Excellence Reporter: Sharon, what is the meaning of life? Sharon Gannon: The meaning of life is to drop all the meanness. When meanness drops away—what remains is kindness. To choose kindness over meanness is to live a meaningful life. The purpose of our lives is to remember who […]
The Bhagavad Gita is one of the most popular and well-read books of wisdom in the history of humankind. Known also as the Song of God, it is a conversation between the Supreme Lord Shri Krishna and his devotee Arjuna, on the verge of the Mahabharata war. The […]
Excellence Reporter: David, what is the meaning of life? David Richards: This seems like such an easy question to answer, in finding a meaning to life. It is the stuff quips are made of; “the meaning of life is to live a life of meaning.” But how? How to […]
“Love begets courage, moderation creates abundance and humility generates power.” “Life means to be living. Problems will always be there. When they arise navigate through them with yoga — don’t take a break. Yoga is like music: the rhythm of the body, the melody of the mind, […]
“Just one more moment, a single moment of rest in the wind… and another woman will conceive me” >> Khalil Gibran, “The Prophet” << What is life? Every human being, at one time or another in his or her existence, raises this question. But do you have an […]
Right at your heart! That’s where we start! Somebody recently sent me an early birthday present. It must have been very urgent for me to receive because it was four months early. It was the story of a man who raised goslings from the egg to flight. So, […]
Excellence Reporter: Acharya, what is the meaning of life? Acharya Shunya: The meaning of life for me is the search for life. To not merely lead the life mechanically — we are born, we grow up, we are given goals by society to meet, be it earning wealth, […]
Excellence Reporter: Sonia, what is the meaning of life? Sonia Roberts: Legacy is fundamental to what it is to be human. Legacy, not meaning money and property, but rather something you can leave behind to the people who come after to enrich their lives, the community and society […]
Excellence Reporter: Katie, what is the meaning of life? Katie Burke: The meaning of life is to believe anything is possible for your life. Life happens FOR you, not to you. Everything in life is a teacher. When we see each experience as happening for us, the world […]
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 […]
Excellence Reporter: Laura, what is the meaning of life? Laura Plumb: I once heard Joseph Campbell answer this question by saying he doesn’t believe there is so much a meaning to life, but rather that we are alive to feel ourselves fully alive, and that when we come […]
Excellence Reporter: Megan, what is the meaning of life? Megan Hollingsworth: The question itself implies a mind that seeks and even requires meaning. And one who has lost a sense of meaning for it’s own life. For each is a meaning and, thus, life’s meaning in total. The […]
Excellence Reporter: Dr. Yogendra, what is the meaning of life? Smt. Hansaji Jayadeva Yogendra: During my regular session at The Yoga Institute, one of the students was asked according to him what is the meaning of life? He answered life is B and D. Means life is “B” […]
We each enter life with desires, goals, and challenges to overcome, and we choose birth conditions that will best help us meet these objectives. Arriving with dreams from the past that are seeking fulfillment, we find meaning as we are able to satisfy these karmic imperatives from the […]
Excellence Reporter: Chandanni, what is the meaning of life? Chandanni Miglino: There is no meaning to life as it exists. We are the ones who give it meaning. We are essentially born into a senseless and meaningless world and through ritual, ceremony and culture we create and define […]
Excellence Reporter: Kat, what is the meaning of life? Kat Farrants: The meaning of life is, for me, connection. My journey in this lifetime is all about the connection and connectivity of life. Everything that my dharma leads me to do is in acknowledgement of the importance of […]
Excellence Reporter: Nischaladevi, what is the meaning of life? Nischala Joy Devi: The question “What is the meaning of life?” morphs into “what brings meaning to life?” Life seems more meaningful when we embrace love and joy, in every moment. We are all searching for something to bring us […]
Excellence Reporter: Yanti, what is the meaning of life? Yanti Amos: I was watching a documentary recently which followed the daily routine of a traditional Japanese sword (katana) polisher. The polisher’s discipline is not an easy one, for he must do justice to the character and nature of each […]
Excellence Reporter: Shakti Anand, what is the meaning of life? Shakti Anand: This is one of those eternal questions which marries to the other eternal question with which it is linked, who am I ? This question is asked from a logical frame of the mind to find meaning, […]
Excellence Reporter: Dr. Lasater, what is the meaning of life? Judith Hanson Lasater: Life is the process whereby the Universe makes itself manifest to us, and for us, in myriad and amazing ways. The greater meaning of existence is to find our own special relationship with this Universe, […]
