What is Life All About?

Lara said:
"Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated"…Confucius

"Life is helping others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them"...Dalai Lama

"In life, the mind is everything. What you think, you become"…Buddha
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Excellent, Lara!
You could not have picked three quotes that sum up my personal views on life any better.
Those three make up the very core of who I am.
 
Life is to be squeezed to the max to get the most happiness and joy out of it, AS LONG as you are not squeezing the joy out of someone else's life in order to do that.

I'd like to believe in reincarnation, so that I could come back, have some do-overs and achieve what I didn't do the first time around.
 
Cinnamon buns are so good, niice.

I am drinking a tall cold glass of orange juice and club soda with lots of ice....and enjoying this moment. :)
 
I think life is all about evolution of the spirit. We're each at different stages of that evolution and to varying degrees are seeking our 'bestest' self within the context of this world as we know it.

I also would like to suggest that while the word 'God' may creep some folks out, it is just a name that has been given by people to an organizing force that has somehow created/caused this world, this universe. You could just as well call that organizing force the Source, the Oneness, the All, or simply the Organizing Force. And in the olden times, before people even understood that the world isn't flat and balanced on the back of a great tortoise, they called it 'God' :)

I once read a book by a quantum physicist named Brian Greene and he was describing the incredible balance that holds this universe together. He said to picture if you will, a computer which has dials all across the front of it. One is the gravity dial, one is the 'strong force dial', one's the electro-magnetism dial, etc. And he said, if even one of these dials was adjusted a hair away from where it is, everything would fly apart and not be. And within that mind-blowing and delicate balance, we and all the life on this world also came to be.
 
Debby said:
I think life is all about evolution of the spirit. We're each at different stages of that evolution and to varying degrees are seeking our 'bestest' self within the context of this world as we know it.

I also would like to suggest that while the word 'God' may creep some folks out, it is just a name that has been given by people to an organizing force that has somehow created/caused this world, this universe. You could just as well call that organizing force the Source, the Oneness, the All, or simply the Organizing Force. And in the olden times, before people even understood that the world isn't flat and balanced on the back of a great tortoise, they called it 'God' :)

I once read a book by a quantum physicist named Brian Greene and he was describing the incredible balance that holds this universe together. He said to picture if you will, a computer which has dials all across the front of it. One is the gravity dial, one is the 'strong force dial', one's the electro-magnetism dial, etc. And he said, if even one of these dials was adjusted a hair away from where it is, everything would fly apart and not be. And within that mind-blowing and delicate balance, we and all the life on this world also came to be.
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Attaching the God word to the natural forces of the universe in order to feel comfortable is all perfectly fine.
That is not the all knowing, judgmental, personal God whose "eye is on the sparrow" as well as everybody's bedroom, and is the source of so much discord, that most people are referring to. There are still people who think that the Earth is supported on a never ending stack of turtles.
 
There's nothing wrong with your God or his God or the other Guys God but we should remember not all of us believe in any God and don't want it preached to us. As to the direction of replies to a thread, according to my understanding the OP has control over only that which they post, the replies can take shape as the authors choose to form them. The Mod and Administrator will take care of any post THEY deem unsuitable.
 
I remember back in the 60's and I was a senior in high school. The kids at one of the universities had just burned down an ROTC building on their campus. My Dad was a career Army soldier, retiring as a First Sergeant. My Dad stated talking about how kids "today" are so undisciplined and unruly. He said that they want to know what the meaning of life is. I can tell them, but they would't listen anyway. I told my Dad that I wanted to know also. What is the meaning of life? Not why was I put here, I know that, but what is the true meaning of life? What does that even mean?

He looked at me and said, "OK, here goes. The true meaning of life is for you to figure out what it is that you want out of life and then find a way to achieve it or to have it. It isn't as complicated as most people believe it is. I figured out a long time ago that I wanted to spend my life in the military and provide the best that I could for my family. I think that I have done a pretty good job and will go to my grave believing that I have accomplished what it was that I intended to do while here on earth." I can remember those words as if he had said them to me yesterday. It just sort of resonated with me and stuck in my mind.
 
Starving people without a home doesn't ask the meaning of life, do they? We're all probably familiar with Maslow's pyramid. Only after the lower rung need/meaning is satisfied, do higher ones come into question.

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