Whats the purpose of living life if all we do is work, eat, have sex, and die?

Question: Whats the purpose of living life if all we do is work, eat, have sex, and die!?

i mean the percentage of my life i spend happy or satisfied is very very small to the amount of time i spend in discontent!. i hate the way things are!. im living for no reason except to make someone else richer and if im the one getting richer im making someone else poorer!. there hard work makes me richer!. i dont understand why we live life the way we do!. its stagnant and boring!.

when i walk around my city all i see is carbon copy's of the same type of people doing the same types of things!. this goes for almost everyone including myself!. it seems like theres only 7 or so types of people and everyone can fit into one type or the other!. why do we keep living the same lives over and over and over again!? i say we do something different or burn this ****** down cause the world we have created sucks for the most part!. your individual lives might be alright but the world we have created as a whole doesnt deserve to be around!.

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All i can say to you is!.!.!.HARUMPTH!

Why no make exciting things happen! Why not CREATE an ambition or excitement! MAKE your own path!@

Life is meant to lived!. Or for that matter!. There is no meaning to life!?! why do we have to always have reason for things!. Why can't we live because we meerly do!. People are afraid of not knowing things!.

LIFE IS LIFE!. Deal with it !.

and who's "we"!. I'm happy with life!. Just because your not doesn't mean no one else in the world is !.

Life sucks! But just as much as it sucks i think its absolutely AMAZING!

Life is brilliant and if you focus and why its not of course your skies won't be blue!.

HARUMPTH!

what you don't seem to understand and most people as well is that LIFE and the WORLD is never going have every one be happy!. Is never going to be this idealist thing your saying we should make it into!.

Because we as humans, as animals do as well, think of the world not as a planet, but the world in which OUR lives, our specific living beings occur!.

And i think that if your so closed minded and judgmental of a person to say that there are 7 specific people in this world you Go ahead!. because in thinking this way you become ignorant of the complexity of our human minds!. Even though ther are thousands maybe millions even a trillion people who think the same way in ONE WAY OR ANOTHER EVERY SINGLE HUMAN BEING ON THIS ENTIRE PLANET HAS SOMETHING ABOUT THEIR PERSONALITY THAT MAKES THEM DIFFERENT! that little difference is enough to NOT place people into categories!.

Ha and you know whats ironic there are carbon copies of YOU who say the same thing!. and i'm sick of hearing it!.

If its listless, if its pointless, if its boring change it!. Else wise why you become suicidal and kill yourself!. if your saying all these things why the hell are you asking!? why the hell do you care!? why the hell do YOU insist on living if that's the way you perceive life!?

Your outlook doesn't do anything for you or anyone else!.

one last thing!. Why no keep living!. Why not even for the smallest amounts of happy ness !? WHY NOT!? Www@QuestionHome@Com

I agree completely!. Until the time someone graduates high-school, the whole of that person's life is geared toward "success"!. And then what!? Exactly!. I recommend finding something that you enjoy so much you would rather die than live without it, and pursue it!. For me, I love being in the outdoors, and mixed-martial arts!. Try and find something like that!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Don't you do anything in your spare time that lifts your soul!? Sport, music, drama, go for a walk by a river, on a beach, or study a subject that fascinates you!.

I sometimes feel as you do but then I visit my Pianist sing for about an hour and refresh my soul!. I can do anything after that!.

Eating, Sleeping and Working are not enough, put some joy into your lifeWww@QuestionHome@Com

There are reasons why we have been duped into living and thinking the same way!. When you're ready for those truths, they will come to you!. Until then, prepare yourself with wisdom and knowledge so you can better understand the world, your place in it and what you are capable of!. Www@QuestionHome@Com

That's not the meaning of life! I would be without hope if that were the case!. But life is so much more than that! and alot of people feel the way you do: empty!. Because, no matter what they try- money, stuff, other people!.!.!. nothing can fill that hole!. except one thing!. Jesus Christ is the only One who can fill the emptiness inside!. Once you know Him, life gains so much meaning! I hope I helped!. :)Www@QuestionHome@Com

the purpose is to have GREAT sex :)
purpose is to feel good helping others out
purpose is to read what interesting people wrote and think about them
purpose is to work and solve problems that affect millions

those are my purposes!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Life is beautiful, and perception has a lot to do with it!.

This idea of having a purpose is someone else's

philosophy!. It's not mine!.

En JOY all of it!Www@QuestionHome@Com

The reason we are here is to continue life, we are born , we grow, we create new life, we die!. The cycle goes on and on!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

you said "eat" twice in the title

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I didn't read all of this but from the first line I will say!.!.!.!.!.!.
because food and sex are both really very good!. Www@QuestionHome@Com

Perhaps our purpose is to work, eat, have sex and die as well as we can in conscious awareness of doing just that which then unites us to all else that is!.

Today, you seem to see the subjective view!. Perhaps tomorrow you will see the objective view!

The importance is to "be" while being aware that one is being!. To do that one must remember to breathe!.

Live in the moment, the now, in mindful awareness demonstrated by acts of conscious generosity, loving kindness, caring and compassion towards all, including ones self!.