“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: Jennie, what is the meaning of life? Jennie Lee: Love. Love is the meaning, the purpose, the beginning, and the end of life. It is the harmonizing, unifying energy of the Universe from which we all sprang and to which we all return. Whether we recognize ourselves […]
Excellence Reporter: Elena, what is the meaning of life? Elena Brower: The meaning of life is gratitude; it’s all we take when we leave this earthly experience, as far as I can see… Here’s a recent thank you note, to Life, to Source, from me: Thank you for […]
Excellence Reporter: Prof. Klein, what is the meaning of life? Melanie Klein: The question is all at once incredibly broad and deeply personal. In the most general sense, I believe the meaning of life hinges on our journey to accessing, feeling and becoming an expression of divine love. […]
Excellence Reporter: Tisha, what is the meaning of life? Tisha Morris: If you were to have asked me this question a few years ago, I would have said the meaning of life is for spiritual growth, evolution, or to learn lessons. But today I would say the meaning […]
Our life is our daily existence. It is made up of our daily living, the unity of the body, mind and consciousness. An Ayurvedic sutra says: Sattvam Atma Sharirancha tryam etat tridandavat Sattva is the mind, Atma is the conscious principles, and sharira is the physical body. This […]
The meaning of life is to LOVE: deeply and without fear. At this point in my life, I know that Love is the most real thing any of us can have in our life. It is special because you can’t own it or buy it, you can only […]
Excellence Reporter: Danielle, what is the meaning of life? Danielle Dulsky: The meaning of life is creative expression. Our three-fold task is to seek out our own, unique, wild truth, burn through any obstacles to our expression of that truth as feverishly as possible, and, even when all else […]
Excellence Reporter: Dr. Miller, what is the meaning of life? Richard C. Miller: To live from, and related to everyone and everything from “heart-centered presence of being” is my answer to the inquiry, “What is the meaning of life.” As heart-centered presence, I feel myself connected to myself, to […]
Revolutionary Art, Anti-Zombie Apocalypse — DO NOT BE AFRAID JAGUAR PAW — create like crazy until you Wake UP spinning silk from your heart, shining eyes at your neighbor, holding your loves close, making, creating like you might DIE if you don’t. Reading, laughing, breathing sun, bathing moon […]
Excellence Reporter: Dr. Caplan, what is the meaning of life? Mariana Caplan: I don’t know the meaning of life, or even if there is one ultimate meaning. I only know that I endeavor to create deep meaning in my life, and that I admire those who strive for […]
Excellence Reporter: GuruMeher, what is the meaning of life? GuruMeher Khalsa: A question as big as this necessarily has more than one answer. These answers will seem contradictory or even paradoxical. In fact, the two answers I offer below illuminate why there are as many answers to this […]
What is the Meaning of Life? To Remember To wake up To remember you are already Free If there is no confusion there would be no wisdom Gather the willingness to be open and present Don’t leave yourself Connect to something greater than the stories we tell our […]
Harry Potter’s favorite word is brilliant; Yogi Bhajan taught the importance of developing caliber; the Pope is called His Eminence; we desire to live our talent; we know what Wiley E. Coyote wants to accomplish; companies proclaim their products have quality; our destiny calls for our greatness; the ultimate goal is mastery. Brilliant, caliber, eminence, talent, accomplishment, quality, greatness, and mastery, share a […]
Excellence Reporter: Jovinna, what is the meaning of life? Jovinna Chan: This question has been my guiding light in navigating the many dark times my Soul has journeyed. In Chinese characters, there are at least three ways to write Life: 生活 (shēnghuó)，生命 (shēngmìng)，人生 (rénshēng). They are similar and […]
Excellence Reporter: Mukti Michael, what is the meaning of Life? Mukti Michael Buck: First of all thank you for the question. My brain goes to what is the purpose of life? and then I go to what is the purpose of purpose? I know that I’m sidestepping the […]
Excellence Reporter: Sharmila, what is the meaning of life? Sharmila Desai: In honest humility I find the meaning of life to be a mystery. I embrace the unknown for it nurtures us all to search and to strive in the world, embarking on a lifetime devoted to the pursuit […]
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 […]
Meaning and life – two rather potent and I believe rather ineffable words in the English language. The feelings, thoughts and sentiments involved in the experience behind and involved in both of these words is dependent upon who you ask, and even then the responses can evolve over […]
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 […]
