Why do we live? Some people think, we live just to continue our generation. But this is our animal side. We are Homo sapiens, so we need something more than just a biological process.
It is said, that we are born to have dreams. Maybe it is true, because our dreams are creations of our imagination. If I'm not mistaken it is one of the things that differ us from animals.
Some esoterics believe, each man has his own telos. And when this man reaches the telos, he may easily die. It means that, during our lives we should learn something important only for us. And when we get this knowledge or understand something our way is over.
There are many people who suppose, that we live only to live and nothing more. Their life is full of enjoyment and sometimes has no sense, but such people like it. They just lead a fast life.
Egyptian pharaohs lived to prepare for their after-life. They regarded their real life only as a kind of introduction before the play as it is. But their preparations for death are a great cultural heritage for us.
There is another point of view. I like it very much. According to it, our soul is a particle of Light that comes in this life to fight with the Darkness. And the more of our souls come into this world the more powerful the Light is. And the more powerful the Light is the less space is left for the Darkness in our world.
We live for ourselves.Everybody has his dreams ot his daily plans.And it's natural that we want to realize that.I think the sense of our live consists of achievement the desirable.
The meaning of life is simple to formulate - love and let love, live and let live, create and let create, think and let think... Not difficult to contiue the line. Live without losing.
It sounds like Cristian Virtues. They are universal truths of our life. There is another meaning of life that I regard as one of the best ways of living - live and create.
I guess ther society won't lose anything. Our planet is a place for controvercies, contradictions, oppositions, misjudgements, thegood and the bad, love and hatred, war and peace, birth and death. "Live to love to live" is a life principle, it's like air and food - not enough for everyone.
One thing should prevail - goodness. Synonyms are - kindness, perfection, creativity, love, attention, peace, birth, support, advice, protection, understanding, sympathy and the like.
I think we live only to live. But it doesn't mean carefree existence at all! Leading a fast life has nothing to do with this position, I think. Life itself with all its features is worth living.
So many questions raised! So many theories quoted! So many thoughts expressed! We live in order to create, to produce, to think, to rare, to socialize, to struggle, to love, to read, to believe, to explore, to communiate, to travel, to breathe, to fall ill, to recover, to learn, to teach, to laugh, to cry, to dream, to give birth to new people, to build...! So many purposes in life! So many ways to choose! So many things to be proud of! ...So little time to do all of these!
Well, you've touched upon a very complicated topic. During the centuries people are trying to answer this question and, as we can judge, nobody has managed. We can only name different approaches and points of view, we can explain to them or argue with them, but we can't say anything for sure. You know, you've mentioned a great deal of theories, but there are also thousands that remain unstated. For example, there are people who believe that the only sense of our life is LOVE. I know a guy who can't stop repeating “If you love nobody, then what do you live for?” There are people who think that we live TO DIE. Not to prepare for our next life but just to die. As if it really matters. To tell the truth, I can hardly understand what they really mean. You've mentioned that your... let me call it favourite theory - is that we live to fight Darkness. I can't share your position. If there is really Light and Darkness in our world, then won't it be better to maintain the harmony between them? You know, people say “You can understand what the light is only comparing it with the dark. If there is no dark, the light loses its sense”. What do you think about it?
I think you're right. I remember the lectures of Mr. Melechov. He told us, that everything in this world should be equal to Golden Section. Probably, we really live to maintain this balance.