The Meaning of Life is Flying with Birds
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The meaning of life is flying with birds (video)
Linda Graham: The Meaning of Life… what the world needs is people who are alive
Excellence Reporter: Linda, what is the meaning of life? Linda Graham: It might be surprising that “the meaning of life” often deepens for people who have come through a tragedy – losing someone they love to illness or injury, losing their home in a natural disaster. But coping […]
Fr. Charles Ogada: The Meaning of Life… living unconditionally
Excellence Reporter: Father Charles, what is the meaning of life? Fr. Charles Ogada: The tree lives by the unconditional giving of its very ESSENCE – which is its fruits. The life of the Sun has meaning only by the unconditional giving of its very essence. The River flows […]
Jan Kersschot: A Human Being is both Wave and Ocean
Excellence Reporter: Jan, what is the meaning of life? Jan Kersschot: As human beings, we can look at the question “What is the meaning of life?” from a human point of view and a being point of view. The first one is the personal approach, the second one […]
Jeffery Olsen: To What Degree Have I Learned to Love?
Excellence Reporter: Jeff, what is the meaning of life? Jeffery Olsen: I died in 1997. That’s right, I died. I left my body as a result of a horrible automobile accident which crushed both my legs, causing the amputation of my left leg above the knee, along with […]
Jeff O’Driscoll: I Saw God
Excellence Reporter: Dr. O’Driscoll, what is the meaning of life? Jeff O’Driscoll: In life, and particularly as an emergency physician, I’ve learned that every scrap of human experience has value. Every shred of every encounter with every soul teaches me something. Each interaction yields an opportunity to connect […]
Shams of Tabriz: The 40 Rules of Love
Rule 1 How we see God is a direct reflection of how we see ourselves. If God brings to mind mostly fear and blame, it means there is too much fear and blame welled inside us. If we see God as full of love and compassion, so are […]
Tiokasin Ghosthorse: Wiconi — The Meaning of Life
People, who want to know the answer to the universal question of ‘the meaning of life’ oftentimes find themselves in a quandary leading them to circumspection and, eventually, incomprehension of anything else, which leads also to a disregard of any other way of thinking. Could it also be […]
Albert Einstein: The Universal Force of Love
In the late 1980s, Einstein’s daughter Lieserl donated 1,400 letters written by Einstein to the Hebrew University. The text of one of them is reproduced below for you. Having been sent by Einstein to his daughter, this letter shows a very different side to Einstein’s personality and his outlook […]
Paramahansa Yogananda: The Purpose of Life
Mankind is engaged in an eternal quest for that “something else” he hopes will bring him happiness, complete and unending. For those individual souls who have sought and found God, the search is over: He is that Something Else. *** Many people may doubt that finding God is […]
The Parable of the Immortal Gardener
Many legends were composed about the mystery of the Flower of Heart. Some of them call it the Flower of Life; some speak about it as about the Golden Flower, others assert that it is the Flower of Immortality. All these names are not casual: they reflect the […]
Anna Zubkova: On the Meaning of Life and Fate
One day, guests came to the Master. They were not his disciples, but had heard a lot about his wisdom. The Master’s disciples also gathered to listen to the conversation. When everyone was conveniently located in the garden after a delicious lunch, the guests began to ask the […]
Dr. Vladimir Antonov: The Meaning of Life… Merging with the Heart of the Absolute
Excellence Reporter: Dr. Antonov, what is the meaning of life? Vladimir Antonov: For me, this question is not one which is “idle” or has “no answer”, as is sometimes said. I’m 72 now. But I had already started thinking deeply on this subject when I was just in my […]
The Very Best New Year’s Start!
