What is the purpose of life?

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April 19, 2010 by styagi68


The purpose of life is to be.
There are some types of moss (lichen) which have existed for 400 million years. They appear to be doing nothing more than simply being there. It actually makes sense, pretty much everyone alive wants to stay alive and wants to improve their situation.
Hindu karmic theory believes that the purpose of life is to discover its true nature and reunite with the supreme Self. Now this premise has some issues. What is true nature? And why would somebody exist to discover itself.
Purpose of life is to be.  Now if that is the case, then we can derive a set of self-consistent values. 
1. Every persons fundamental instinct is to preserve their life and maximize their happiness
2. Part of your happiness is how you are accepted by other people
3. To be accepted you should not actively do anything which reduces their fundamental right to preserve their life and maximize their happiness
This simple set of values reconciles the seemingly unresolvable differences between pure individualism and the alturistic view driven by many religions.

One thought on “What is the purpose of life?

  1. ” Life” is “Lie” without “f” where ‘f’ stands for ‘friend’

    Life is enjoyble with maximum happiness and minimum pain to individual as well as to general at lage.

    Thus according to the Jurist Bentham “the Law of the land should be framed to provide the maximum happiness and minimum pain to the society.

    When life is painful every individual has “right to die”. as such the “right to die” is also included in everybody’s “Right to live”.

    Accordingly the law of the land should be for giving utmost satisfaction of the individual and the society.

    Life is nothing but struggle foe existence.One dies when he fails to struggle.

    The purpose of life is to be enjoyed peacefully and to allow other’s life in peaceful and enjoyble.

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