Excellence Reporter: Dr. Gerlach, what is the meaning of life? Or the purpose of life if you will… Dr. Derek Gerlach: I believe the purpose of life is to learn, grow, and evolve as spiritual beings. In brief, to find our true selves. To explain why growth gives […]
“The scientist does not study nature because it is useful to do so. He studies it because he takes pleasure in it, and he takes pleasure in it because it is beautiful. If nature were not beautiful it would not be worth knowing, and life would not be […]
“Beyond work and love, I would add two other ingredients that give meaning to life. First, to fulfill whatever talents we are born with. However blessed we are by fate with different abilities and strengths, we should try to develop them to the fullest, rather than allow them […]
Excellence Reporter: Dr. Deecke, what is the meaning of life? Lüder Deecke: Life is our supreme good. We do not want to lose it. Therefore, we do cling so much to life, because we (mostly) enjoy life. Death is not our best friend. This throws us to the […]
Excellence Reporter: Dr. Newberg, what is the meaning of life? Andrew Newberg: The meaning of life, for me, is found in perpetually asking questions. I think that all people are designed to explore the world and ask questions towards understanding the meaning and purpose in life. Having a […]
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 […]
Excellence Reporter: Rev. Kowalski, what is the meaning of life? Gary Kowalski: Whether you believe it or not, your life began 13.7 billions years ago when, inexplicably, things started. From the beginning, your birth (and that of countless of others creatures) was written into the world-lines of a […]
As a scientist who has spent most of his life in the aerospace industry, studying at NASA and working in space agencies around the world, I understand the value of science in our lives. Science has extended our lifespan, brought benefits to our health, opened the skies for […]
Excellence Reporter: Rick, what is the meaning of life? Rick Snedeker: Intrinsically speaking, life has zero “meaning.” It is incorrigibly insensate and random, despite what poetry and religion constantly labor to imply. We are but an infinitesimal wisp in an infinite enormity of emotionally dead atoms and irresistible […]
Excellence Reporter: Master Oberon, what is the meaning of life? Oberon Zell: Cherish diversity! Find fascination in the strange and unusual. Live passionately. Explore everything, especially things forbidden, with boundless curiosity. Read voraciously. Grow a garden. Establish and maintain altars in your home. Celebrate the ever-turning Wheel of […]
In my clinical experience I have found it critical to help people find the meaning of their experience within their perception of life to be critical. Victor Frankl was very perspective when he described that it was precisely this factor that predicted whether prisoners would die or live […]
Excellence Reporter: Bayo, what is the meaning of life? Bayo Akomolafe: A few years ago I might have answered the question about the meaning of life with a lot of confidence. I might have insisted it had something to do with love, peace, free will or some other […]
Excellence Reporter: Rosalyn, what is the meaning of life? Rosalyn W. Berne: In my early childhood I encountered the spirits of people who were deceased. This taught me that there is something really special about being alive; that human life on Earth is precious, as it gives our souls […]
Excellence Reporter: Dr. Goldberg, what is the meaning of life? Bruce Goldberg: My approach to the meaning of life reflects upon the perfection of the soul and to eliminate the need to reincarnate. By learning our karmic lessons we can transcend this physical dimension and merge with the […]
Meaning of life – let’s talk about 3 perspectives. From one grand perspective – the meaning of life is to stay alive, to reproduce, to foster survival through generations. But that’s not it for many of us. We live in relationship – with specific people and cultures. From […]
Excellence Reporter: Dr. Rauscher, what is the meaning of life? Elizabeth A. Rauscher: We stand in awe and bliss at the beauty and majesty of the evolving spark of creation. So vast and gorgeous is our Universe. Our mind, in the search for truth and knowledge, stands at the […]
The meaning of life is to learn to love. And this journey begins with learning to love ourselves. And yet, for most of us, self-love is a radically foreign concept. Most of us live our lives feeling the opposite of self-love — self-loathing and self-judgment. Often, we hold ourselves to unrealistic standards of perfection, and then judge ourselves when we […]
Excellence Reporter: Abhijit, what is the meaning of life? Abhijit Naskar: Life finds its meaning through every single living creature. And there are around 8.7 million species of life-forms on our planet. To all those millions of species, except one, life is all about mere survival. And the […]
Excellence Reporter: Prof. Chang, what is the meaning of life? Ruth Chang: If you ask most people on the street ‘What is the meaning of life’, they will usually end up muttering something about ‘happiness’. But the meaning of life has nothing to do with happiness. Happiness is […]