“I believe it is impossible to live a happy life if one nourishes resentment for some harm done to oneself, or guilt or repressed anger for an error of omission or commission we caused. On the other hand, we become incapable of resentment when we have understood that […]
Signs of a True Spiritual Master
Number One: A true Sage avoids name and fame like the plague. If a Sage has transcended the ego why would he or she need name or fame? If a Sage claims to be enlightened why would that being want to be known? To have a following, to write books, […]
The Country of Red Shamans
Tuva (Siberia) – a republic where there are no railways and no cell phones. A mythical country which in its beginning was the result of a geographical error. The geographical error occurred during the conclusion of the Burinsky Treaty on Borders (1727). It happened that on the part of […]
Zen Master, Fushin Daijo Yin Chao: On the Meaning of Life
In the years since my ordination as a Zen Buddhist Priest and in the time I have been teaching Buddha Dharma, all forms of Zen Meditation and the Way of Zen at the “Zen Buddhist and Yoga Retreat” in the Sunshine Coast Hinterland in Queensland Australia, from the […]
Joyce & Barry Vissell: The 3 Stages of Life
Joyce and I love watching our two-year-old grandson, Owen, just as much as we love spending time with our first grandson, almost eight-year-old Skye. When they were new babies, their dependence was obvious. Because Owen is younger, I will use him as an example. He would not have […]
Bhola Banstola: The Meaning of Life… belonging with the Mother Earth
Excellence Reporter: Shaman Bhola, what is the meaning of life? Bhola Banstola: As life itself is difficult to understand, the meaning of life is still beyond our reasoning and thoughts. Our birth here, as we are taught is to learn, understand, live for ourselves and help others. However, […]
The Shaman Sickness – a heavy gift of the spirits (part 2)
The Shaman sickness represents the strongest nervous breakdown, which cannot be treated by conventional medicine. Only initiation into shamanism can remove the ailment. In a symbolic sense this is the call of the ancestors who chose this or that person to be a shaman. If the chosen candidate refused, he […]
Lao Tzu: On Humility and Pride
Only great humility and great love allow one to obtain the Great Power, Which is the same as the Power of Tao! A disciple should never lose impeccable humility! It is the guarantee of great victories over oneself! It is the basis of the correct achievements in the […]
Susan Chernak McElroy: The Meaning of Life… a unique tapestry from birth to passing
Excellence Reporter: Susan, what is the meaning of life? Susan Chernak McElroy: The meaning of life—is simply life itself. The trajectory of life is always toward more life. If you look deeply at this, you know it is true: in the interwoven tapestry of nature there is no […]
Lisa Schrader: The Meaning of Life… say “Yes” to it
Excellence Reporter: Lisa, what is the meaning of life? Lisa Schrader: I think the meaning of life is to love it. Because it’s a miracle that we’re even here. One ancestor after another in our lineage some how found themselves saved in the massacre, alive after the epidemic, […]
Devon Loftus: The Meaning of Life… just to be me — fully
Excellence Reporter: Devon, what is the meaning of life? Devon Loftus: As a 29-year-old homebody who currently lives on the road, I find inspiration in the grounding, in-between moments. The ones that often times are a result of genuine conversation, quiet hours, soft pink sunsets and laughter. Duality […]
Llyn Cedar Roberts: The Meaning of Life… our deeper task
Excellence Reporter: Llyn, what is the meaning of life? Llyn Cedar Roberts: The deeper task of life on Planet Earth is to nourish our relationship with the conscious intelligent force that lives in the land and trees and stones and flows through the waterways, and all of the natural world as well as the air and cosmos – this is […]
The Road to Heaven – A Parable
“Are you a blacksmith?” The voice behind his back was heard so unexpectedly that Vasily even shuddered. Besides he didn’t hear the door of the workshop being opened and someone come in. “Did you try to knock?” he answered rudely, slightly angered at himself and at the prompt […]
Nabella Shunnarah: What Makes a Compassionate Community?
