Find your own purpose in life, if you think you ever need one.
Philosophy Does life have a purpose?, A philosophical question
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 Aug 9 2010, 01:46 PM
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Aug 15 2010, 02:10 AM
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QUOTE(teongpeng @ Aug 9 2010, 09:13 PM) why do animals live? what is the purpose of their lives? there in lies the answer. What makes you think the answer is there? Any evidence? |
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Aug 20 2010, 12:35 AM
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QUOTE(teongpeng @ Aug 15 2010, 11:32 AM) what makes u think...as a living being..we're different from animals in relation to life? Yup...include trees in my question too. What is the life purpose of a tree...and there in lies the answer. Is the answer going to give you a purpose in life? |
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Aug 20 2010, 12:52 AM
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QUOTE(teongpeng @ Aug 20 2010, 12:42 AM) duh...why do u think i ask. My answer: no arising thought. No arising, no falling. I don't see a purpose, and I don't see not a purpose. Purpose is meant for those who want to find it. Everybody have different purpose. "his" might not be same with "her" purpose. So, why care? |
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Aug 20 2010, 01:14 AM
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there is no "his" or "her", there is no "you" and "me"...
so back to the question, purpose? Thus I said, I don't see "purpose" as it is... no need to "create" purpose and start to think about "purpose"... |
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Aug 23 2010, 01:24 AM
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QUOTE(teongpeng @ Aug 20 2010, 09:50 AM) there is a reason why the topic isnt about "your purpose", rather...its asking about life's purpose...as a whole. You need to bring awareness above your association with the ego in order to understand the implication of such topic. Yes, unless one can bring a definative argument to make humans special, to even discuss about purposes of humans is a question rooted in the ego. Hence my question....what is the purpose of plants and animals. there in lies the answer. As a whole, is still regarding with the association of "object" and "name".when there is "non-self", there where the "purpose" fit's in? Is there a "self" in plants and animals? When there is no "association", where comes the ego? So what is the purpose of plants and animals then? They don't even question their purpose, but human do. |
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