Excellence Reporter: Drs. Hurtak, what is the meaning of life? J.J. Hurtak & Desiree Hurtak: The meaning of life is our quest for Unity within the pluralistic richness of humanity and the discovery of ‘Infinite Being’. We are on schoolhouse Earth to discover our inner resources that connect us with the universe […]
In a word, “Love.” When you look at the science of the mind and body, at social science, economics, chaos mathematics and quantum physics, you begin to realize why the prophets of all the major religions focused on two things: 1) The state of our consciousness, and 2) […]
Excellence Reporter: Diana, what is the meaning of life? Diana Winston: I have two intertwined responses to the meaning of life question: To awaken To help others awaken Let’s start with Part 1. The human capacity to awaken is vast. But what actually does awakening mean? For me it’s […]
The Taxonomy of life has been verified from many asserted tones, to the most probable from efforts. It is not in the maquillage of Homo Sapiens to not know. From inception as a species, 80,000 years ago, the last of hominids from the “Homo Groups”, even today refuse […]
The meaning of life is to fulfill your soul’s intentions for incarnating and make a lasting positive impact on our world while living in a state of reverence for all of life. To do this, you’ll need to awaken to your divinity through spiritual practice and align your […]
I don’t like theory and philosophy. Something worthy of contribution to a person’s life seldom comes in the form of theory and philosophy. It comes in the form of true experience—in good health, loving relationships, peace, clarity and quality living. Truth and meaning in life brings health, wealth […]
Excellence Reporter: Dr. Goswami, what is the meaning of life? Amit Goswami: As our culture becomes materialist, there is widespread suspicion that there is no meaning. Fortunately, I and others are bringing about a worldview change based on quantum physics that restores meaning. It is our mind that […]
Excellence Reporter: Dr. Ishiguro, what is the meaning of life? Hiroshi Ishiguro: The meaning of life is to look for what a human is. So, why are we surviving in this world? Because we want to know ourselves. You know, we are not surviving in this world because of […]
Excellence Reporter: Dr. Radin, what is the meaning of life? Dean Radin: Each of us defines our own meaning of life. For those who are simply trying to survive pondering this question is an impossible luxury. But for those who have the time and means to wonder why […]
Excellence Reporter: Dr. Musgrave, what is the meaning of life? Story Musgrave: “The Epitaph that will be inscribed on my tombstone according to my will is, “What was that all about?” When it is all over I will be returning home to where ever I came from. A […]
Excellence Reporter: Dr. Shostak, what is the meaning of life? Seth Shostak: Nearly a decade ago, I spent a day on a sound stage during the filming of “The Day the Earth Stood Still,” a reprise of a classic 1950s sci-fi drama. I was there as a science advisor, […]
Excellence Reporter: C. JoyBell, what is the meaning of life? C. JoyBell C.: Thank you for inviting me to answer this question, it is an honour. When you asked, “What is the meaning of life?” the first thought that came to mind, was, I wonder what his definition […]
Excellence Reporter: Howard, what is the meaning of life? Howard Martin: I believe the meaning of life is to express love. That is a rather broad statement. Let me explain what I mean. Love is a little word that covers a lot of territory. It can be seen […]
Meaning is personal, and there are countless activities people engage in to satisfy this deep-seated need. There are, however, a handful of powerful means by which we can bootstrap ourselves toward higher goals that have proven to be especially beneficial to both individuals and society. These include: Deep […]
Excellence Reporter: Professor Fuller, what is the meaning of life? Steve Fuller: That a life might have a meaning is a privilege of the human condition, but one that is exercised by those who wish to identify with us after we are dead. ~Steve Fuller, philosopher-sociologist in the […]
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: Dr. Unzicker, what is the meaning of life? Alexander Unzicker: “The meaning of life is contributing to the respect humankind may get from future civilizations.” *** ~Dr. Alexander Gerhard Unzicker Physicist and Science Writer http://www.Alexander-Unzicker.com Copyright © 2016 Excellence Reporter
Excellence Reporter: Doctor de Grey, what is the meaning of life? Aubrey de Grey: To be honest I’m not really much of a fan of the concept that life has some kind of inherent meaning; I’m more of a practical sort of guy – I like to devote […]
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 […]
Through all ages, men have tried to fathom the meaning of life. They have realized that if some direction or meaning could be given to our actions, great human forces would be unleashed. So, very many answers must have been given to to the question of the meaning […]
For me, the true meaning of life is serving others, both human and nonhuman others. This means serving my family, friends, colleagues, local communities, and the natural environment in which I’m embedded. I know I’m fulfilling that meaning if my local place is moving toward becoming a thriving […]