Birmingham, Alabama For the Golden Rule to thrive in society, we must awaken to the Oneness that we share as human beings. For if we perceive everyone as part of us, then can we truly have compassion for them. Loving others as we love ourselves is the first […]
Talks With Siberian Shamans
Photographer Alina Desyatnichenko went to the most magical land of Russia — the Baikal region — and took short interviews from the local shamans on their initiation into shamanism To understand the spirituality of the Baikal Buryats is not just difficult, but very difficult. The dominant official religions […]
Siberian Shamans and the Shamanic Sickness (Part 1)
WHAT IS SHAMAN SICKNESS, OR HOW DO SHAMANS LIVE IN THE BAIKAL (SIBERIA) How to become a shaman? Shamanism has been around for many years. According to the legend the ancestor of the powerful shamanic tribe of Baikal was an eagle, who turned into a man. It is […]
Siberian Shaman Gives Interview
Interview with the Siberian shaman Alya, who wished to stay anonymous. Filmed by the TV Channel Russia-Culture in cooperation with Ethno Taiga. Translated into English by ©Excellence Reporter. Q: There are shamans in Siberia. But who are they? Probably people don’t know much about them, and what […]
Jane Stoller: The Meaning of Life… Living with Purpose and Passion
Excellence Reporter: Jane, what is the meaning of life? Jane Stoller: For me the meaning of live is living with Purpose and Passion. I am lucky enough to feel purposeful everyday through my business, which is based on my passion. I feel my purpose in life is to help people and […]
Chad Mercree: The Meaning of Life… nothing matters, yet every single thing we do is sacred
Excellence Reporter: Chad, what is the meaning of life? Chad Mercree: In the past few years my perceptions of the meaning of life have changed. I used to believe that the purpose of life was to ‘wake up’ spiritually, that we are all unfinished eggs and the experiences […]
Trish Broersma: The Meaning of Life… discovering the nature of being human
Excellence Reporter: Trish, what is the meaning of life? Trish Broersma: The meaning of life lies in constantly creating oneself and honoring that same creative opportunity in everything around us. Claiming this opportunity follows from discovering the terrifying yet liberating, radical, decisional nature of being human. Nothing can stand […]
Commandments of the 104-year-old Sage Andrey Vorona on Living a Healthy and Joyful Life
The wisdom of long-livers is invaluable for those who want to live a long life. Behind every thought is a personal experience, every conclusion is time-tested. Excerpts from the book “Many Years. Blessed years. Commandments of the 104-year-old sage Andrey Vorona for a long and joyful life.” by Myroslav Dochynets (Original […]
Keith Sherwood: The Meaning of Life… becoming love, truth and freedom
Excellence Reporter: Mr. Sherwood, what is the meaning of life? Keith Sherwood: It’s a common belief that life in all its forms emerged from an inanimate, four – dimensional universe composed of matter, energy and time space. But to the adept everything that exists emerged from life itself. This […]
Interview with God — A Parable
I dreamed I had an interview with God. “So, you would like to interview me?” God asked. “If you have time,” I said. God smiled. “My time is eternity… what questions do you have in mind for me?” “What surprises you the most about humankind?” God answered… “That […]
Lesa R. Walker: What Makes a Compassionate City?
Austin, Texas As I answer these questions about “What Makes a Compassionate City?” I reflect upon the following excerpt from a recent Charter for Compassion newsletter: The beauty of Cicero’s words is that we have a choice as to how we live this honorable life: “The best armor […]
Scott Goyette: A More Compassionate World
Austin, Texas Excellence Reporter: Scott, what do you do to contribute to creating a more compassionate community and world? Scott Goyette: Compassion begins with me. Before all else, I must be compassionate with myself. Our world is a reflection of the individual, so without self-love, and personal compassion, it […]
Simran Singh: On the Meaning of Life
Experience is experiencing itself… in, as and through us… in, as, and through everything. It has no body because it is the collective fabric of all bodies. It is no face because it sees through everything; and faces all things. Experience has no agenda because it embodies every […]
Pierre Pradervand: I Am Love… a meditation or prayer on identity
It has been my privilege to travel widely through the five continents of the world in the course of a very active existence. I have met people from all walks of life, from prostitutes to presidents, saints and sinners. I have witnessed incredible poverty, amazing acts of daily […]
Drs. Ron and Mary Hulnick: The Meaning of Life… Ascending Into Divine Love
Excellence Reporter: Drs. Hulnick, what is the meaning of life? Ron and Mary Hulnick: When we think about this question, the first thing that comes forward is the question, “To which reality are you referring?” If you’re asking from the perspective of physical world reality, your answer would depend […]
St. Paul the Apostle: On Love
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. […]
Segyu Rinpoche: The Meaning of Life… cultivating one’s true potential
Excellence Reporter: Segyu Rinpoche, what is the meaning of life? Segyu Rinpoche: Ah, the ultimate question, seemingly for as long as humans have inhabited this earth. After more than 50 years of studying a tradition with over 2500 years of insight, I would have to say the meaning […]
Karen Page: The Meaning of Life
Excellence Reporter: Karen, what is the meaning of life? Karen Page: I have been doing this work since I was a child, and throughout childhood, my one constant question, about pretty much everything was always “Why?”…and though I still ask “Why?” about many things, the Meaning of Life […]
Kim Hermanson: The Meaning of Life… To Align with the Deep Creative
Excellence Reporter: Kim, what is the meaning of life? Kim Hermanson: Years ago I sat on a stool in the Art barn at Esalen Institute painting a paper mache mask. I’d originally signed up for some sort of contemplative workshop, but found it too cerebral and ended up […]
Kate Trnka: What Makes a Compassionate Community?
