Excellence Reporter: Lama Rangbar, what is the meaning of life? Lama Rangbar: Most sane people seek to find some meaning to their lives at some stage. Especially now, the insanity and chaos of our modern times is often too much for many to bear. This forces us to […]
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 […]
Excellence Reporter: Lama Yeshe, what is the meaning of life? Lama Yeshe Rinpoche: Buddhism provides a path of mind training, to help purify our view of reality. By means of direct experience gained through meditation, the path of Buddhism is the study of the mind itself, and is therefore […]
Excellence Reporter: Master Allan, what is the meaning of life? Master Allan Chuck: We are spiritual beings having a physical experience. Our body is a house, a temple for our spirit or soul. Our beloved soul is a light being, our golden essence, our divine spark, our best […]
Excellence Reporter: Leslie, what is the meaning of life? Leslie Cerier: The meaning of life is joy, is fun, is love, is pleasure, is being true to oneself. And of course being a chef embodying a luscious lifestyle is part of the meaning of my work and my life. It’s […]
Excellence Reporter: Eiman, what is the meaning of life? Eiman Al Zaabi: The answer to this question comes from life itself. As I contemplate a tree that is casting its shade on the street, I watch its pale leaves falling to the ground and I wonder: Are we […]
I recently asked my writing students to write their obituary. An obituary usually cites the external achievements of a life, with the implication that they amounted to the value of that individual and the source of that person’s meaning. When you write your own obituary, however, you are […]
I have a running to-do list, which has anywhere from 3 to 30 items on it. I do not have a fancy app or calendar, just a notebook or piece of paper. Full disclosure, I don’t even have an efficient system for getting these things done, I just […]
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 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 […]
This is Thoth and the Council of Light that are being Divinely Transmitted (channeled) by Danielle Rama Hoffman in response to this most delicious question, “What is the meaning of life?” We would begin by saying that there is no one response, for the meaning of life is […]
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: Khenpo Rinpoche, what is the meaning of life? Khenpo Sodargye Rinpoche: For each of us, no matter where we are from or what kind of background we are raised in, we all need to have an unbiased attitude, an open mind, and a logical way of thinking. In this […]
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: Father Thomas, what is the meaning of life? Fr. Thomas Keating: The meaning of life is sacrifice. This is really a biblical revelation. In the Christian perspective the three relationships within the Holy Trinity are continually giving away all that they are to each other within […]
Excellence Reporter: Irini, what is the meaning of life? Irini Rockwell: The profundity of life’s meaning comes about when we bring out our best to serve others. This happens through wisdom and love: only when we can truly love ourselves, can we be available to others offering them […]
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: Cate, what is the meaning of life? Cate Montana: There are two distinctly different answers to the question, “What is the meaning of life?” And perhaps the best way to illustrate both is by using the following analogy. Each piece of furniture, every painting, all the […]
The answer to this question can be discovered through any portal, in any moment. Embracing the Medicine presenting itself in service of your Becoming, is the ever present pathway into the Truth that underlies every problem and every solution. It is tempting to allow ourselves to be sidelined […]
Excellence Reporter: Ms. Broom, what is the meaning of life? Maria Broom: Compiling and sifting through all of the readings, teachings, intuitive thoughts, feelings and even off-planet transmissions… I make this attempt to express what resonates in my heart as the meaning of life. I believe that we […]
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: Gwen, what is the meaning of life? Gwen Olsen: For me the meaning of life is to establish spiritual sovereignty over one’s physical being and experience, while recognizing our infinite connection to God through love. When we are born into a human body in this 3D reality, […]
Excellence Reporter: Greg, what is the meaning of life? Greg McKeown: The meaning in life becomes clear when we admit that there are only two kinds of people in the world: people who are lost; and people who know they are lost. To be in the second category […]
Excellence Reporter: Evelyn, what is the meaning of life? Evelyn C. Rysdyk: It is a scientific truth that we are inexorably connected to the entirety of life on Earth. For instance, every human alive today is a descendant of one particular woman who lived in Africa about 200,000 years […]