Each of us, in our search for happiness or fulfillment, seems to be, either consciously or unconsciously, involved in an ever-evolving odyssey of meaning. Life itself and the human experience are “of a piece,” like water and wetness, or fire and heat. It appears as well that, also […]
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, […]
We are all a part of the greater Evolution called the Big Bang that created the whole universe as we know it and have a role in the Evolution process. We are individually a little piece of the matrix of Karma and Evolution. It is important to know […]
Excellence Reporter: Gary, what is the meaning of life? Gary Kraftsow: What could be a bigger question than, “What is the meaning of life?” I begin an answer by reflecting on the meaning of the word meaning itself. Synonyms of the word meaning include words like significance or […]
As humans we are meaning making machines. We have the capacity to reflect on life, to shape our lives consciously. We can be aware of every waking moment and what we are creating in it. We can live our Lives on Purpose, with Passion, in Peace. This great […]
Excellence Reporter: Dr. Satyanarayana Dasa, what is the meaning of life? Sri Satyanarayana Dasa: Every living being has an inherent nature to avoid pain and to attain happiness. This nature is most developed in human beings. Whatever we do in our life, knowingly or unknowingly, we do so […]
Excellence Reporter: Jana, what is the meaning of life? Jana Long: Life is simple, but not easy. Fortunately, the things that are most simple happen automatically — respiration, circulation, digestion and elimination. Thank goodness I am not burdened trying to remember to breathe, blink or swallow! What is […]
Excellence Reporter: Jessica, what is the meaning of life? Jessica Walden: To be honest, I don’t really know what to say. For me, it’s a feeling, a knowing, a truth that doesn’t really translate well into words. It’s simple. It’s moving. It’s funny. It’s light. And it’s something that […]
Excellence Reporter: Les, what is the meaning of life? Les Leventhal: Over the past several years, I have traveled to so many different countries and exchanged money in each country. So, many dollars and cents being lost in that exchange. I have noticed that the amount of food […]
Excellence Reporter: Margi, what is the meaning go life? Margi Young: The meaning of life? I have no idea! It seems presumptuous to impose our limited perception to so vast a question, yet people’s hubris is just great enough to ask. I think we should not lose sight […]
Excellence Reporter: Dr. Roche, what is the meaning of life? Lorin Roche: I have a hunch that we humans are entertaining to the life of the cosmos. Unlike other animals, human beings don’t know who they are, and so are always searching. We also may be a way […]
Excellence Reporter: Nubia, what is the meaning of life? Nubia Teixeira: The meaning of life to me is to love. Learning how to love fully is a big part of our journey as humans. Learning how to love can become our whole spiritual path, and although all that […]
Excellence Reporter: Goldie, what is the meaning of life? Goldie Graham: In my opinion, to comfortably answer a question such as “what is the meaning of life?” is to assume I’m enlightened, which I am not. What I can comfortably and authentically say is when I live my […]
Excellence Reporter: Richard, what is the meaning of life? Richard Rosen: All life is a manifestation of consciousness. The universe exists because that consciousness is curious about itself, so it creates a “mirror” in which it can examine itself. Each of us is a miniature reflection of that […]
Excellence Reporter: Peter, what is the meaning of life? Peter Sterios: Well, it’s simple… whenever I am faced with a profound question like this, I seek the advice and wisdom of my most dependable guru, our family’s 2-year-old dog, and he never disappoints… For this question his answer […]
Excellence Reporter: Angela, what is the meaning of life? Angela Farmer: At the age of three or four years, I knew without a doubt that I came from the sun and that all I had to do was shine! Each night at bed-time my brother and I knelt […]
Excellence Reporter: Mr. van Kooten, what is the meaning of life? Victor van Kooten: This is a dangerous question to ask! If you were siting on your nice carpet, it has now been pulled away from under you! This question is often used to stop anyone in their tracks and when […]
When I was a newborn baby my mother took me out into the May sunshine and sang to me while she nuzzled the soft lush petals of a pale pink peony into my nose and cheeks. With that single gesture of nurturing motherhood she opened my world. In […]
Who verily knows and who can here declare it,whence it was born and whence comes this creation?– Rg Veda The Rg Veda uses a vernacular that still survives today when an unanswerable question is asked. We shrug our shoulders and say, “Who knows?” Really we mean that no one knows. One […]
Excellence Reporter: Susanna, what is the meaning of life? Susanna Barkataki: When I was young, about six, I remember looking around me at all the things we humans in the 1st world have and wondering what it was all about. Ten different kinds of bread and shampoo, snow globes, knick knacks, utensils, […]