Appleton, WI, USA I believe a compassionate community is one that acts and makes decisions in response to the recognition of needs within their community – needs that are common to humanity. The community orients itself to the idea of reciprocity – featuring common human values such as […]
Dr. John Grey: The Meaning of Life… love is the point!
Excellence Reporter: Dr. Grey, what is the meaning of life? Dr. John Grey: An answer to “What’s the meaning of life?” showed up unexpectedly, long ago, when I was suddenly gripped by overpowering sensations that I was dying. A voice in my head screamed, “But I don’t want […]
Nancy Rushlow Bray: What Makes A Compassionate City?
Orange, CA, USA I have had the opportunity to live in several communities in my 67 years of life. As a child, in those formative years, I lived in Schenectady, New York and King of Prussia, Pennsylvania with summers spent at a family home on Tom’s Pond, New […]
Dr. Lauren Tober: The Meaning of Life… get out there and find out!
I love it when my clients bring questions to counselling about the meaning of life. These existential questions often arise during out most challenging times. This line of questioning can be dismantling and disorientating, and arrive with a whole other set of questions like “what’s wrong with me and […]
Tam Martin Fowles: The Meaning of Life… Transcending Adversity
When I was 29 years old I got on a bus and travelled to Land’s End, in Cornwall, England, to end my life. I stood on a cliff, buffeted by the wind of winter’s end, and looked down into the broiling water far below, imagining my body breaking […]
Joyce & Barry Vissell: Be a Miracle
Miracles happen all the time. You probably know someone who has had a miracle happen to them, or maybe a miracle has happened to you. I know a woman whose cancer tumor disappeared overnight after she and several others stayed up all night praying. The doctors said there was no medical explanation […]
Swamini Svatmavidyananda Saraswati: The Meaning of Life… AHIMSA (video)
*** ~Dr. Swamini Svatmavidyananda Saraswati has taught at several universities nationally, including UC Berkeley. She is widely recognized as a scholar of Advaita Vedanta, and is a disciple of Pujya Sri Swami Dayanandaji Saraswati, an internationally Acharya of the Advaita Vedanta tradition, interfaith leader, and scholastic author of […]
Frances Trussell: The Meaning of Life
What a wonder it is just to be alive, more remarkable still to be aware of this and to wonder what might be the meaning of life? As endless reflections of consciousness becoming conscious of itself there are as many meanings as there are makers of meaning. Perceived […]
Suzanne Scurlock-Durana: The Meaning of Life… the rapture of being alive
Excellence Reporter: Suzanne, what is the meaning of life? Suzanne Scurlock-Durana: Many years ago Joseph Campbell inspired me with this enlightening quote: “People say that what we’re all seeking is a meaning for life. I don’t think that’s what we’re really seeking. I think that what we’re seeking is […]
Noelle Sterne: Why Am I Here?
In the dark morning hour, unable to sleep, staring, mind spinning, I ask, “Why am I here?” The answers arise, unstoppable: To overcome feeling that you must be famous to be worth something. To give according to the talents I gave you: understanding, compassion, wisdom in your academic […]
Pam Grout: What is the Meaning of Life?
