“Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy. Music is the electrical soil in which the spirit lives, thinks and invents.” “Don’t only practice your art, but force your way into its secrets, for it and knowledge can raise men to the divine. Music is the […]
“Bach is an astronomer, discovering the most marvellous stars. Beethoven challenges the universe. I only try to express the soul and the heart of man.“ “Nothing is more odious than music without hidden meaning. Simplicity is the highest goal, achievable when you have overcome all difficulties. How strange! […]
“I am in the world only for the purpose of composing. There is no such thing as happy music. My compositions spring from my sorrows. Those that give the world the greatest delight were born of my deepest griefs. Those who are born of grief give greatest delight […]
“There are no words, it’s only music there…” *** ~Antonio Lucio Vivaldi was an Italian Baroque musical composer, virtuoso violinist, teacher, and Roman Catholic priest. Born in Venice, the capital of the Venetian Republic, he is regarded as one of the greatest Baroque composers, and his influence […]
“The supreme harmony of the cosmos is selected in the harmony of the spirit.“ “Life is only a long and bitter suicide, and faith alone can transform this suicide into a sacrifice. In life one must decide whether to conjugate the verb to have or the verb […]
“It is our task as spiritual beings to remove the blocks that inhibit the native joy and passions of our spirit; we must delve deeply into our own mysterious being and begin to rediscover our poetic voice & soul. To become courageous spirits, we must loosen our […]
Excellence Reporter: Kurt, what is the meaning of life? Kurtis Lamkin: To go Home empty. To rassle receiving to the ground so we can fill our waking days with giving. We come into the world buck-naked, but we are full. The heaven is to go back battered bone-dry […]
Excellence Reporter: Will, what is the meaning of life? Will Ackerman: I would be surprised and somewhat disappointed if there was a consensus of what constitutes “the meaning of life.” When I was about 16, the man I most looked up to (Hugh Folsom at Windham Hill Farm) […]
I want to share what has been shared with me over my career in a good way and try and touch the souls of young people that stories matter. As a cultural outreach and world flute artist I try and bring the universal language of music to the […]
In the 1970s, I went to a concert by Indian masters, Pandit Ravi Shankar (sitar) and Ustad Alla Rakha (tabla). The music was incredibly beautiful and transported the audience to another realm. I had a naive thought – if the world’s leaders were there and could open their hearts to […]
“The most terrifying fact about the universe is not that it is hostile but that it is indifferent, but if we can come to terms with this indifference, then our existence as a species can have genuine meaning. However vast the darkness, we must supply our own light…” […]
Excellence Reporter: Byron, what is the meaning of life? Byron Metcalf: This feels like the proverbial ‘trick question’! I’m not sure I have any answers but I do have a few ideas and strategies that support my being fully engaged in life, and to that extent, the meaning […]
What does it mean, to be alive? To live, to experience life? Why on Earth are we here on Earth? What are we to do and be? Some have said the purpose of life is to serve, with which I agree. Some have said it’s to learn and […]
Excellence Reporter: Solala, what is the meaning of life? Solala Towler: I believe that the meaning of life is very different for each one of us. We each of us have our own unique experience in this lifetime (or lifetimes). In the Taoist way we all walk our own […]
Excellence Reporter: John, what is the meaning of life? John Astin: Experience is simply too vast, too complex and too multidimensional to be collapsed into any interpretive framework or model. And so whenever I am asked this question, “What is the meaning of life?” I find myself coming […]
The purpose of life is to open our hearts so that we may realize that we are all interconnected and that global peace is only a byproduct of inner, individual peace. More than ever, people are searching for ways to cultivate balance and equilibrium in their minds and […]
Excellence Reporter: Prof. Tartaglia, what is the meaning of life? James Tartaglia: Life is meaningless and that is neither a good nor a bad thing. The meaninglessness of life is a very philosophically interesting fact about the human situation, but to state this fact is not to evaluate life; it is […]
Excellence Reporter: Sandra, what is the meaning of life? Sandra Joseph: Maybe we can never understand the meaning of life, but we can feel into the experience of being alive and, in this way, inhabit meaning. We have all experienced those rare moments of pure being, when time […]
