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What is the purpose of life?

What are we born only to die anyway?


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: That question has occupied mankind ever since the beginning of intelligent Man. It still has not been answered correctly. all those religions, philosophies and other mental constructs are trying but failed. The ultimate answer will be a very personal one. .....

That question is also the source of many problems we face on this planet. By that I mean all the competing religions and schemes vying for and claiming to possess the one and only truth while all others are false.

What is "We"? One has to ask what is the essence of life? I propose it is the living consciousness that never dies - ONLY the physical shell, the body dies. Nothing happens without a purpose. A purpose like a cause always has lingering effects. Those never come to an end.