Excellence Reporter: Dr. Mehl-Madrona, what is the meaning of life? Lewis Mehl-Madrona: I suspect that life has no intrinsic meaning and that we are free to make meaning as we wish. This seems to me to be the project of humanity – to take that which may be random […]
To me the meaning of life is very, very simple: I hope to create and inspire positive environmental change. That is what drives me every single day. Lauren Singer – Zero Waste Life http://www.TrashIsForTossers.com Copyright © 2016 Excellence Reporter
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: Tehya, what is the meaning of life? Tehya Sky: I don’t know that it could ever be said better than the way Alan Watts put it, but I will try. The meaning of life is simply to be alive. We get so subjective about the whole […]
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, […]
What is the meaning of life? Why is it full of strife, when we all crave peace and love? Is there a God above, that cares for you and for me and hears us when we plea, protect us from all evil and the one called, devil. Is […]
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: 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 […]
Excellence Reporter: Rose, what is the meaning of life? Rose Caiola: I believe the meaning of life is to feel good about yourself, by doing what makes you happy and fills your heart. It means accepting where you are and being grateful for what you have even when […]
Excellence Reporter: Dr. Hanson, what is the meaning of life? Jesse Hanson: The meaning of life can be summed up in one simple word: connection. There is one specific memory that remains imprinted deeply into my brain and onto my heart. I was at the wonderful age of 19 […]
Excellence Reporter: Dr. Teitelbaum, what is the meaning of life? Jacob Teitelbaum: As Eleanor Roosevelt put it so simply “The purpose of life – is to live it!” Imho, the purpose of life is to explore, experience and become who we are. We do not do this by following […]
Excellence Reporter: Sadhviji, what’s the meaning of life? Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswatiji: This is such a beautiful question and a question that resonates deeply with us all. Growing up in Los Angeles and being a psychology major, I was always cognizant of this question, but for me, it was […]
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 […]
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 […]
I love hot chocolate, especially because it allows me to pause and be present… Pause and be present for what? Pause to remind me that we have been gifted with so much, the ability to taste wonderful things, to be present on Earth to “live”. Life has so […]
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 […]
Excellence Reporter: Zuleikha, what is the meaning of life? Zuleikha: In the way of the world, these days, when shootings and bombings and all types of violence are inflicted on people, plants and planet, this is a question I don’t really think about. However, I can say that for […]
Excellence Reporter: Dr. Walker, what it the meaning of life? Lesa R. Walker: With all humility, I believe that we, as human beings, are not able to answer the question of the meaning of life. We cannot even fathom the universe. We experience fleeting moments in the vast […]
Excellence Reporter: Dr. Bassman, what is the meaning of life? Ron Bassman: Locked in the seclusion room of the mental hospital, secured in restraints with mind-numbing psychiatric drugs coursing through my body, my spirit found a safe hiding place where it could hibernate. Such was the major crisis that […]
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 […]
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. Raghunathan, what is the meaning of life? Raj Raghunathan: “What is the meaning of life?” is one of those questions that does not have a universally applicable answer. Why? Because searching for the “meaning” is a uniquely human endeavor (e.g., lions and zebras don’t seek meaning) […]
Years ago as a child at the circus, I watched as a man kept one, then two, then three, four and five spinning plates aloft on sticks. As fascinated as I was by the spinning of the spinning plates, I was mesmerized by the calm of the man […]
Excellence Reporter: Dr. Cornwall, what is the meaning of life? Michael Cornwall: The meaning of life is found in experiencing the emotion of love. That’s why we’re here. To feel love for ourselves. To feel love for others. To feel love for life itself, feel love for beauty […]
Excellence Reporter: Itzhak, what is the meaning of life? Itzhak Beery: On my 19th birthday I woke up frozen by existential fear. “What if my life will be boring and meaningless?” I was petrified. A dark memory from the age of five crept in: “Why was I even born, […]
Excellence Reporter: Dr. McGeorge, what is the meaning of life? Kimberly McGeorge: While a big question, in my work I’ve come to an interesting conclusion. It’s a frequency experience for the soul. Some might even say a type of battle. You see we go about our daily lives, thinking nothing […]
