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Bhante Gunaratana: The Meaning of Life… the root of all impermanence

By Excellence Reporter on December 10, 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

Aberjhani: The Meaning of Life… the trials and triumphs of our individual

By Excellence Reporter on May 16, 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

Woman – the Mother of the Universe

By Excellence Reporter on March 4, 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

Jose Calarco & Ana Forrest: The Meaning of Life

By Excellence Reporter on March 22, 2018 • ( Leave a comment )

Dr. Anne Poelina: The Meaning of Life and the Law of the Land

By Excellence Reporter on March 8, 2018 • ( Leave a comment )

Angela Farmer: Life Has Meaning… Not In Words But In The Living

By Excellence Reporter on June 2, 2016 • ( 3 Comments )

Ven. Amy J. Miller: The Meaning of Life

By Excellence Reporter on November 8, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

Finding true meaning in life seems to create a deep resonant inner contentment. So how do we get there? Ask yourself, “When I am deeply happy?” This is not just the glee and enjoyment of a beach holiday or one that comes from tasting delicious chocolate. The meaning […]

Blake D. Bauer: What Is The Meaning of Life?

By Excellence Reporter on November 7, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

As I watch my father dying, the meaning of life is very clear to me. Sadly, he will never enjoy his favorite meal again, drink fresh clean water, make love, create to his full capacity, walk freely, breathe fully, or experience many of the other gifts that come […]

Gen Kelsang Nyema: The Meaning of Life and Attainment of Enlightenment

By Excellence Reporter on November 7, 2016 • ( 2 Comments )

Excellence Reporter: Gen Nyema, what is the meaning of life? Gen Kelsang Nyema: My teacher, Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, opens his book Living Meaningfully, Dying Joyfully, with this thought-provoking paragraph: “…we have immense freedom to accomplish almost anything we want. We can become a powerful politician, a successful businessman or […]

Jovinna Chan: What Is the Meaning of Life?

By Excellence Reporter on November 4, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

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 […]

Peter Seishin Wohl: The Meaning of Life and Chao Chou’s Tree

By Excellence Reporter on November 4, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

Excellence Reporter: Peter, what is the meaning of life? Peter Wohl: I believe that the current interest in this question about the meaning of life reflects the deepening state of alienation that we humans are living in. I presume that our indigenous ancestors would have found this inquiry […]

Ruth Chang: The Meaning of Life and the Xanax Pill

By Excellence Reporter on November 3, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

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 […]

Ven. Lobsang Namgyel: The Meaning of Life and the Middle Way

By Excellence Reporter on November 3, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

Excellence Reporter: Ven. Namgyel, what is the meaning of life? Ven. Lobsang Namgyel: For nearly thirty years I have been studying Tibetan Buddhism and during that time I have often heard one of my Gurus, Lama Zopa Rinpoche, talk about the meaning of life as caring for others, […]

Drs. J.J. & Desiree Hurtak: The Meaning of Life and the “Infinite Being”

By Excellence Reporter on November 2, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

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 […]

Dr. James H. Austin: What is the Meaning of Life?

By Excellence Reporter on November 2, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

Excellence Reporter: Dr. Austin, what is the meaning of life? James H. Austin: “Life IS. I don’t know what it means.“ *** ~James H. Austin, M.D. is a neurologist, researcher, Zen practitioner, Professor Emeritus of Neurology at the Univ. of Colorado Health Sciences Center, courtesy Professor of Neurology, Univ. […]

Taoist Monk Yunrou: The Meaning of Life… and the Three Treasures

By Excellence Reporter on October 28, 2016 • ( 1 Comment )

Excellence Reporter: Monk Yunrou, what is the meaning of life? Monk Yunrou: Orthodox Taoist philosophy cautions us not to ascribe too much importance either to the phenomenon of Life in general or to our individual lives. One of Taoism’s most beautiful sayings translates to “the Tao is big”, suggesting […]

Angie Boissevain Roshi: What Is the Meaning of Life?