Excellence Reporter: David, what is the meaning of life? David Newman: Living is the Meaning of Life! We are here to be present and to embody Love. This is expressed in many unique ways through each of us. Life is meant to be an experience, and in order […]
Excellence Reporter: KJ, what is the meaning of life? KJ Denhert: I really do not think I can answer whether life has a singular definable meaning. I perceive life’s meaning to be a fleeting feeling that I only think I know, as I recall a few magical moments. I […]
Hello friends…. We all know that our human God-given mind is a very important and unique dignitary in the great palace that we call our human incarnation. But in Bhakti we discover that the mind, sometimes agitated and sometimes tranquil, is but a simple servant to the ever […]
Excellence Reporter: Mark, what is the meaning of life? Mark Summer: Responding to the query “what is the meaning of life?” is an extremely thought provoking question. First of all, it can be debated as to whether life has any meaning at all, or just “is.” It seems […]
Excellence Reporter: Mary, what is the meaning of life? Mary Knysh: Although I do not claim to know the meaning of life, I can share what I feel brings meaning to life. It is really quite simple, we are here to share love and gratitude. We are born […]
Live for today and Dream for the better tomorrow. Live life with Love, peace and harmony at Home. The World is A Beautiful Silent Drone, and every human is connected perfectly and navigated to the spiritual till his last breath. Knowing the truth better reminds as worshiper of […]
Excellence Reporter: Ilse, what is the meaning of life? Else Huizinga: To me, the meaning of life is found in the things that make you smile. I think it is found in doing what you love and being able to share that love. I find it in: Appreciating small things, […]
Excellence Reporter: Stuart, what is the meaning of life? Stuart Fuchs: Is there a meaning to life? This question is certainly a profound one with as many answers as there are sentient beings on Earth! In my experience, the “meaning of life” is to wake up from the dream […]
Excellence Reporter: Nawang, what is the meaning of life? Nawang Khechog: In brief, we must try to live a life with these two principles. First, we try our best not to hurt or harm anyone and then try our best to help and serve anyone within our reach. […]
My answer to the meaning of life is simple, “Love!!!.” It is the answer and it is the key to life. In Hawaii we grow up to understand the true meaning of “Love” through “Aloha!!!” “Aloha” all things everyday!!! ~Henry Kapono Ka’aihue is a musician, author, actor, composer […]
Excellence Reporter: C.C. White, what is the meaning of life? C.C. White: The meaning of life is to understand what a gift it is to live it. We all have something to contribute. Everyone counts and everyone matters. There’s a story to be told for each soul, and […]
Each of us is a unique reflection of a whole and it is our purpose to discover that singular essence within, to remember who we truly are in a grander sense. From there, we are then able to become our full potential, likely more than we can currently […]
Excellence Reporter: Tony, what is the meaning of life? Tony Vacca: Seems that the rarest occurrence in all the cosmos over an unknowable eternity is the miracle of living entities. While just being alive in the exquisite chaos of all things is more than enough, the experience is […]
Excellence Reporter: Sri Shyamji, what is the meaning of life? Shyamji Bhatnagar: Humans search for meanings in life. When we see rocks we associate them with faces of humans, animals birds etc. Our senses are evolved to protect ourselves from external dangers. Socrates said Know thy self. Yogis for millennia have been […]
The first thing that you have to figure out is your purpose in life. Once you discover your purpose, then the journey begins. As a little child, growing up on the tiny island of Molokai, I was always interested in Old Hawaiʻi. That included my culture, language, history, […]
When you are young you can be kind of full of yourself. Later, if you are lucky, you get to be full of others. ~John Gorka is a contemporary American folk musician. In 1991, Rolling Stone magazine called him “the preeminent male singer-songwriter of what has been dubbed the […]
I refuse to suppose that I am here on this Earth by happen chance. When I look at the miracle of my hands, when my ears capture the sound of rushing wind in its hollow, when I taste the salt of sea spray on my lips and smell […]
You made a promise to yourself. You said you would feel it, find it, be it in this lifetime. Each of us seeks something – a seed inside waiting to blossom. It becomes your magnificence. It’s a recurring theme that comes up again and again. You call it […]