I tend to second the notion of Kurt Vonnegut who famously said, “The purpose of life is to fart around. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.” *** As an explorer on the frontiers of magic and enchantment, Pam Grout has served as an extra in a zombie movie, […]
Dorothy Walters: The Meaning of Life… The Initiation
Excellence Reporter: Dear Dorothy, what is the meaning of life?Dorothy Walters: I think the “meaning” of life is well beyond our understanding. However, the purpose of life is to find ways to return to our divine origin. Yeats said, “Man can embody truth, but never know it.” I agree with Yeats. […]
OM C. Parkin: On the Meaning of Life
Excellence Reporter: OM, what is the meaning of life? OM C. Parkin: “To know who you really are.“ Know your SELF. Once and for ever. Many years ago my master gave me this answer. It is the final answer to this question. Who receives this answer by a […]
Ana Holub: The Meaning of Life… and the beauty of forgiveness
Excellence Reporter: Ana, what is the meaning of life? Ana Holub: The meaning of life, for me, is a journey deep into the heart of our soul. This world is just like the Holodeck in Star Trek – it seems real, but it’s only a passing illusion of […]
Jude Bijou: The Meaning of Life… Experiencing Joy, Love, and Peace
Think of a child throwing himself on the floor, wailing in unabashed fury, pounding his hands and feet in revolt because you said ‘no’ to the candy before dinner. While his generous range of high-pitched demands may be annoying, our children are models of untainted behavior. What I’m […]
Shepherd Hoodwin: The Meaning of Life is LIFE – Experience and the Michael Teachings
Most people don’t stop to ask what the meaning of life is. The simple act of asking is an opening to knowing greater meaning, provided that we look within for answers. I used to think that only the peaks of life were meaningful—the milestones, the breakthroughs, the major […]
Karlene Stange: The Alchemy of Life
Excellence Reporter: Karlene, what is the meaning of life? Karlene Stange: Ancient Taoists believed the purpose of life is spiritual growth through alchemy. Alchemical transformation can only occur within a cauldron of opposites. The physical body is that cauldron where yin and yang, spirit and matter unite. Here, […]
Bailey Gaddis: The Meaning of Life… the magic place
Excellence Reporter: Bailey, what is the meaning of life? Bailey Gaddis: While I can’t answer this for anyone else, because we’re all on our own journey, I’ve been feeling more and more that the meaning of my life stems from creation and connection. When I’m connecting with humans, […]
Solomon Katz: The Meaning of Life… God is never distant, absent, or other
As a ray of light shined through a prism diffracts into a spectrum of color, the Eternal Light, when shined through the body, diffracts into the spectrum of the five senses and world perception. The purpose of life is to abide as the Eternal Light which, when shined […]
Linda Bloom: What is the Meaning of Life?
“People say that we’re searching for the meaning of life. I don’t think that’s it at all. I think that what we’re seeking is an experience of being alive, so that our life experiences on the purely physical plane will have resonances within our own innermost being and […]
Joanne Fedler: The Meaning of Life… offering everything back into the world (video)
Excellence Reporter: Joanne, what is the meaning of life? Joanne Fedler: It’s to wake up. It’s to awake from the idea that we are separate from other people. It’s to remember that though we seem to be here as ourselves, we are not here for ourselves. We are […]
Sandy Wiggins: The Meaning of Life… and the Law of Creativity
Excellence Reporter: Sandy, what is the meaning of life? Sandy Wiggins: What is the meaning of life? I don’t know that any of us can honestly answer the question. It may actually be a meaningless question. Yet we human beings are hardwired to make meaning. Why? Perhaps the […]
Sheila Kohler: The Meaning of Life
Excellence Reporter: Sheila, what is the meaning of life? Sheila Kohler: What comes to my mind immediately in answer to this difficult question is love. Without love life has little meaning: love for one’s fellow man; love for one’s spouse and one’s children; love for one’s friends; love […]
Tam Martin Fowles: What Makes a Compassionate City?
Plymouth, UK I believe an effective compassionate city/community is one in which those dedicated to compassionate action come together to pool resources (including time, energy, vision and commitment) and create a visible core of practical positivity that others feel drawn to emulate; an alternative to the status quo, […]
Keith McHenry: What is the Meaning of Life?
“Do you know about Old Man Park in Oakland?” asked a grey-haired Telegraph Avenue regular. I was sharing vegan meals on Bancroft at the entrance to the University of California’s Sproul Plaza. Testing locations searching for the best place to start a second Bay Area Food Not Bombs […]
Lee David Perlman: The Meaning of Life… Truth and Love
Excellence Reporter: Dr. Perlman, what is the meaning of life? Lee David Perlman: The meaning of life is infinitesimally simple and infinitely difficult. All meaning in life comes from two intertwined sources: Truth and Love. When we stop resisting our deep eros for self-knowledge, then life becomes a […]
Kankyo Tannier: What is the Meaning of Life?
