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: 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: Mooji, what is the meaning of life? Mooji: This is perhaps one of the most seemingly profound questions within the human kingdom. Yet at closer scrutiny it is revealed as one of the most elusive in as far as coming to any one satisfactory answer. Let’s […]
Excellence Reporter: Steve, what is the meaning of life? Steve Bhaerman: “Life is a joke, but God is laughing with us, not at us.” — Swami Beyondananda Life is the meaning we give it. We are the meaning-makers, the symbol-seekers, the designers of context for the content of our experiences. From […]
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: Jac, what is the meaning of life? Jack O’Keeffe: Looking for a universal meaning of life can steer you into a mid-life crisis. Look no further than to your own value system. Meaning stems from what you value. What do you regard as having value in […]
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 lifeis to help people unconditionally…and that’s what makes me happy. *** ~Pandit Ronu Majumdar, India’s Ace Flautistwww.RonuMajumdar.com Copyright © 2015 Excellence Reporter
Excellence Reporter: Teacher Jason, what is the meaning of life? Jason Quinn: Zen Master Seung Sahn once said, “Human life has no meaning, no reason and no choice, but we have our practice to help us understand our true self. Then, we can change no meaning to Great Meaning, […]
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: 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: 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: Master Taigen, what is the meaning of life? Taigen Dan Leighton: The meaning of life is exactly the sustained inquiry into the meaning of life. This involves awakening to our omnipresent capacity for insight and kindness, and the natural wholeness we each express in our own […]
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 […]
The purpose of life is to complete the long evolutionary journey back to the source of all Consciousness or God from which we have come. It is to know oneself and realize our Creator as LOVE. When we learn to completely and continually sacrifice ourself for the good […]
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: 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 […]
The meaning of life is what we make of it. At every moment in life we have a choice to find a sense of purpose in whatever it is that we’re doing or observing. We find the sense of purpose by paying attention to where we are and […]
Excellence Reporter: Paul, what is the meaning of life? Paul Sloane: It is up to each of us to define the meaning of our life; to give it a purpose. Of course if you are desperately poor then the purpose of your life is to survive. However, once […]
Excellence Reporter: Dr. Movsessian, what is the meaning of life? Shushann Movsessian: The meaning of life is that what endures is real. Since our body is in a continuous state of change it isn’t real. What endures is our soul essence – like shimmering, burning embers, who we are, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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: Morris, what is the meaning of life? Morris Goodman: This is a question that has been asked, meditated upon, thought about, and discussed since Adam and Eve. And there are probably as many answer as there are people on the earth. Why did God put us […]
Excellence Reporter: Dr. Goldsmith, what is the meaning of life? Neal Goldsmith: Freud said the meaning of life is to love and to work. I think that’s not a bad statement of my view: We must express, emanate ourselves in a productive generatively and we must connect with and […]
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 […]
What is the meaning of life? Shakespeare wrote, “All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances, And one man in his time plays many parts.” We can’t always control the parts we play, nor the various […]
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: 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: 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 […]
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: Michael, what is the meaning of life? Michael J. Gelb: The meaning of life is to make life meaningful. How? By exercising the power of choice, discernment and consciousness to deepen our learning. We don’t have a choice regarding the genetic patterns we’ve inherited, or the […]
Excellence Reporter: Lama Willa, what is the meaning of life? Lama Willa Miller: I think the meaning of life has something to do with leaving the world a better place than when we arrived here. We are the stewards of a beautiful and fragile planet for this and […]
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: Robert, what is the meaning of life? Robert Clancy: For me the meaning of life has always been centered around one simple thing—to learn the true significance of love. Love in all its infinite glory is such a simple word, but have you ever thought deeply […]
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 […]
What is the meaning of life? The meaning of life is to create, experience and enhance happiness. This includes your own personal happiness, but also the happiness of others. This happiness comes in many forms. The most common of which are your personal and intimate relationships, unabashed love, […]