Excellence Reporter: Maya, what is the meaning of life? Maya Azucena: Before every concert I do a prayer: The prayer asks God to please bless the performance, and allow me to touch someone’s heart and move people. The summation of all my Life’s purpose is to help people. […]
Excellence Reporter: Nathan, what is the meaning of life? Nathan Aweau: My JOY comes from the relativity of the music that I write. When I receive emails from those who tell me that one particular song gave them peace from a lost in their life, or good memories […]
The meaning of life is birth and death. A unity of opposites, perfectly coupled in each mysterious being. One hand writes and one erases / all these twins with different faces. ~Stuart Davis, Writer-Director-Actor-Comedian-Songwriter http://www.StuartDavis.com Copyright © 2016 Excellence Reporter
If you can leave the world, more beautiful than you have found it… That is the meaning of life for me and I hope I can do as much as I can for this journey and to other to feel the same way. ~Manose Singh is bansuri flutist born […]
Excellence Reporter: Will, what is the meaning of life? Will Clipman: That’s a question with no answer! I believe that what makes a lifetime meaningful, moment by moment, is to continue to ask the question. The more certain one is that one knows the meaning of life, the further […]
Excellence Reporter: Guy, what is the meaning of life? Guy Davis: This is a trick question… Anybody who says they can tell you is lying. The answer is different for each of us. It’s the kind of thing that a zen master asks his acolytes, when they come […]
Excellence Reporter: Tracy, what is the meaning of life? Tracy Silverman: To me, there is no meaning at all other than whatever subjective meaning we give our lives. If you seek out pleasure, then the meaning of life is to seek pleasure. If you like to work hard […]
Excellence Reporter: Jonathan, what is the meaning of life? Jonathan Goldman: What a brilliant question. I’ve chosen 7 different answers, reflecting different aspects of consciousness—from the deeply spiritual to the more mundane—in order to attempt reply to it. Here are my answers. I trust you’ll enjoy them. 1) […]
Excellence Reporter: Dr. Barnwell, what is the meaning of life? Ysaÿe M. Barnwell: At some point, each human being will probably try to figure out the meaning of life. Perhaps meaning can be inferred from purpose. I really feel the purpose of life, with all of its complexities, is the […]
Excellence Reporter: Dr. Kelly, what is the meaning of life? Robin Kelly: I was talking this week to a friend who is dying. We talked about the meaning of death, whether our consciousness survived our passing, and if so in what form. We talked about the love in […]
Excellence Reporter: Rocky, what is the meaning of life? Rocky Dawuni: For me personally, the meaning of life starts with a deep recognition of life as the greatest gift. It is the only gift that makes every other gift possible. It is our purpose to not only to […]
Excellence Reporter: Laraaji, what is the meaning of life? LARAAJI: This moment is life’s only true meaning for me. Being fully present in this moment is my connection to life’s meaning. As my mental is clear of past and future based linear thinking and my heart is light, […]
Excellence Reporter: William, what is the meaning of life? William Parker: Let me begin my answer by asking a question: if you could go back in time to August 6, 1945 and it was your job to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. You had two choices, […]
In order to even begin to solve the age-old question concerning the meaning of life, one must understand what life is. Any opinion or philosophy that does not get to grips with the actual nature of life itself will not capture life’s meaning and may reflect little more […]
Excellence Reporter: Henri, what is the meaning of life? Henri Herbert: For me, the meaning of life is to know how to live in the present. I am lucky to be able to do what I love for a living and I like to experience every moment of […]
Excellence Reporter: Jamie, what is the meaning of life? Jamie Catto: For me the grace and fascination of how ‘Life’ is expressing itself on this planet is in how diversely the 7 billion souls are experimenting with different Meanings. There are 7 billion ways to experiment with being a […]
Excellence Reporter: Matthew, what is the meaning of life? Matthew Shipp: Life is a great gift that should be cherished — each one of us is a unique presentation of the universe and there is something that each of our beings — brain chemistry and brain structure understands […]