Excellence Reporter: Professor Csikszentmihalyi, what is the meaning of life? Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi: No one can give you an answer to the question:”what is the meaning of life?” If you want your life to have meaning, you have to give it one yourself. For some people, meaning comes from the wonderful […]
The meaning of life is to perfect our souls by acknowledging our creator and imitating His wisdom. For the perfection of the image lies in its closest approximation to the form impressed on it. ~Rick Strassman MD performed the first new human studies with psychedelic drugs in the […]
Excellence Reporter: Dr. Hameroff, what is the meaning of life? Stuart Hameroff: The meaning of life is to feel good by resonating with the universe. In the view I take on the nature of consciousness with Sir Roger Penrose, feelings are related to quantum processes in the fundamental […]
Excellence Reporter: Dr. Wolf, what is the meaning of life? Fred Alan Wolf: I believe that life has one basic meaning and only one meaning: Discover your true inner, hidden nature; who is that elephant in the room? In essence, be in the mystery and discover its magical […]
Excellence Reporter: Dr. Sahtouris, what is the meaning of life? Elisabet Sahtouris: The meaning of life to me is whatever we humans, in such a diverse mix of cultures, feel it, proclaim it, to be. That is the beauty, opportunity and responsibility of being human — that we are free […]
Excellence Reporter: Dr. Wallace, what is the meaning of life? B. Alan Wallace: Issues of meaning, values, and ethics are considered by many to be subjective in nature, determined simply by one’s preferences, in contrast to the objective truths revealed by scientific inquiry. I find this split between […]
Excellence Reporter: Prof. Gray, what is the meaning of life? Kurt Gray: “Strive to win, but never make someone feel like a loser” *** ~Kurt Gray is an assistant professor at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hillwww.kurtjgray.com Copyright © 2015 Excellence Reporter
Excellence Reporter: Prof. Combs, what is the meaning of life? Allan Combs: There are a thousand meanings to life, as there are a thousand moments to the day. In the morning it is good to chop wood and carry water. At night to read, enjoy friendships and loved […]
Excellence Reporter: Jean-François, what is the meaning of life? Jean-François Gariépy: What do we mean by the word meaning? The meaning of something is its intended effect or signification. Hand waves, smiles and tears are all things that have some meaning, because we infer the message carried by […]
Excellence Reporter: Dr. Zak, what is the meaning of life? Paul J. Zak: Love is the meaning of life. Full stop. Love is the highest aspiration, the most valued emotion, and the one that hurts us to the core when it is taken away. “But,” you must be […]
Excellence Reporter: Prof. Krippner, what is the meaning of life? Stanley Krippner: Life has no intrinsic meaning. But that is the beauty of it. People who found meaning in life protected themselves and survived. People who did not find meaning in life allowed themselves to get sick and […]
Excellence Reporter: Grant, what is the meaning of life? Grant McCracken: “Do something worthy well.” *** ~Grant McCracken, anthropologist, author, speaker, a long time student of culture and commerceCultureBy.com Copyright © 2015 Excellence Reporter
Excellence Reporter: Prof. Singer, what is the meaning of life? Peter Singer: “You can give your life meaning by doing the most good you can.” *** ~Peter Singer, author, professor of bioethics, Princeton University. He was voted one of Australia’s ten most influential public intellectuals in 2006.www.princeton.edu/~psinger Copyright © […]
What is the meaning of life? I don’t think life has any one meaning — nor do I think that the meanings of life are “out there” to be discovered, like a hitherto unknown galaxy, or some new species of beetle (let’s say). Instead, I think we create […]
Excellence Reporter: Dr. Golonka, what is the meaning of life? Sabrina Golonka: The meaning of life is to connect – to people, the environment, ideas. To me, a meaningful life is one that has a consequence on something in the world. Of course, a person’s life could be […]
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: Dr. Changizi, what is the meaning of life? Mark Changizi: “The meaning, or point, to life is… to answer the questions to the universe. …it’s what I’ve been saying since a kid.” *** ~Dr. Mark Changizi, neuroscientist http://www.changizi.com Copyright © 2015 Excellence Reporter Image: National Georgraphic
Excellence Reporter: Prof. Trivers, what is the meaning of life? Robert Trivers: “Keeping itself alive.” *** ~Robert Trivers, evolutionary biologist and sociobiologist, Professor of Anthropology and Biological Sciences at Rutgers University.http://roberttrivers.com Copyright © 2015 Excellence Reporter
Excellence Reporter: Prof. Gottesman, what is the meaning of life? Irving Gottesman: “I am 85 and have not yet figured it out. Maybe when I hit 100 you can ask again.” *** ~Irving Gottesman, professor of psychology at University of Minnesota, known internationally for his work in the […]
