What's the purpose of life, actually? Just wondering...

Have you all ever thought even once in your life about what is the purpose of living here?

I mean, we're born into this world, go to school, eat and sleep, find a job just to stay alive.

Maybe buy a car, buy property, get married, have children.

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Then we think even deeply that all the stuff we do is actually useless and doesn't worth it.

Any opinions?


life is about resilience.

When we face failure, it's a chance to learn, grow, and try again.

Success is often not defined by never falling, but by how we rise after falling.

It's the ability to keep pushing forward, adapting, and finding new ways to achieve our goals that ultimately leads to success.


correct?




Can some intelligent explain to me what’s the meaning of life?


Is it all about money?

LIFE = goal of life?

Love?

marriage?

children?

Travel?

Competition?

Work?

Entertaiment?

Travel?

humour ？


Food?

Branded items?

Car?

Property?

Movie?

Sports?

power?

business?

social position?



What do you regret the most in your life?




Throughout our lives,


1)many of us are born,
2)educated,
3)find jobs,
4)finding a life partner ,
5)married,

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6)have children,
7) teach your children ,
8)advance in our careers,

9)retire at age 65 or 68 ( Starting in 2026, the system may shift from a lump-sum withdrawal to monthly withdrawals, potentially impacting all members born in 1980 or later. )

10)and eventually pass away.

What is the meaning of life?

What is the meaning behind all this?


Do we live like cow ？




"We're all going to die one day. Is there any achievement or purpose to life?


Someone answered: 'Happiness.' To be happy, we need money, so we work hard all our lives to earn it. However, most of us hate the work we do, meaning every moment is unhappy.



Day after day, we feel further away from the goal of happiness due to education debt, home loans, medical bills, and the cycle of working every day just to make money for the rest of our 70 years. What do we get at the end of it?


Some of us never achieve anything and therefore aren't happy. Some of us accumulate wealth and power but still aren't happy. Let's say you have 100 million today, like everyone else.



One day you die and return to the soil. In 2024, you die; 100 years later, in 2124, does your 100 million have any meaning? No one will remember you. Your 100 million may be important to you, but no one else knows it.



You'll be found out! Will there be WW3, WW4, or in 2200, maybe Earth won't exist, or humanity will be extinct like the dinosaurs, leaving no trace of human life on Earth. So, what's your goal? There will be no one there to remember you."







DISCUSS IT.

This post has been edited by plouffle0789: Jan 14 2025, 10:46 PM

life is about make money.

Life is like a big obstacle put in front of your optical to slow you down.

Suggest you listen to Alan Watts. You'll find your answers there

The Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything is 42

Life is about /k

Their marriage ended eleven years later, but Watts continued to exchange letters with his mother-in-law, Ruth Fuller Everett. In the 1960s, Watts and his wife Mary Jane lived in Sausalito, California. In his later years, he sometimes lived in a houseboat and other times in his cabin on Mount Tamalpais.


Due to societal and economic pressures, he frequently used alcohol to numb himself, which worsened his health.


In October 1973, Watts returned to his cabin on Mount Tamalpais exhausted after giving lectures in Europe. He died in his sleep the following month from heart failure at the age of 58.




Bondi Blue: If life has no meaning, what drives humanity to continue living it to the fullest?

Religious explanation point of view

Yolo

to enjoy by having able to see the wonders of earth

n to do this, need money

so work hard to make money

Yolo.get cambodia gf hghhhhhh

For some, it is reproduction.

BORN -> STUDY -> WORK -> MARRY -> PROCREATE/Have CHILDREN -> RETIRE -> DIE

If only the rich who has so much excess and living comfortably share their wealth to the unfortunate.

Say you own 1000 homes, have a set of 50 luxury cars, 10 wives, 20 children Eat Michelin Restaurants >4Meals a day, go holiday overseas several times a year.