Excellence Reporter: Jim, what is the meaning of life? Jim Brickman: Stevie Wonder said, “We all have ability. The difference is how we use it.” I think the meaning of life is discovering our abilities, enjoying them and sharing them. We aren’t meant to live in a bubble. We are affected […]
I live in the space between their paws. ~Bob Margolin is an American electric blues guitarist. His nickname is “Steady Rollin”. http://www.BobMargolin.com Copyright © 2016 Excellence Reporter
Excellence Reporter: Fabrizio, what is the meaning of life? Fabrizio Poggi: The meaning of life to me as a musician is to help people with my music. It is something very important to me and makes my life worth living. To me music as life, is a miracle. The miracle […]
Excellence Reporter: Irie, what is the meaning of life? Irie Love: The meaning of life to me is LOVE and CREATION. I believe LOVE is the most powerful force in the universe and for me MUSIC is the tool by which I express my LOVE to the world. […]
For me the meaning of life is: To Love To share To be loved and feel love To help To be helped To be mentored To mentor To learn To teach To know the difference between right and wrong To experience sorrow as well as joy To be […]
Excellence Reporter: Cyril, what is the meaning of life? Cyril Pahinui: I am most inspired by a quote I once read by Albert Einstein, “If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my […]
Excellence Reporter: Dr. DeMaria, what is the meaning of life? Michael Brant DeMaria: The eternal question…and like all good questions, leads us on a quest (quest-i-on). The rational mind ultimately is defeated in the depths of this question. There is an infinite depth to this question and as many […]
Excellence Reporter: Lenita, what is the meaning of life? Lenita Vangellis: The eternal question that sooner or later, every soul asks. I asked this question early on in my life as a deeper aspect of what I had come to know as self, couldn’t make sense of the […]
Excellence Reporter: Ravikiran, what is the meaning of life? Chitravina N Ravikiran: The meaning of life can vary in several ways depending on the dimensions. 1. From a Cosmic perspective, I view life as a transferable job. Each individual including the tiniest of microbes is (a) sent to different […]
The meaning of life is to help people unconditionally… and that’s what makes me happy. ~Pandit Ronu Majumdar, India’s Ace Flautist http://www.RonuMajumdar.com Copyright © 2015 Excellence Reporter
Excellence Reporter: Ayaan, what is the meaning of life? Ayaan Ali Khan: Music is my life. From the time I was born the language spoken was music, the air that I was breathing was music. I took shape of the vessel like water. Though my father has been […]
Excellence Reporter: Kari, what is the meaning of life? Kari Hohne: I find meaning with nature as my teacher. The sun offers a curriculum of how to rise each day, activating a chain reaction of abundance by simply shining. Light the fire, smile, see how the world responds. […]
Excellence Reporter: Ann, what is the meaning of life? Ann Licater: Living the true expression of ourselves. That’s it! I think we spend our whole life trying to express our authentic self. In the moments that we do, it’s magic. This can be as simple as smiling at […]
Excellence Reporter: Al Conti, what is the meaning of life? Al Conti: I believe the meaning of life is as unique and individual as each of us. For me, personally, the meaning of life is one of spiritual inner growth and deep search for my own truth. Since […]
Excellence Reporter: Valery, what is the meaning of life? Valery Didula: It’s an easy on the one hand and not an easy question. I think that the meaning of life is in the very life itself, and I will clarify that meaning is in work, in the real human […]
Excellence Reporter: Istvan, what is the meaning of life? Istvan Sky: My blessed service that I got from God or the Universe as a gift is to sing from the heart and heal through the universal cosmic voice. The secret of life is nothing else but this: what […]
Excellence Reporter: Tina, what is the meaning of life? Tina Malia: Years ago, someone told me a story that was passed down to him, that I’d like to share with you as well. The story goes that when the people of this particular Native American tribe entered the […]
Excellence Reporter: Sam, what is the meaning of life? Sam Masich: In my view the word ‘meaning’ is a bit vague and possibly misleading when it comes to discussions about the many things that are implied by the word ‘life.’ The belief that life has some sort of […]
Excellence Reporter: Hennie, what is the meaning of life? Hennie Bekker: The meaning of life…. I believe that we are here for the purpose of refining ourselves spiritually. Everything we go through and deal with throughout our lives is meant to lead us to the path of self […]