The meaning of life is learning to do the best we can with what we have, one day at a time. ~Rolf Gates, author of the acclaimed book on yogic philosophy, Meditations from the Mat: Daily Reflections on the Path of Yoga, and the newly released: Meditations on […]
The meaning of life is to learn and grow internally as we experience and contribute to the outer world. Learn to Remember: In remembering daily that life is a fleeting impermanent gift, we give ourselves an opportunity to cultivate a sense of inspiration to do something incredible with […]
Whatever our particular designation may be in this world — black, white, American, Russian, Palestinian, Israeli, young, old, rich or poor — the fundamental need of every living being is to love and to be loved. Without that nothing can really satisfy the heart. Objects can satisfy the senses of the […]
Excellence Reporter: Robert, what is the meaning of life? Robert Sturman: When I was a young boy, a man came to our home to sell something. I answered the front door and I do not remember what he was selling, but I do remember he was a fellow […]
Excellence Reporter: Lauren, what is the meaning of life? Lauren Walker: When I asked my best friend what he thought the meaning of life is, he answered without even missing a beat: “Make an impact on the world that is progress. Leave it better than when you came. […]
Excellence Reporter: Hari-kirtana das, what is the meaning of life? Hari-kirtana das: The meaning of life is to try to understand the highest truth. The highest truth is reality distinguished from illusion for the benefit of all. While illusion invites us to participate in a futile search for […]
Excellence Reporter: Jyoti, what is the meaning of life? Jyoti Subramanian: In the quest to look for a “meaning” for existence, we are constantly engaging with external stimulus. Depending on our idea of what will take us towards this ideal way of living to make us whole and […]
Mark Whitwell has done us a favor by summarizing in 108 pages the essence of his teaching. It is an easy and powerful read with good photographic instruction to be used in conjunction with the iPromise app. It is a tidy summary of his two previous works Yoga […]
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, what is the meaning of life? Tejpal: Meaning is an experience that comes from your heart not from your head. Your head does not experience anything but carries a lot of labels about everything. Your heart stays present in the moment and open. When you experience […]
Excellence Reporter: Surya-Chandra, what is the meaning of life? Surya-Chandra Das: Life is a mystery to be lived in awe and wonder. Concepts and strategies such as “The meaning of Life” often keep us stuck in our mind and prevent us from living with awe and wonder in the fullness […]
Excellence Reporter: Dr. Desai, what is the meaning of life? Kamini Desai: The body is like the wave of an ocean. It is one of the many millions of shapes the ocean of undifferentiated potential can morph into. Anything that lives and dies in time; whether a tree, […]
Excellence Reporter: Yogi Dada, what is the meaning of life? Yogi Dada Gunamuktananda: I don’t know the answer to that question. Which really means I know the answer to that question. Because, as the saying goes, “He who thinks he knows, does not know. He who knows he does not know, […]
Excellence Reporter: Gopi, what is the meaning of life? Gopi Kallayil: “To find our talents, and draw from them to live our highest potential, contribute to the world, and be of service to others. To treat our lives as a vehicle for our inner journey, self-discovery, and self-actualization.” […]
Excellence Reporter: Andrew, what is the meaning of life? Andrew Holecek: The meaning of life can be addressed from two perspectives: relative and absolute. From an absolute perspective, there is no meaning. Life is just the radiance, the shine, the divine play of heart-mind, or spirit. There is […]
Excellence Reporter: Annelise, what is the meaning of life? Annelise Hagen: Quite simply, the meaning of life is what you think it is. Yoga is a science. According to yogic wisdom, “As the mind, so the man. “ Of course, this applies to women as well. The power of the […]
Excellence Reporter: Andrea, what is the meaning of life? Andrea Becky Hanson: Yoga, as discovered and developed many of thousands of years ago union. The basis of Yoga is based on the true meaningfulness of life…The experience of wholeness, peace and oneness. The aspects of yoga…breath, posture, […]
Excellence Reporter: Keith, what is the meaning of life? Keith Mitchell: For me, I’ve learned the importance of growth and development and I have realized a different kind of education, an education that has allowed me an escape from separateness but has created a likeness. In this I have found […]
We are born beings exploring what life means as humans. The ego-mind continually seeks the meaning of life in the dimension of time and space, but we are also born with a divine potential that exists in the timeless zone. This is the true Self, the soul that […]
