It's a journey where everyone knowingly or not, will find purpose in their own way. Your purpose is not anybody's else purpose..... For some, a purposeless life is their path. Some are born to lead, some to follow. You don't have to have meaning, you just have to try to find it...then things happen.

I agree. There is no meaning of life. There is only meaning in our own experience and the relationship between us and others/things.

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I think each person finds their own according to their understanding.

I don't think life does have a meaning we all make our own I make my own meaning s as I go along but saving the planet isnt one of them -I live ethically enough have the same pair of trousers I bought fifteen years ago am not wasteful my food cuttings go to compost. I havea always known htat I am another animal .

Gil, that's pretty much the consensus of opinion of the more than 40 responses. Referring to the universe, a writer friend of mine said, "What meaning can it have. I just is."

There is no meaning to life-however it is up to US to give life meaning there is a difference.

Existential thinking ROCKS

I think the problem i have with even thinking about this is my head hurts with all the information about all the people in this world and all their differences. 7 Billion I can't even encompass it - my brain hurts -and then all teh different beliefs approx 4 thousand and two hundred religions - I can't think of any meaning that would mean anything given even those first two variables. I wouldn't even know where to start about giving the universe meaning

What Mr. Natural said.

Its simply about survival to me, just like every other animal on this fucking planet.

It's a Monty Python movie. Geeez!

life has no meaning or purpose in the universe, thats just being sentimental. we have no purpose other than the distribution of atoms,

The meaning of life is whatever you want to make it. That's why it is different for everyone.

I thought everyone knew the meaning of life is....47

Life is what you/we make it. Let's make it fun!

The anthropocentric view requires that life has a meaning, and of course it doesn't.
The planet does not need us.
Life kind does not need us.
Life has a purpose, all life does.
The purpose is to keep your dna going, and while alive, be what you are and become what you are capabable of becoming.
We have passed the tipping point, the best we can do is delay the final crunch and save what we can.

If I ever find the answer to that question I'll let you know...
In the meantime I'm enjoying the sunshine, the blue skies, hiking, contemplating the nature, skiing, meeting some friends for a night out, weekend breaks, work, sleep, spending the evenings with my favourite books, immersed in contemplation... Still haven't found out what is the meaning of my existence... But I'm busy living!

It is so subjective, so I think I'll pass.

No person on the earth perceives life exactly the same way as anyone else. We all have our separate realities, the everyday struggles and stressors, different things are important or not important for any individual. So for me, I see life as a series of moments. You get what joy you can, you give what joy you can and then it's over. So life are your moments, the meaning of them is different depending on your reality.

To me the meaning of LIFE writ large is simply to evolve. For humans evolving means to aquire wisdom or knowledge. Again, to me that knowledge must be such as it helps to sustain life not destroy it as we are doing. Thank you for the inclusion of anthropocentrism. This is something a lot of non-theists share with the religious people. My late partner had a question for her 2nd graders which too many adults get wrong: What is more important, people or dirt?

To enjoy life to the fullest.

Life means that evolution is possible

The meaning of life is whatever you give it.

People aren't wearing enough hats...

I read Heart Sutra and became nihilistic. For a while I felt empty. There is nothing but void. There is no meaning of life. Then recently I remembered a phrase from The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. Not exact but ot goes something like "Enjoy the beauty of this parlor without dropping the oil on the spoon"

My take on this is, "Keep your ends meet and just enjoy". Yup.

Because there is no meaning of life, I can just enjoy this ride until I kick the bucket. Life is a festival!

Oh then why do I think I should still be altruistic?
So other people can enjoy their lives and they don't ruin my joy. Yeah, just like staying in line for the movie so everyone can enjoy the movie without fighting.

I think that's about it.