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Are there any special purpose in our life other than eating, drinking, sleeping, making merry, quarrelling, amassing wealth, criticising others and such other silly things?

Noyi 6 Oct 9
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Yes there is.Literature science, love of outdoors.In essence a love of life which is a matter of luck as who is born and where they come into this world.To live well one needs food, shelter, sanitation and some disposable income to provide choice.If one lacks any of these items then existence rather than life is the outcome, a situation endured by millions around the world with little or no hope of escape.Hence if good fortunate smiles on us we should not complain about our lot but find our own meaning through our own actions.

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No but some of those things are enjoyable. We can choose whether we partake in the others. Laugh as often as you can and don't let the silly actions of others bother you

Echo7 Level 3 Oct 13, 2018
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The purpose of living a good life is..........
Living a good life

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Yes we can choose to be useful to others and try to make the world happier.

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We are also food for a lot of bacteria, fungus and large carnivorous animals. We also serve as hosts for viruses and insect larva.

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You cover the bases pretty well, though others should probably be added... It is the percentages of how and where we spend that time that defines us.

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There is no special purpose to my or any other life, to think so is delusional. As life forms, we evolved to survive and reproduce. That's it.

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Each one of us is the universe experiencing life for a short time. That is our purpose.

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The contemplation of belly button lint and its place in the universe we live ?

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We allow the universe to know itself.

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There is only one intrinsic purpose to life, and that is to perpetuate itself. In order to do that, living things engage in eating, drinking, and eliminating waste to preserve themselves until such time as they propagate more of their kind. Humans and some of the animals we share the planet with create any of the purposes beyond the rudimentary. Humans have honed this purpose seeking to a fine edge and have thus convinced themselves that they are somehow special in the overall scheme of things.

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Special? No.

Purpose is a niche you find through experience. If you have reached adulthood and not found something you love, stop whatever you're doing and go find it.

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You could make it special by volunteering for a cause that speaks to you, or caring for an ill relative, or mentoring a student (Big Brothers/Sisters?)
Or having fun could be plenty for you!

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I think you may have slightly overcomplicated things...

I'd basically boil it down to just, "Eat, Shit, and Fuck."

The eating & shitting are obviously related: the soil from which the food grows is more or less composed (or composted! Ha!) of decaying plant matter. The most efficient way of synthesising this plant matter into a usable form for supporting a new generation of plant life is for something to eat it... then shit it out. Said plant life has produced both the oxygen and food sources integral to our evolution- the current product of this evolution being a creature so unclear about it's place in the world that it feels compelled to ask questions such as this...

I would assume the Fucking bit is pretty much self-explanatory: it's fun.

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An even better response from Jerry Garcia!

When I was just a little young boy,
Papa said "Son, you'll never get far,
I'll tell you the reason if you want to know,
'Cause child of mine, there isn't really very far to go"

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Hey, everybody, let's have some fun
You only live but once
And when you're dead you're done, so
Let the good times roll

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We (humans), have no more "special purpose in life" than do other primates swinging through the trees. Also, you left out throwing feces at interlopers in our territory.

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Is this a trick question?

No. Not at all.

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With or without special purpose, it is a one way deal

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Creation, imagination, serving others. Pretty much my personal, self-imposed, purposes.

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I create art and music and literature. These things enrich those who view, touch, and listen to them. They are not about money, food, drink, merriment, criticism, or quarreling. Each one affects those that come into contact with them on an individual, personal, emotional level. I only hope they are enjoyed and speak to a person's sense of joy. If they aren't? At least I did what I could. I tried. I made. I gave.

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I don't think so personally

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Well, there could be universal purpose and local purpose. Local purpose could wind up contributing to a universal purpose, but I don't see some grand scheme that humans are playing a part in. Even if we have a local purpose playing a part in a bigger scheme, there really isn't a way for us to figure out the universal purpose. Either I'm just not privy to that grand scheme because of my limited thinking ability and also being one of the subjects in the "experiment" with no knowledge of anything outside of my immediate local environment or existence or perception, or there isn't one.

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When I stopped believing that life must have a purpose I also stopped worrying if I was doing it right.

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