When this question suddenly appeared in my mailbox, after a moment of astonishment, I really rejoiced! Finally! Finally we can get to the heart of things! Indeed, I am often asked how I live as a Buddhist nun, where I live, what I do with my days, for […]
Karen R. Koenig: The Meaning of Life… living in the freedom
Excellence Reporter: Karen, what is the meaning of life? Karen R. Koenig: Although this view makes people wildly uncomfortable and desperate to find meaning, I believe that there is no intrinsic meaning to life other than what we assign to it. To assume otherwise, that others know what […]
Graham Nicholls: The Purpose and the Value of Life
Excellence Reporter: Graham, what is the meaning of life? Graham Nicholls: I have often felt it is not the meaning, but the many meanings in life that I believe are at the core of this question. But it seems to me that when we consider the meaning of […]
Sarah Varcas: The Meaning of Life is a Mystery To Me…
Excellence Reporter: Sarah, what is the meaning of life? Sarah Varcas: The meaning of life is a mystery to me and I hope it stays that way! Perhaps this mystery is the deepest meaning? Life is an unanswered question, a suspended chord; to be lived, not solved; experienced, […]
Rev. Dr. Marcus Braybrooke: On the Meaning of Life
‘It is Love that moves the Sun and Stars,’ wrote Dante – perhaps Europe’s most famous poet – at the end of his long journey through Hell, Purgatory and Heaven. Looking back at my life’s journey I too would say that ‘Love’ is the meaning of life and […]
Stephanie Marohn: The Meaning of Life… soaring as a soul
Excellence Reporter: Stephanie, what is the meaning of life? Stephanie Marohn: The meaning of life is soul growth and opening our hearts—to the self, to other people, to beings of all kinds, to all of nature, and to the divine. Through all these forms of connection, we grow […]
Niyc Pidgeon: The Meaning of Life… finding healing and happiness
Excellence Reporter: Niyc, what is the meaning of life? Niyc Pidgeon: The meaning of life is to find healing and happiness and help others do the same. We come to this earth to learn, and as we learn each lesson, we are able to let go, release, and […]
Rob Schwartz: The Meaning of Life… the soul’s plan
Excellence Reporter: Rob, what is the meaning of life? Rob Schwartz: The meaning of life is to express the love we truly are – the love that is our eternal nature – here on the physical plane. In short, it is to bring the love of Home to […]
Thomas M. Sterner: What is the Meaning of Life?
What is the meaning of life for me feels more like a question asking what is the “purpose” of life? Purpose gives us meaning and when we ask “what is the purpose of life?” we gain insights we can use to experience life more fully. Defining life’s purpose can be […]
Kamlesh D. Patel: The Meaning of Life… The Heartfulness Way
Excellence Reporter: Daaji, what is the meaning of life? Kamlesh D. Patel: There can be as many answers to this question as there are people, as we all have different individual goals and aspirations. But if we take a broad overview, we can easily see that life on […]
Dr. Jacob Israel Liberman: On the Meaning of Life
Excellence Reporter: Dr. Liberman, what is the meaning of life? Jacob Israel Liberman: I’m not sure if life has a meaning. However, it appears to have a purpose – to discover who we are. Are we the body we see in the mirror? Are we the voice in […]
Tim Freke: What is the Purpose of Life? (video)
It’s not so much that the universe has a purpose … it’s more that the purpose of existence is integral to the very nature of the universe. The universe is a continually unfolding process of evolution through which ever great potentialities have been realized. The big bang, 13.8 billion […]
Kiran Bali: The Meaning of Life
Life is a beautiful reflection, of my choices and actions Karma, the law of cause and effect serves to determine what happens next Experiencing life is such an adventure, With all divine creation interacting together Praying to keep the world happy and calm Any living beings must suffer […]
Patricia Cori: On the Meaning of Life
Excellence Reporter: Patricia, what is the meaning of life? Patricia Cori: The meaning of life? How possibly can one compress into so few words the greatest mystery of existence … the most significant, and yet – the most elusive of our passing here. I am reminded of a […]
Sarah Love McCoy: The Meaning of Life… Standing For Love
Excellence Reporter: Sarah, what is the meaning of life? Sarah Love McCoy: The meaning of life is what we say it is. That’s the funny part. We humans have the amazing power to give meaning to anything and everything. Our minds dictate our reality from the inside out. […]
Sherry Maysonave: The Soul Connected Life
Excellence Reporter: Sherry, what is the meaning of life? Sherry Maysonave: I discovered that the real me, my soul, existed separate from my body, when I was a mere five years of age. Although young, I integrated the importance of staying connected to my soul, my spirit. Throughout the decades, […]
Dr. Trupti Gokani: The Meaning of Life… discovering your true self
Excellence Reporter: Dr. Gokani, what is the meaning of life? Trupti Gokani: I believe we are here to discover our most authentic vibrant inner selves. And it may take some time to fully become aligned with who we are, who we really are at the soul level. I […]
Monica Crosson: What is the Meaning of Life?