Once in a while we all ponder that age-old question, “What is the meaning of life?” But there is a subtle difference between “life” as a blanket term and “my life” which brings the phrase into personal terms. If we are talking about life, as in all life, […]
Excellence Reporter: Charles, what is the meaning of life? Charles Littleleaf: Volumes can be written about the meaning of life but it may be better to keep it simple and allow everyone to experience its meaning on their own terms. If I am to speak on this subject, […]
Excellence Reporter: Fiona, what is the meaning of life? Fiona Joy: I’m still in pursuit of the answer to this question. There are no goal posts, no finishing line and the only winners are those who discover their own personal meaning, their own gifts and their own way to […]
To find your connection to the divine and to spread ‘love’ around the world. ~Jon Anderson is an English singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist musician best known as the former lead vocalist in the progressive rock band Yes. http://www.JonAnderson.com Copyright © 2015 Excellence Reporter
Excellence Reporter: John, what is the meaning of life? John Two-Hawks: “What is the meaning of life?”, a question human beings have pondered for centuries. And yet, the answer is surprisingly simple. It’s only the explaining and understanding of that simple answer that can get complicated! So… is […]
We are placed here on this is earth by a divine Creator given certain gifts and talents to do our best to live in balance with others and the natural world, our earth mother. We are the caretakers of the earth and have a duty and responsibility to […]
Excellence Reporter: Hozan, what is the meaning of life? Hozan Alan Senauke: Life has no particular meaning. Or it is far beyond my ability to see the entirety of it. The question is: what will I do with the life that has been given to me? Will I […]
Excellence Reporter: Anne, what is the meaning of life? Anne Van De Water: I feel the question “What is the meaning of life?” is one that most people do not ask themselves until the end of their lives. I have been asking myself this question since the beginning […]
Excellence Reporter: Wha is the meaning of life, Michele? Michele McLaughlin: For me, the meaning of life is simple. Live fully and truly, every day, and do your best to stay fully present. If you’re fully present, then you’re experiencing the most out of every moment, and it’s the experiences […]
Excellence Reporter: Helena, what is the meaning of life? Helena Guarddon: I do not know much at all. What is life? Do I know? Most of us question this throughout our entire lives! I know nothing… Why are we here? Or why does it all seem as if it was […]
The Meaning of Life is what you choose it to be. Life is generous and willing. It listens unconditionally and responds to your every intention, thought and action without judgement. It’s a sort of mirror combined with a personal trainer for your soul. At some point we are […]
Excellence Reporter: What is the meaning of life, Elijah? Elijah Bossenbroek: I believe the meaning of life boils down to seeking out those moments that bring you joy and the company to share in those moments with you. ~Elijah Bossenbroek, pianist, composer. Elijah started playing the piano at age six, […]
What is the meaning of life? The meaning of life has to do with how you define “life.” Real life is with God, in the eternal awareness of perfect Oneness with Source, where there is no separation, judgment or differences, and therefore this real life with God is […]
Excellence Reporter: Jenny, what is the meaning of life? Jenny Oaks Baker: I believe the meaning or PURPOSE of life is to make good choices so that we can prove ourselves worthy to return to live with God again, after this life, for eternity. Making good choices involves […]
What is the meaning of life? Be kind. Be aware. Use your gifts to try and leave the world a better place then how you found it. See poetry in the calamity. Take risks. Feel. Share. Create. Evolve. ~Max Lugavere, filmmaker, musician, TV personality http://www.MaxLugavere.com Copyright © 2015 […]
Excellence Reporter: Paul, what is the meaning of life? Paul Cardall: We are here to inherit physical bodies and learn to keep God’s commandments. We are here to find an eternal spouse, prepare to have an eternal family, bless God’s other children and return back to God having […]
The meaning of life is to give and receive love. ~Karen Drucker: Singer, Songwriter, Speaker, Author karendrucker.com Copyright 2015 © Excellence Reporter
I believe the purpose of life is to be happy. I believe the best way to be happy is to follow the teachings of Jesus Christ and to love others more than yourself. I believe family is most important. I believe we are all children of a God […]