If there’s one question that’s remained at the forefront of our collective conscience since the birth of humanity, it’s asking the question ‘what’s the meaning of life’. Interestingly, it seems that the answer many of us would give to this question is the pursuit of happiness, which in […]
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: Susan, what is the meaning of life? Susan Piver: I really don’t know. It is something that arises (and dissolves) from moment to moment and any attempt to grasp meaning seems to automatically dispel it. The greatest meaning of all seems to be in riding the […]
Excellence Reporter: Mr. Sivaraksa, what is the meaning of life? Sulak Sivaraksa: The meaning of my life is to breathe properly, in order to synchronize my head with my heart, to transform greed, hatred, and delusion in myself to be generosity, loving kindness and wisdom. Buddhism teaches us […]
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: 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: 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 […]
Excellence Reporter: Dr. Brendtro, what is the meaning of life? Larry K. Brendtro: There are two kinds of cultures in the world: dominator cultures and cultures of respect. Modern mad-dash materialism is a struggle to get ahead, “win lest you lose” says Peggy McIntosh. We see this all […]
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 […]
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, […]
Excellence Reporter: Jon, what is the meaning of life? Jon Anderson: “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.www.JonAnderson.com […]
Excellence Reporter: Charly, what it the meaning of life? Charly Emery: I’ve come to appreciate that the meaning of life can be a subjective concept I define, or a profoundly dynamic awareness I gain through the conscious actions I take and the experiences through which ‘meaning’ is revealed. […]
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 […]
“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: Jack, what is the meaning of life? Jack Kornfield: When I was younger, I would lie on the grass on a clear night and gaze at the stars. I would imagine that I was at the very bottom of the world, held against the earth by […]
Excellence Reporter: Dr. Bryant-Davis, what is the meaning of life? Thema Bryant-Davis: The meaning of life is to use all that is within us to live fully with love, gratitude, and creativity. We are to honor God, ourselves, and humanity by showing up and thriving as we apply ourselves […]
“The spiritual awakening is the most essential thing in man’s life, and it is the sole purpose of being.” The Reality of Life is Life itself, whose beginning is not in the womb, and whose ending is not in the grave. For the years that pass are naught […]
Excellence Reporter: Penny, what is the meaning of life? Penny Kelly: We cannot ask, “What is the meaning of life?” because life has whatever meaning you give it. If you are a mean S-O-B, people will respond poorly to you and you’re likely to say life sucks. If […]
Excellence Reporter: Lama Jampa, what is the meaning of life? Lama Jampa Thaye: To begin with, we must acknowledge the wondrous opportunity afforded to us in our human life, where we have the space to determine our own fate for good or ill. Yet a moment’s further reflection […]
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: 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: Byron, what is the meaning of life? Byron Katie: “To realize that you believed yourself into existence, and to wake up to what you’re not.” *** ~Byron Katie, is an American speaker and author who teaches a method of self-inquiry known as “The Work”. http://www.TheWork.com Copyright […]
Excellence Reporter: Rebecca, what is the meaning of life? Rebecca Crowell: There are universal truths about love, compassion, and awareness, and spiritual paths that offer countless ways to perceive and experience holiness. There are aspects of our individual lives that give us day-to-day fulfillment, purpose and pleasure. All of […]
Excellence Reporter: Ajahn, what is the meaning of life? Ajahn Amaro: I have to confess that the first response that comes to my mind is, ‘Wrong question!’ Somebody asked Krishnamurti one time, “What would you say is the meaning of life?” He said something along the lines of: “MEANING!?! – how […]
The Meaning of Life is completely tied to What is Life? And I would say: The path is life And the purpose of life is to live it where we are, To be soothed by its waters still flowing, and warmed by the sun that reaches those who […]
Excellence Reporter: Marianne, what is the meaning of life? Marianne Williamson: “The meaning of life is to love and be loved. To be the light that casts out all darkness. To replace fear with love and remove the suffering of the world.” *** ~Marianne Williamson is an internationally acclaimed […]
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 […]
What is the purpose of our lives? Why do we live? Why do we exert so much effort to survive every day, every hour, every minute, every second? Why do we spend so much money on food, clothing and shelter—on the many things we need to survive and […]
What is the meaning of life? Philosophical and religious inquiries point people in many directions. Yet there’s at least one commonality: an examined life is built on love. A universal injunction is conveyed in 1 Corinthians 14:1: Pursue Love. Here English lets us down. Oddly for such a […]