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: Prof. Posner, what is the meaning of life? Michael Posner: “I do not believe that life in general has a meaning. I believe that the meaning of each individual life is provided by the person themselves. In the case of my life, it is given what […]
Excellence Reporter: Tali, what is the meaning of life? Tali Sharot: The meaning of life is to have meaning. That is to say, to know why you get up in the morning. That reason is different for different people. For me personally it is expanding human knowledge in a way […]
Excellence Reporte: Sean, what is the meaning of life? Sean Carroll: The meaning of life is what we make out of it. The universe gives us no guidance here, nor do any powers outside the universe. Meaning follows mattering — the impact we have on the lives of […]
Excellence Reporter: What is the meaning of life? Robin Fox: here is a verse I wrote more or less in answer to your question. I called us “Apes with existential questions.” From “The Passionate Mind” (2000, p. 52). “And did some sly, malicious god when an ape first stood and faced the […]
Excellence Reporter: Ragnar, what is the meaning of life? Ragnar Stroberg: To me, it’s clear that life itself doesn’t have an inherent meaning, any more than any other process in the universe does. But this shouldn’t prevent us from assigning meaning to our lives anyway. My preferred way […]
Excellence Reporter: Dr. Devlin, what is the meaning of life? Keith Devlin: Life is the meaning of life. I know of no other answer. We and all other living things are the result of millions of years of chemical reactions and natural selection. In our case, we have […]
Excellence Reporter: Paul, what is the meaning of life? Paul Saffo: “We exist to tell stories. Life is how the universe talks to itself.” *** ~Paul Saffo is a forecaster with over two decades experience exploring the dynamics of large-scale, long-term change. He teaches forecasting at Stanford University and […]
Excellence Reporter: Carlo, what is the meaning of life? Carlo Rovelli: I never understood what does this question mean. I do not ask what is the “meaning of the stars”: I just like the stars. I do not ask what is the “meaning of my girlfriend”: I just love […]
“What is the meaning of life?” and “What is the purpose of life?” are two subtly distinct questions. Darwinian biologists might respond to the latter question with reference to a single answer: reproduction. From an evolutionary perspective, all living organisms could be said to exist for one purpose […]
Excellence Reporter question about “What is the meaning of life?” pulled me out of my daily busy-ness. I took the question serious and began deliberating over ontologic definitions for the meaning of life, and also about ideas such as “the sky is the limit”. Then all of the sudden […]
What is the meaning of life? It looks as if there are two basic ways of human exploration into meaning and purpose — fact finding and story-telling, and we get into a mess when we confuse the two. How are they related? Is conflict between them endemic? It […]
Excellence Reporter: Dr. Schlitz, what is the meaning of life? Marilyn Schlitz: “The key to finding meaning in life is learning to live fully in the paradox of death. By making peace with our own mortality we can transform fear into an inspiration for living and dying well.” *** […]
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 […]
Excellence Reporter: Prof. Pinker, what is the meaning of life? Steven Pinker: “The meaning of life is to perpetuate life, to increase knowledge, wisdom, and beauty, and to maximize the flourishing and minimize the suffering of sentient beings.” *** ~Steven Pinker is an experimental psychologist who conducts research […]
Excellence Reporter: Howard, what is the manning of life? Howard Bloom: The meaning of life is connection to others. Being loved and admired. But the meaning of life is something more. Feeling you are a part of something transcendent. Something higher than yourself. Something that will uplift others, even […]
Excellence Reporter: Tor, what is the meaning of life? Tor Nørretranders: “The meaning of life is life.” *** ~Tor Nørretranders is a Danish author of popular science. He was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. His books and lectures have primarily been focused on light popular science and its role […]
Excellence Reporter: Dr. Tiller, what is the meaning of life? William A. Tiller: My working hypotheses regarding the meaning of life are: To grow in coherence, to develop our gifts of intentionality and thus become co-creators with our spiritual parents and As we learn in academic knowledge, in […]
“To live a meaningful life one must abandon private and petty interests and instead cultivate an interest in the eternal.” That Man is the product of causes which had no prevision of the end they were achieving; that his origin, his growth, his hopes and fears, his […]
“I guess when I was around 12 or 15…I had an existential crisis, and I was reading various books on trying to figure out the meaning of life and what does it all mean? It all seemed quite meaningless and then we happened to have some books by Nietzsche […]
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