When you die you cannot take them along with you. Instead with the excess you have, why not donate to the needy and the unfortunate. Let everyone remember you when you die and tell the story of you as a saint when you were still alive?

The rest as King Solomon says are MEANINGLESS in the Ecclesiastes book he authored.

Asking you to checkout his work on philosophy. Not his life

Just pointing out with good intention since you wanted to understand the meaning of life

Seems like you're more focus on finding the bad in others. Can't help you

Wish you all the best

Yi / Shi / Zhu / Sin

Life is about coming back from home after a long day at home.
Take a hot shower then put on a Micky Mouse broken T-shirt, flip on 24 inch LED monitor and reading this topic while taking a sip of Angela Sandy.

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The more knowledge you seek, the more sorrow/sadness will haunt you.

The more world material you seek the more fearful you will become because you fear someone will overtake you one day or steal all your belongings.

Death will eventually take everything from you one day and you'll not be able to take it along with you.

To customize ur own death. Trust me bero

every consciousness, including you, me., plants. animals are all part of the universe.

lessons learnt by conscious beings alters the total intelligence of the universe

Life is about waiting to die.

Piap, piap, piap....

Life

is about

trolling in /k

and get no money

making money for what? money is only a tools help you reach what you want(certain things)

for me my meaning of life is finding meaning in piaping every women i meet

Edison chen in the making!

Between born and death, your purpose is to make it liveable and tenable. Just save more money for rainy days and keep yourself happy and healthy.

bro ur IT literate... can't write a trading bot n make money for you ... really a failure...

ok.target how many now reached?

The Book of Ecclesiastes

for me life is about hedonism and i will seek it any way possible.

The Modern Definition of Hedonism

When hedonism first appeared in English in the middle of the 19th century, it referred to the doctrines of certain schools of philosophy in ancient Greece (such as the Epicureans and Cyrenaics), who held that happiness or pleasure constituted the chief goal in life. As used today, the word frequently carries a judgmental tinge. If someone is described as living a life of hedonism, the implication is that he or she derives happiness from debauchery rather than, say, spending quality time with family or forming meaningful relationships at work. Hedonism comes from the Greek hēdonē (“pleasure”), which also provides the root of the word anhedonia (“a psychological condition characterized by inability to experience pleasure in normally pleasurable acts”).

I can tell you what is the meaning of life from a globalist mega rich psychopath point of view.

Be their slave and serve the state. Like an ant. Without the state, you are nothing. You have no purpose.

Actually many are already doing this happily, although they refuse to acknowledge it.

Oh, and eat ze bugs like a slave.

Everyone will meet death leaving the world. You only need comfort, food and companionship through your life until your life ends. Not over abundance which everything is wasted.

everything human created , for a purpose.
we create cuisines, devices, tools,and things for a purpose.

just like us human, the answer is from our creator. Hopefully you find answer through the truth channel.

That is how moderation and simple life destroys their plans. Do nothing but enjoy everything around you with every opportunity. Earn enough just to give you comfort, protection and food and die without wasting them on others.

"Psychological hedonism" is the theory that all human actions are driven by the pursuit of pleasure.

Yap...lots of it

Even pleasure has its limits and setbacks for a mere human.

What pleasure when you have say 100 luxury homes/mansions/palaces, 50 sport luxury cars parked in your garage, a Michelin personal chef to your personal needs, 20 wives, tenths of children.

Do they follow you when you die? Can you stay in 100 houses all by yourself? Drive 50 cars which you owned? Bed all 20 wives when you sleep? Dedicate your time on every child you have?

What is the point of living when we all will eventually die anyway

Is there life after death? I can only find this out when my time comes

What is life?

Life is about working hard your whole life to make money. When you are old enough to enjoy the fruits of your labor, then your money will be scammed by scammers or char siew son.

King Solomon is believed to have 300 or more wives. Everyday he piap until he fedup. Later his wives started introducing problems to his life. Made him worship idols and forget God. Took away his concentration in making strategic decisions and almost destroyed his country.