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: Marla, what is the meaning of life? Marla Apt: To see clearly. When we remove the veil of distraction clouding our vision, we gain an unobstructed view of the threads interwoven amongst all things, connecting every part to the whole. Seeing the world around us clearly […]
Excellence Reporter: Nikki, what is the meaning of life? Nikki Costello: Integration, making connections and seeing how every aspect of your life, everything you have chosen, weaves itself together to create a colorful, inner tapestry of wholeness. A conscious wholeness, arising from within you, that guides, supports and […]
I think one of the most valuable things we can do is to be open, awake and present to the full spectrum of life’s experience, the cycle of life and death. Witness birth, spend time with the dying, get to know it all. And in moments when you […]
Excellence Reporter: Chrissy, what is the meaning of life? Chrissy Carter: “The meaning of life is to uncover the meaning of life. Once you find it, it’s the path that leads you home.” *** ~Chrissy Carter, Yoga Teacher http://www.ChrissyCarter.com Copyright © 2015 Excellence Reporter Photo: Melina Hammer
Excellence Reporter: ChauKei, what is the meaning of life? ChauKei: “The meaning of life is to remember to look at myself as a trillions of magnificent body cells open to all unknown possibilities, instead of one solid individual with a bundle of qualities.” *** ~ChauKei, World Yoga Champion http://www.ChauKeiYoga.com Copyright © 2015 […]
Excellence Reporter: Joseph, what is the meaning of life? Joseph Encinia: The meaning of life can be understood by looking at the balance of all things. Their wouldn’t be a positive without a negative, nor would there be peace without war. Throughout life we experience the good and […]
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: Gabrielle, what is the meaning of life? Gabrielle Bernstein: “To remember love by unlearning fear.” *** ~Gabrielle Bernstein is a motivational speaker, life coach, author, a certified Kundalini yoga and meditation teacher. She has been named “a new thought leader” by Oprah Winfrey. Gabrielle, a “spiritual activist” recently […]
Excellence Reporter: Twee, what is the meaning of life? Twee Merrigan-Goldstein: The meaning of life is to first, know the meaning of your life. And if you do not know what the meaning of your life is right now, then spend the rest of your life reflecting on […]
What is the meaning of Life? Having been steeped in eastern philosophies, it seems redundant to me to find any meaning in life. Searching for meaning, implies an interpretation of reality, through thoughts or words, which then cease to be reality. Just as Jorges Luis Borges astutely stated, […]
“It’s time to start investing in happy moments!” exclaims my wise aunt with these wise words. And she’s right! But, what is a happy moment? The meaning of life to me is to discover how to genuinely be happy and peaceful so that I can then share it […]
Excellence Reporter: Lauren, what is the meaning of life? Lauren Alderfer: “The road your self must journey on lies in polishing the heart.” Hakim Sanai (1044-1150) Cultivating the heart through mindfulness — its ever expansive, healing nature — opens the gateway to a love so deep and universal, […]
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. […]
Excellence Reporter: Max, what is the meaning of life? Max Strom: When we are in pain, we become self-centered and myopic, then we spend most of our time seeking quick ways to get out of suffering, which often involves a lot of bad behavior. When we heal, we […]
Excellence Reporter: Dr. Frawley, what is the meaning of life? David Frawley: Life is its own meaning, which is rooted in the ground of existence that we seldom notice. Life arises from our own inner being as an expression of a deeper immortal nature at our secret core. […]
Excellence Reporter: Melanie, what is the meaning of life? Melanie Phillips: Despite decades of meditation and self-inquiry work, it was after the sudden loss of my partner that I was faced with the harsh reality of asking, “What the hell is the point of all of this?” No longer […]
Excellence Reporter: Mandy, what is the meaning of life? Mandy Ingber: The meaning of life is to give life meaning. I can’t remember where I first heard that, but it’s the first thing that comes to mind when asked this question. Each of us has a gift and […]
“What is the meaning of life?” I write this while on a plane returning from a family trip to some of our nation’s most beautiful National Parks. While driving 2500 miles in a car with my family of five, I experienced many Griswoldian moments, not the least of […]
Excellence Reporter: Padma, what is the meaning of life? Padma Shyam: Everyone experiences happiness in life, and also sadness and suffering. At some point, if the suffering becomes too great, then some people might ask “What is really the root cause of this suffering and how might we be […]
Excellence Reporter: Desireé, what is the meaning of life? Desireé Rumbaugh: The best answer I’ve ever heard to this question was at a weekend seminar I attended about 16 years ago. The leaders put up a blank white canvas representing the meaning of life. Bottom line: there is no […]