The meaning of life is a quest one must journey alone. In essence it is a search for truth and my truth may be different from yours. I do believe though, as we walk the many twisting paths that our lives take us down, there are three universal things we […]
Dr. Mary Harrell: The Meaning of Life… Whispers from the In-Between World
Excellence Reporter: Dr. Harrell, what is the meaning of life? Mary Harrell: What if we, as simple people, as responding individuals, came to understand that whispers of a vast universe of intelligent and loving beings needed us to join with them for the sake of soul? And what […]
Sri P. R. Krishna Kumar: On the Meaning of Life
Excellence Reporter: Sri Krishna Kumar, what is the meaning of life? P. R. Krishna Kumar: Life has no meaning unless and until we give a meaning to life. It is sad to find most of our fellow beings departing without having given any meaning with their own life. Vedas say that it […]
Dhyana Stanley: What is the Meaning of Life is a Question for the Heart
Excellence Reporter: Dhyana, what is the meaning of life? Dhyana Stanley: That question is another way to ask why in the world are we here? This is one of those questions which can’t really be answered ‘in the head’ but can with the heart. And everyone who answers this […]
Miti Desai: LIFE – A design that reveals itself through LIVING it
Excellence Reporter: Miti, what is the meaning of life? Miti Desai: Life is Breath…Life is an Opportunity…Life is a Journey – to love, to explore, to engage, to pierce deep into ones own Self. Though, LIFE is also Independent Of; and sometimes, life in itself holds no meaning […]
Adriana Attento: The Meaning of Life… entering into the Heart of Life
Excellence Reporter: Adriana, what is the meaning of life? Adriana Attento: The meaning of life is to discover who you are. Beneath thoughts, ideas, feelings, images, sensations; beneath the personality or ego; beneath the fluctuating circumstances of life; beneath the ceaseless change of life is Consciousness. “The world […]
Tim Link: What is the Meaning of Life?
Oh, yes, the age-old question that haunts us on a daily basis. What is the meaning of life? Why am I here? Do I have a purpose, and if so, what is that purpose? We have all pondered this question and continue to search for the answer far […]
Tina Rasmussen: The Meaning of Life… awakening to our True Nature
Excellence Reporter: Tina, what is the meaning of life? Tina Rasmussen: From my perspective, the meaning of life is to discover the truth of what we are—to move beyond limited perception of the “me” and to know the deeper Reality. Through the human experience, we can know that […]
Dr. Elisa Medhus: The Purpose of Life
The purpose for the human experience is to learn, on an experiential level, about all facets of love so that we can come to the realization that we ARE love. This requires contrast. For example, we can understand the difference between hot and cold, conceptually, but to truly […]
Katie Weatherup: What is the Meaning of Life?
As a shamanic practitioner of 18 years, this is a question that weaves through my work. My core practice is something called “Soul Retrieval” that involves retrieving vital energy that has become separated or unavailable and restoring it to my client. One of my most asked questions is […]
Rev. Dr. Stephen Albert: The Meaning of Life… going beyond ‘me’
Excellence Reporter: Dr. Albert, what is the meaning of life? Stephen Albert: What an interesting phrase. My book, ‘7 Billion Truths’, speaks about how each person has their own life truths based on their many life experiences. Depending upon the family you were brought up in, the culture that […]
Odds Bodkin: What is the Meaning of Life?
Without the eyes of knowing Man, Creation’s glory, vast but blind, Is but a slumb’rous, burning plan That leaves atoms and light behind. We may be motes, the butt of jokes, As in that silent gulf we sit, Yet, through that quiet, our thought pokes And makes a […]