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Then your charsiew son will also have charsiew sons until all burnt and nothing left with no descendants.

After that?

From buddhist / Taoist pov, v will b reincarnated again n again until v learn our life lessons, repay all our “karma debts”… so try to do as much good / clear as much karma debts at every opportunity ?

You will be 6 feet under. No longer your problem.

memes are everything, everything is a meme

you cannot escape the meme

Fap

reincarnation?

https://malaysia.kinokuniya.com/Many_Lives,...w/9780749913786

Even if money not scammed away, most will find out they no longer got healthy body or the mindset to enjoy their hard labour.

Ever heard org tua2 cerita:
Charsiew son is believed 2 come 2 collect karma debt fr parents tis life. As for scammers, they could b after u cos past life u done them wrong… repayment time! certain events, why tis why tat etc all can b explain tis way… ?

world would be a lot peaceful if everyone aim for pleasure instead of religious indoctrination bullshit

There is actually scholar citing and proof that the idea of reincarnation actually exists in Christian scriptures but was purposely removed by the Roman Emperor Justinian I because he feared that the souls could undermine the authority of the emperor, and even belittle the attributed supremacy of the church

Modern day science and Quantum Physics is now bringing back the possibility that multiverse exists and when a soul leaves a body it will transmigrate into another new body and life which is based on the karma/life of before.

https://www.amazon.com/Reincarnation-Remove...k/dp/B0927HLD75

How and Why Reincarnation Scriptures were Removed or Left Out from the Christian Bible

I often ask myself about the meaning of life,, why would human being has to work, for some people, for their whole dam life just to earn penny, end up died in sick or accident eventually

Key to life is finding what makes you happy, and how to keep on doing that

Life is about YOU

Maybe. So that nice innocent guy you ill treated last life reincarnated as scammer this life? Macam not right.

Scientific biology answer :
To reproduce and ensure survival of species

It's all about eat, work, piap, sleep.

What you eat / or what you can afford / enjoy to eat;
Where you work, what you can achieve in work;
Which / How / who you piap / you can piap;
How well / where you can sleep after all that you have done.

These defines the meaning of life.

so what is your finding?

Should you inherit this world you will still die one day and leave it all to someone else. All your work and efforts sia-sia only when you waste all your life earning it. Charsiew child takes over but that's not you it's still someone else and worst burn it all away for you making you jump out of grave?

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Seems like Angela shandy made u drunk that u came back home from home

Won't it feel meaningless after few times. Like first 50 maybe ok la hnnnghhh

Being happy is life.

Whatever makes you happy, go do it as long it doesn't break any laws.

This post has been edited by OPT: Apr 8 2023, 12:23 AM

Find gold digger gf, before old then kena scam alrdy

I memang work from home ma.

I mentioned many time I work at my parent's house basement

I thought for you earning of life would be minachi auntie with folds of fat hnnghhh

So getting married to the factory sumandak soon?

56. And I created not the Jinn and mankind except that they should worship Me. 57. I seek not any provision from them nor do I ask that they should feed Me.

https://www.alim.org/quran/tafsir/ibn-kathir/surah/51/52/

I want somebody like Angela shandy

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大闹一场，潇然离去。

i also cant find the answer
i find answer until gave up liao

i just live my furgal live till i die jer

for me personally:

to seek fun and chase things that excites me

purpose of life is finding meaning in the purpose of your life

survival is an effort of getting away from dying,..

life is short,short is life
life is long,long is life
long life,short life,half life,full life
life is L I F E

just be contemp with what u got...dont compare human with human...
eat sleep got chance then fak.... rince n repeat till die

at least we all got 'freedom' that alone is the biggest thing

at this point i aready stop looking for the answer of 'what is life' its a bottomless pit

This post has been edited by poco loco: Apr 8 2023, 06:06 AM

Life is about the value you can bring to other people. See this post I just wrote on Facebook:

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid...mibextid=Nif5oz

I don't regret anything.

