Excellence Reporter: Jacqueline, what is the meaning of life? Jacqueline Straub: I’m a fighter. I fight for reforms within the catholic church and for years I have been committed to structural change. Since my youth I have wanted to become a priest in the catholic church. That is […]
“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 […]
Excellence Reporter: Carolyn, what is the meaning of life? Carolyn North: Frankly, I have no idea what Life ‘means’ but I do know about the experience of living. It takes place in my body – indeed, everything alive has a container of some sort in which the live-ness […]
Excellence Reporter: Teri, what is the meaning of life? Teri Degler: Many years ago I saw a brilliantly colored poster emblazoned with a quote by Tolstoy: “The sole meaning of life is to serve humanity.” This saying moved me profoundly, but even in those days – heady, idealistic, […]
Excellence Reporter: Dan, what is the meaning of life? Dan Pallotta: Life is empty and meaningless. We give it all of its meaning. Sometimes that’s a good thing, sometimes it’s not. Someone looks at me in a certain way. They didn’t mean anything by it. But I have a […]
Excellence Reporter: Mrs. Dutt, what is the meaning of life? Mallika Dutt: “The meaning of life is miracles within and all around us. Millions of life forms, all different, all beautiful, all creation. A mystery to be explored. To be celebrated. To be lived. In harmony.“ *** ~Mallika […]
Excellence Reporter: John, what is the meaning of life? John Perkins: The meaning of life for me is to do my part in helping to promote the greatest revolution in human history, the Consciousness Revolution. This is a revolution that has been part of the prophecies of many of the […]
Excellence Reporter: Bill, what is the meaning of life? Bill McKibben: “The meaning of life for our moment in time is somehow to leave the world in decent enough shape that the next generations will have time to ponder such elevated questions!” *** ~Bill McKibben is an author, […]
Excellence Reporter: Jeffrey, what is the meaning of life? Jeffrey Hollender: After the better part of 61 years, thousands of books, decades of therapy, and dozens of mentors and teachers – what I know is that I have only part of the answer to this essential question. The […]
Excellence Reporter: Michel, what is the meaning of life? Michel Bauwens: What if there is no meaning to life, but the meaning that we give to it? This conclusion is what imposed itself to me after a deep mid-life crisis when I was in my forties. I was not […]
Excellence Reporter: Adi, what is the meaning of life?” Adi Carter: The meaning of life is to do great things that make yourself and others happy. Finding this happiness is our lifelong journey with new adventures constantly unfolding along the way to keep us inspired and continuously searching. […]
You contain within you a very great story: the meaning of life is for you to remember that story; to remember that you are a powerful expression of Creation’s limitless and dazzlingly creative narrative. To be you is phenomenal and rest assured Life made no mistake when it […]
Excellence Reporter: Rev. John, what is the meaning of life? Rev. John Dear: I always thought that the meaning of life was to live in peace and love, and I mean, totally, in peace and love, all the time, toward everyone and everything, from now on. We go […]
Excellence Reporter: Dr. Grandin, what is the meaning of life? Temple Grandin: “When I was young, I thought the meaning of life was complex. It is really very simple. When the things a person does helps to make the world a better place, then they have achieved the meaning […]
Excellence Reporter: Robert, what is the meaning of life? Robert Steele: For me life has meaning at two levels: truth, and family. The truth is, as John D. Caputo says, “philosophy in transit.” One’s relation to the truth — and whether one places any emphasis on understanding the […]
Without growth life would not have a meaning… Years ago I wrote in my journal: “God runs the biggest business in the world – it is called the Universe. It is because of the integrity of the stars we have come to appreciate constellations. The difference between God’s […]
Excellence Reporter: Don Trent, what is the meaning of life? FOUR ARROWS: The Meaning of Life is first a Great Mystery. Once this is accepted and embraced wholeheartedly, it can become the foundation for an adventure in discovery and humility. All that is required is intentionally and intuitively realizing […]