Judge no one and no thing but allow all to be that which each is realizing that you are separate from no one and no thing!. All are one!.

We are all made of the same naturally occurring material that has arisen from second generation stars, Everything that is is "star stuff" and we are all star children!.

Even stars may be temporarily hidden by rain clouds however, the rain does not last forever and the stars shine again!.

This, perhaps, is our purpose and our meaning!. We need not make life difficult!. We need simply to breathe and to be!.

May you be well my friend!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

80% of humanity, the religious folks, don't need to ask the meaning of life, the church tells them!.!.!.!.the supernatural explanation!. But the rest of us can't swallow religious dogma, because there's no evidence!. Nobody can prove that there life after death, that people are tortured or rewarded after life or that there's invisible spirits running around!.

I've come to two conclusions within the past years and a half:

1!. Life has no meaning
2!. Life has a million meanings!.

First, there's a certainty that death and annihilation awaits not only you, but the Earth in general!. It's an astonomical certainty that our sun will supernova and leave the earth a burnt crisp, not to mention all the other extinction level events around the corner!.

Second, the million things that give us meaning are the pleasurable experiences we can conjure up during the short period we are here on the earth, in the form of the relationships we have with our kids and other people, and the 'housekeeping' types of purposes!. What i mean by that are the curing disease, ending hunger, improving literacy, reducing crime, preventing war, helping other kinds of things!.

So the bottom line is, we only have a temporary meaning to life, to reduce pain and increase pleasure, other than that everything is lost to oblivion!.

To be or not to be!? "To be" is temporary and "not to be" is
inevitable!.!.!.!.!.
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Animals respond nobly to the urge of life, but only man can attain the art of living, albeit the majority of mankind only experience the animal urge to live!. Animals know only this blind and instinctive urge; man is capable of transcending this urge to natural function!. Man may elect to live upon the high plane of intelligent art, even that of celestial joy and spiritual ecstasy!. Animals make no inquiry into the purposes of life; therefore they never worry, neither do they commit suicide!. Suicide among men testifies that such beings have emerged from the purely animal stage of existence, and to the further fact that the exploratory efforts of such human beings have failed to attain the artistic levels of mortal experience!. Animals know not the meaning of life; man not only possesses capacity for the recognition of values and the comprehension of meanings, but he also is conscious of the meaning of meanings--he is self-conscious of insight!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Life is boring, nothing exciting happens!. All the wondrous things we were told about as children don't exist!. There are no fairies, superheroes, witches, wizards, or magic in the world!. No aliens, unicorns, special powers!.!.!. Nothing, hell even Santa was a lie!.

So what have we got, upon realising that fantasy and mythical creatures will never be real!?
The reality!.!.!. All there is, is the endless grind, the nine to five, the daily drudge until we die!. As soon as we are born we are brought up to learn via schooling, then propelled into the workforce!. One could almost see our way of life as an institution, and we are prisoners to it, institutionalised!.

Personally I hate how the world and living are set up but I can do nothing about it, just plod through and try to grasp as many happy moments as I can!. Others would say it's depression, but quite simply I see reality for what it is, a boring place to live!. Yet!.!.!. how else could we live!? Until someone comes up with an alternative, this is all we have I'm afraid so try to make the best of it, as I do!.

I'm with you on burning the place down!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Life has no real meaning or purpose!. Simply by being alive you are fulfilling your purpose!. I could spend a lot of time explaining this, but I'm gonna make it short and sweet!.

What is the purpose of humanity!? The easy answer is to use religion but that doesn't really work if you look at it!. What is religion in the first place!? I've always viewed it as humanities way of explaining the unknown!. If something can't be answered then it must be the gods, right!? No, wrong!.

Humans can't be considered better or different than animals!. We were both born and created from earth!. So now we're to the question of: What is the purpose of an animal's life!? Animals basically are just a source of food for other animals!. Oh yeah, go ahead and include plants with animals!. Living creatures are just food for other creatures; that doesn't sound right!. Well, that's what I see!. It's not all just about food though!. Why are creatures here in the fist place if they are only here to support the life of other creatures!. So in short:

The only purpose that life has is to support life!. It's a never-ending chain that someday must come to an end!. Why does earth fight so hard to live!? It would be so much simpler to just have non-living things just sitting there!. This would mean no more struggle and hardships and food and water and bad times and good times!. But life does exist though, and it's great because we have the opportunity to have change, even if that includes unpleasurable experiences!. At least we have experiences to decide if they were bad or good!.

Sorry dude, kinda got distracted from the subject!. Anyways I guess all of what I said boils down to life has no purpose so enjoy your yourself and take life one experience at a time and be glad you could experience it!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Why don't you look at all the positive!? I'm sure that you have loved ones out there who love you very much!.

And yes, our world has definitely seen better days, but it's up to us to bring those good days back!

There may be a lot of bad in this world, but why don't you look at all the good!? A smile from a friendly stranger, a rainbow, or a good song on the radio that you don't want to end!.

In fact, I once felt the same way that you did!.!.!.but then I opened my eyes up! Think of all the good times you had that just made you feel ecstatic and on top of the world!.

People who think so negative don't help make the world spin 'round!.Www@QuestionHome@Com