By Excellence Reporter on October 28, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

Excellence Reporter: Angie Roshi, what is the meaning of life? Angie Boissevain Roshi: I am eighty years old and when I was 13 years old, I realized that the human brain is too limited to even begin to understand life’s meaning, or even if it has any meaning at all. Therefore, I’m […]

Dr. Alexander Berzin: The Meaning of Life and the Pursuit of Happiness and Well-Being

By Excellence Reporter on October 26, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

Excellence Reporter: Dr. Berzin, what is the meaning of life? Alexander Berzin: The Dalai Lama has repeatedly said that the meaning of life is the pursuit of happiness. But that doesn’t mean self-centered happiness at the expense of others. After all, everyone shares this same aim in life. […]

Chöje Lama Gelongma Palmo: The Meaning of Life and Being Deeply Happy

By Excellence Reporter on October 25, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

Excellence Reporter: Lama Gelongma, what is the meaning of life? Chöje Lama Gelongma Palmo: The meaning of life is to be happy, truly and fully happy. I don’t mean the shallow kind of happiness we are familiar with, rather a sound kind of happiness springing forth from deep within. […]

Mukti Michael Buck: The Meaning of Life and Glorifying Being

By Excellence Reporter on October 21, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

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 […]

Rev. Yuki Sugahara: What Is the Meaning of Life?

By Excellence Reporter on October 20, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

Excellence Reporter: Rev. Sugahara, what is the meaning of life? Rev. Yuki Sugahara: Simply saying, the meaning of life is to “realize how our lives are existed.” We often mistakenly understand our lives in selfish manner and focus on the idea of “I.” However, our lives are not […]

Dr. Liu Dong: The Meaning of Life and Being an Ordinary Person

By Excellence Reporter on October 19, 2016 • ( 1 Comment )

Excellence Reporter: Dr. Liu Dong, what is the meaning of life? Dr. Liu Dong: Many students have asked me what is the meaning of life? I always answer with a smile, “Life is to have an ordinary life, be an ordinary person.” Not to be attached to the color […]

Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo: What Is the Meaning of Life?

By Excellence Reporter on October 19, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

In brief I would say that on a conventional level: the meaning of life is to live to benefit oneself and to benefit others. On an ultimate level our life is an opportunity to realise the wisdom and compassion which is our true nature. ~Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo was raised in London. […]

Ajahn Sona: The “Right View” of the Meaning of Life

By Excellence Reporter on October 18, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

Excellence Reporter: Abbot Sona, what is the meaning of life? Ajahn Sona: What is the meaning of life? I’m glad you asked. That question assumes there is a meaning. It is the beginning of a meaningful life. The question is asked sometimes from sheer desperation, and is frequently […]

Dr. Roger Jahnke, OMD: The Meaning of Life and the Nature of Being

By Excellence Reporter on October 15, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

Excellence Reporter: Dr. Jahnke, what is the meaning of life? Dr. Roger Jahnke: “Life is the local, four dimensional manifestation of mysterious aspects of ourselves that can not be described and that can not be perceived through conventionally recognized language or sensory means.” Is life biological? Or, is it […]

Sharmila Desai: The Meaning of Life… that Extends Beyond Language

By Excellence Reporter on October 14, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

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 […]

Master Yuantong Liu: The Meaning of Life and the Principles and Laws of Conscious Life

By Excellence Reporter on October 13, 2016 • ( 1 Comment )

Excellence Reporter: Master Liu, what is the meaning of life? Master Yuantong Liu: “What is the meaning of life?” it is a good question to ask ourselves and others. I had asked this question in my life before 2008. Also I had asked many other questions such as […]

Shifu Shi YanTuo: The Meaning of Life and Being Free and True

By Excellence Reporter on October 12, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

Excellence Reporter: Shifu YanTuo, what is the meaning of life? Shifu Shi YanTuo: For me, the meaning of life is “To be True to oneself and Live in the Present Moment”. I was born in a Kung Fu family in China, and grew up in the Shaolin Temple, Henan […]