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: Dr. Siegel, what is the meaning of life? Bernie S. Siegel: Life of itself has no meaning. It is simply a mechanical event. It presents us with the opportunity and physical ability to be creative and connect with our Lord and the process of creation and […]
Excellence Reporter: Paulina, what is the meaning of life? Paulina Alanis: It’s a creative flow towards beauty, from the most simple to complex structures, life forms. It’s about light and darkness playfully meeting each other, colliding, shaping multiple light streams. We as humans are fortunate to have many […]
Excellence Reporter: Ms. Chiruvolu, what is the meaning of life? Sarada Chiruvolu: To me, the Meaning of Life is to live fully and totally, enhancing our awareness and perception, so we can taste a larger slice of life with much higher capacity. Life per se has no meaning to it and […]
What we all share is “awareness”. We are part of an intertwined web, the more we move there, the more we get to experience a wider range of understanding of this life. Hope and Love is the meaning of life. ~Akiane Kramarik is an American poet and artist. […]
Excellence Reporter: Marsha, what is the meaning of life? Marsha Hudnall: “The purpose of life is to enjoy every moment.” That saying occasionally shows up on the bag tag of my favorite brand of tea. It always stops me. I love that the tea company helps bring its […]
Excellence Reporter: Terry, what is the meaning of life? Terry Patten: In a very real sense, life itself is its own meaning. The very vibrance of every next new “now-moment” expresses life’s meaning, if we awaken enough to participate consciously in it. The deepest part of our being […]
When I read this question, my first thought was “well, I guess it all depends on who you ask!”. Every mind is a whole different world. The meaning of life to me is the energy that moves me each day, not just to go on for 24 hours, […]
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: Dr. Chopra, what is the meaning of life? Sanjiv Chopra: I found that to answer this question it required a lot of reflection and soul searching. I am certain that over the ages there has been a lot of commentary on this topic by philosophers, poets, scientists, […]
Excellence Reporter: Dr. D’Eramo, what is the meaning of life? Dr. Kim D’Eramo: The meaning of life is: there is no meaning of life. Life is whatever you make it mean. We are here not to learn something, have a certain experience, grow, improve, or heal. We are simply here to create whatever […]
Excellence Reporter: Master Sha, what is the meaning of life? Master Zhi Gang Sha: Millions or billions of people have asked this question. They have wondered why we are here and have searched for answers and ways to give their life meaning. I am honored to share my […]
I am not sure that life has a single, universal meaning. I suspect that life, specifically your life, has whatever meaning you wish to give it. You might think, “I’m no one. This moment is small and unimportant; I will just keep going about my day.” I confess […]
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 […]
There is one thing in this world which you must never forget to do. If you forget everything else and not this, there is nothing to worry about, but if you remember everything else and forget this, then you will have done nothing in your life. It […]
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: 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 […]
Excellence Reporter: Master Cohen, what is the meaning of life? Ken Cohen: Life has no meaning, and it is full of meaning. Let me explain. From the viewpoint of Taoism, China’s ancient spiritual tradition, “Heaven and Earth are unkind; they treat all phenomena like sacrificial objects.” As in the […]
Excellence Reporter: Margi, what is the meaning go life? Margi Young: The meaning of life? I have no idea! We are on a dust mote among millions of dust motes lazily drifting through the rays of light that break through the window of the universe’s living room. What […]
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: J. Ivy, what is the meaning of life? J. Ivy: Immediately when I hear this question lifelong thoughts fire off. I find myself soul searching, thinking of those moments when I discovered myself, my purpose, my mission and those later moments in life when discovery occurred […]
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 […]
In the end, when all is said and done, what really matters to us? Is it our career? Our travels? Our income? Our ego? Nope. In the end it’s all about our relationships with others. My parents knew that. My wife, Tracey, knows that. We have two mentor […]
I have several tattoos, imprinted with invisible ink, of course: “Ask, don’t tell,” and “Think first, speak last.” Both Peter Drucker quotes. The third – “To serve is to live,” is a personal belief, a philosophy I have lived throughout my life. When we truly focus on the common good, service […]
