mean... we are free to do whatever we want to do, but we don´t know what we want, so we try to find something to do, or a purpose.
Originally posted by Devalion
I have always wondered whether we have an actual purpose to be here. When I think of it, we make life better, or maybe worse (depending on what you believe), for the next generation. But why? Why actually are we put through love, hate, life and death? Is there really a reason? I suppose the reason of this thread to ask you guys what you think the point of life is........? And why we are put through so much, for nothing.
Point in life is understanding the fact that you are not an independent being with a particular purpose. You make your own meaning.
Earth has made us, and the Universe made Earth. We are part of everything around us, not intependant beings on which all the rest depends or relies on.
I think asking that, should perhaps go all the way back to asking what is the purpose of Universe.
Why is the Universe here?
Because we are marely a part of the Universe. A product of its existance - so if we understood the purpose of Universe, we would be that step closer to understanding why we are here.