Like two sides of a hand Awareness and the Objects of awareness are one thing. Awareness is Life. It is intimate and personal. Our awareness fills our world. Each of our lives is filled with unique goals and intentions. The actualization of these goals, the manifestation of these […]
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. […]
The meaning of life? One would think, perhaps, that after 200,000 years, dating back to the emergence of the modern human, we would have solved the riddle. That’s a lot of staring up at the sky and ruminating. Picture our very first philosopher: “I wonder, Ogg, if hitting […]
Excellence Reporter: Dr. Welch, what is the meaning of life? Dr. Claudia Welch: “The meaning of life, as I understand it from my Teachers, and as confirmed in its resonance with my soul, is to realize our birthright to return to the Ocean of Love from whence we […]
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: Megan, what is the meaning of life? Megan Fairchild: The meaning of life??? Seriously loaded question. Lately, I feel my answer would have to be to make special connections with others, and make wonderful memories together. To be able to connect with someone, truly understand each […]
Excellence Reporter: Master Low, what is the meaning of life? Albert Low: Life has no meaning: but life is intensely meaningful. For life to have a meaning would require that there be two aspects: life without a meaning and a meaning without life; somehow the two must come […]
Excellence Reporter: Rev. Joan, what is the meaning of life? Joan Jiko Halifax: “Wake up, end suffering, help others.” *** ~Rev. Joan Jiko Halifax, Buddhist teacher, Zen priest, anthropologist, ecologist, civil rights activist, hospice caregiver, author and pioneer in the field of end-of-life care. She is Founder, Abbot, and Head […]
The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature.¹ Life has no meaning. Each of us has meaning and we bring it to life. It is a waste to be asking the question when you are […]
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: John, what is the meaning of life? John Tschohl: I was intrigued by this question and thought about it for a long time. I pondered if I was that one and only person on earth that was given the answer to that question and was now […]
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: 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? As a climber or the more broader “outdoor adventurer,” it is clear that anyone can point a finger at us and say what we do is not purposeful. They can say we are selfish, and what we do does not feed the […]
Excellence Reporter: Professor Habito, what is the meaning of life? Ruben Habito: Allow me to respond not as a “professor” but as one human being just like yourself, just like everyone else for whom this question is unavoidable, and looms large in our minds. It confronts us every day […]
What is the meaning of life? The meaning of life is: To Awaken to Self: Returning to ones’ identity with Divine, truth, and illumination of peace. This process of awakening is a lifetime of personal growth. All incarnated humans have pre-birth soul plans to seek their path to […]
What is the meaning of life? We often think of “meaning” as having to do with understanding. Although we live and move and have our being in mystery, ego wants to catch the symbolism of a word or a phrase or an event so as to feel it […]
“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: Eve, what is the meaning of life? Eve Hogan: When I was thirty I went to India to see a holy man that I had known when I was a child but hadn’t seen in nearly 25 years. In a private meeting, I sat across his […]
Excellence Reporter: Victor, what is the meaning of life? Victor Saunders: My first thought was that, like fractal geometry, the answer to this question depends on the ruler you use. Take, for instance, a scale much larger than life, or at least, larger than life as we know it. Take the […]
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 […]
Excellence Reporter: Andrea, what is the meaning of life? Andrea Marcum: “Life without meaning is mere existence. Seeking meaning is the human experience. The meaning of life is to be as human as humanly possible… although, come to think of it, my cats seem to know what it […]
I must have been 10 or 11 years old. I remember lying in my bed, listening to the sounds of younger children playing outside on a summer evening, all the while pining for the freedom they had. My mom believed in the early to bed protocol. Resting there, […]
“The more the universe seems comprehensible, the more it also seems pointless.” —Steven Weinberg, Nobel laureate in physics The most important thing that humans create is meaning. Because of our distinctive ways of valuing and intending, it is with us (or, to express it less dualistically: in us, as […]
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: Sage, what is the meaning of life? Sage Rountree: As holder of a PhD in the humanities, I’d say that the answer is in the question itself. The fact that we can consider meaning in a self-aware fashion itself implies some purpose. The meaning, then, is […]
Excellence Reporter: Dr. Chapple, what is the meaning of life? Christopher Key Chapple: Life must not be outsourced. Life must be claimed. Yoga provides tools to cultivate human agency through awareness and action. Yoga begins with breath intimacy, a fourfold process. The inhale breath draws energy from the […]