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 […]
So “What is the meaning of life?” is sort of the ultimate question right? No one can give you a definitive answer. I mean, if you were to ask a hundred different people this, you’d probably get a hundred different answers, but that’s a part of the beauty […]
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: Dr. Jill, what is the meaning of life? Jill Carnahan: We are created in God’s image in order to bring glory and honor to Him by living with the highest purpose and sacrificial love towards others. It means using our God-given gifts and talents to serve […]
Excellence Reporter: Drs. Mindell, what is the meaning of life? Drs. Mindell: What we know for sure, is that each person must find her, his or their own meaning of life in their big dreams. So therefore, “Trust in your Dreaming Process”, as it appears individually to each […]
There are seven major initiations (tests) that all human beings experience on their journey towards wholeness—each being related to one of our seven primary chakras. These tests are placed in our path by us, not God, for our soul’s growth. These tests do not occur only once, but […]
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: Gerald, what is the meaning of life? Gerald Hausman: It was my father who told me that people do things because they like them. That covered all, he said. “They do it because they like it.” “What do they do?” I asked at age seven. My […]
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 […]
The one thing that all psychologists would probably agree on is that in spite of the huge amount we know about the human condition, there is more we do not know. Indeed, psychological science itself is little more than 150 years old, meaning that compared with a science […]
Excellence Reporter: Dr. Ravindra, what is the meaning of life? Ravi Ravindra: For me a question about the meaning of life is intimately connected with the perennial inquiry ‘Who am I?’ or even more accurately, ‘What am I?’ And I am quite convinced that this question can never […]
As for as I can recall, the question, “What is the meaning of life?” has never been a philosophical pastime but has, rather, been an essential issue for survival and mental health. Even as a teenager, I intuitively struggled to find a reason for living that would sustain […]
Human life is precious, our time is precious but time is flying. We need to use our time wisely. The future is like throwing a net in a dry lake, we can’t catch anything. The past is like last night’s dream, it already happened, we had woken up; […]
Excellence Reporter: James, what is the meaning of life? James Van Praagh: To answer this question, you must first ask yourself – what is life? Your soul will experience many lives on many different planes, and this earthly life that seems so important right now is just one step […]
“I’m not sure it’s true. I believe that maybe here in this room we are all looking for new things. We are curious. And actually we find our balance into the unknown. But so many people in life don’t trust life at all. So many people are afraid […]
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: Pastor Mark, what is the meaning of life? Pastor Mark Johnston: For many years I asked myself that question, relentlessly and in myriad ways; certain there must be some logical answer that, once discovered, could become my focus and end my fretting. Gradually I’ve discovered that […]
Excellence Reporter: Allan, what is the meaning of life? Allan Lokos: After the waiter had allowed me a few minutes to peruse the menu, he came back and asked, “Do you have any questions, sir?” With that invitation I really wanted to reply, “Yes, do you happen to […]
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 […]
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 […]
Formed by the “Perennial Tradition” and my own Catholic Christianity, I believe that the meaning of life is found in a growing capacity for union with widening circles of life and suffering, which first and final circle is often called God. ~Fr.Richard Rohr, O.F.M. is a globally recognized ecumenical teacher bearing […]
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 […]
Excellence Reporter: Dr. Neimeyer, what is the meaning of life? Robert A. Neimeyer: I’m a practicing psychologist who works alongside people who are struggling with deeply unwelcome changes in their lives–the breakdown of intimate relationships, the loss of career or meaningful work, the onset of life-threatening illness, and […]
Excellence Reporter: Prof. Sternberg, what is the meaning of life? Robert J. Sternberg: When I was 29, my wife at the time and I started our family. We eventually had two children. I was very involved in my work at that point—determined to change the world with research […]
Excellence Reporter: Rabbi Wolpe, what is the meaning of life? Rabbi David Wolpe: Life has no meaning, but meanings. The meaning of one life is to raise a child and for another, to go to sea. One will carve monuments and the next write laws. All are growing […]