Why do you need meaning for you to live to the fullest? No one needed meaning before they can laugh, cry, or fall in love.

when you die, you can die peacefully, with a smile on your face. that's life

Nobody can get away from dying… we should instead embrace it by legalising euthanasia when the need arise.

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Be an ant, work and work and work and work, when u expire, u die and nobody cares.

Life is just a temporary training ground to do good works for the very few people who are chosen to be worthy, and a filter to sieve out the majority who are unworthy to enter god's kingdom.

Piak piak as many as you can
Get Piak piak by as many as you can

Choose one of the above

How is Cambodia?

Any nice village girls?

Rrk: ur mum

Love others,be kind to all

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haven gone inside thier vilage

lol...you nail it.....80% match my life...lol

I ask Chatgpt to give you advise.

TLDR: You need to find out the meaning of your life yourself.
I elect Nietzsche, Heidegger, Kant, Confucius, Schopenhauer being my favourite approach to life.

Sycamore: Can you tell me what famous philosopher think about the meaning of life?

Chatgpt:

1. Aristotle: Aristotle believed that the meaning of life is to achieve happiness, which he called eudaimonia. According to him, happiness is achieved through a life of virtue and excellence, which involves using reason to develop good character and living in accordance with the moral virtues. He believed that humans are social animals and that a life of friendship and community is essential for achieving happiness.

2. Epicurus: Epicurus believed that the meaning of life is to achieve a state of tranquility and freedom from pain and anxiety, which he called ataraxia. According to him, this can be achieved by living a simple life of pleasure, but not excessive indulgence, and avoiding unnecessary desires and fears.

3. Friedrich Nietzsche: Nietzsche believed that life has no inherent meaning or purpose, and that individuals must create their own meaning through self-overcoming and the pursuit of their individual will to power. He believed that individuals should embrace the challenges of life and find meaning through their struggles, rather than seeking comfort or conformity.

4. Jean-Paul Sartre: Sartre believed that life has no inherent meaning, and that individuals are free to create their own meaning through their choices and actions. He believed that individuals should embrace their freedom and take responsibility for their lives, rather than relying on external factors or pre-determined destinies.

5. Martin Heidegger: Heidegger believed that the meaning of life is to exist in a state of authenticity, which involves being aware of one's mortality and the finite nature of existence. He believed that individuals should embrace the existential anxiety that comes with this awareness and strive to live a meaningful life, despite its inherent limitations.

6. Immanuel Kant: Kant believed that the ultimate goal of human life is to achieve a state of moral perfection or what he called the "Kingdom of Ends," where all individuals act in accordance with the universal moral law. He believed that the meaning of life is not derived from external factors such as wealth, power, or pleasure, but rather from the internal pursuit of fulfilling one's moral duty.

7. Confucius: Confucius believed that the meaning of life is to achieve harmony with oneself, others, and the world. According to him, this can be achieved by following the moral principles of benevolence, righteousness, and respect for tradition, and cultivating the virtues of wisdom, courage, and sincerity.

8. Arthur Schopenhauer: Schopenhauer believed that life is full of suffering and that the only way to achieve meaning is to transcend the individual will and embrace a state of detachment and inner peace. According to him, this can be achieved through the contemplation of beauty, art, and nature, and the realization that all individuals are part of the same universal will.

9. Plato: Plato believed that the meaning of life is to achieve knowledge and understanding of the eternal Forms or Ideas that underlie the material world. According to him, this can be achieved through a life of philosophy and the pursuit of truth and wisdom, which involves transcending the physical world and accessing the realm of the Forms.

10. Simone de Beauvoir: de Beauvoir believed that the meaning of life is to embrace one's freedom and reject the limitations that society imposes on individuals based on their gender, race, or class. She believed that individuals should strive to create their own identities and meaning, rather than conforming to societal norms or expectations.