Shifu Shi Yan Gui: The Meaning of Life and Ending Suffering

By Excellence Reporter on October 11, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

Excellence Reporter: Shifu Yan Gui, what is the meaning of life? Shifu Shi Yan Gui: “Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it.” As a Buddhist I have learnt the main aim of life is to end the suffering, […]

Leah Pearlman: The Meaning of Life… in this moment

By Excellence Reporter on October 11, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

Excellence Reporter: Leah, what is the meaning of life? Leah Pearlman: In this moment, the meaning of my life is the feeling of the keyboard under my fingertips. It’s the smell of the coffee beside me and the taste of it in my mouth. It’s the murmurs of […]

Master Liu He: Living a Vibrant and Meaningful Life

By Excellence Reporter on October 10, 2016 • ( 1 Comment )

Excellence Reporter: Master Liu, what is the meaning of life? Master Liu He: The meaning of life is to never stop learning. It allows you to continue growing in the right direction for your life, other’s life, and nature’s life. With this concept, we become thankful for yesterday, […]

Ocean Robbins: The Meaning of Life and Growing Food With Love

By Excellence Reporter on October 10, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

Excellence Reporter: Ocean, what is the meaning of life? Ocean Robbins: To me, it’s about love. Love for our bodies, hearts, minds and spirits. Love for the people we cherish. Love for all life. In my work, I focus on food, and on what happens when we bring […]

Chris Shelton: The Meaning of Life — Love and Acceptance

By Excellence Reporter on October 7, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

Excellence Reporter: Chris, what is the meaning of life? Chris Shelton: Two words sums up the meaning of life: Love and Acceptance. I believe that Love is all there is, and that Love heals. I’m not just talking about romantic love but Universal Love. The type of Love […]

Paul Levy: What is the Meaning of Life?

By Excellence Reporter on October 7, 2016 • ( 2 Comments )

Excellence Reporter: Paul, what is the meaning of life? Paul Levy: What is the meaning of life? Is this a trick question? As the great physicist Niels Bohr said, “The meaning of life is this, that it has no meaning to say that life has no meaning.” This […]

Grandmaster Wong Kiew Kit: The Meaning of Life — Between Facts and Opinions

By Excellence Reporter on October 5, 2016 • ( 1 Comment )

Excellence Reporter: Shifu Wong, what is the meaning of life? Wong Kiew Kit: It is very helpful when discussing the meaning of life to appreciate the difference between facts and opinions, because much of the writing on the meaning of life concerns opinions. Earning an income from one’s […]

Master Shi Xing Mi: The Meaning of Life and Living Righteously

By Excellence Reporter on October 4, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

Excellence Reporter: Master Xing Mi, what is the meaning of life? Shi Xing Mi: For me the meaning of life is to give life meaning, to embrace this journey as an opportunity to grow, learn, feel, share ….. to use this temporary physical time as another step in our spiritual development: […]

Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming: The Yin and Yang of the Meaning of Life

By Excellence Reporter on September 30, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

Excellence Reporter: Dr. Yang, what is the meaning of life? Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming: Depending on each individual, each has his/her own definition of life’s meaning. Here, I am sharing my personal definition of the meaning of life. Definition of Life First, we have to understand the definition of […]

Dr. Jerry Alan Johnson: The Meaning of Life and Your Life-Purpose Statement

By Excellence Reporter on September 29, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

Excellence Reporter: Doctor Johnson, what is the meaning of life? Dr. Jerry Alan Johnson: For centuries, this unique question has been posed to special people of deep insight; who were often widely acclaimed prophets, renowned sages, and esoteric mystics of profound wisdom and intuition. Although the question is […]

Grandmaster Ashida Kim: What is the Meaning of Life?

By Excellence Reporter on September 28, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

The Seekers fight their way along the Path, willing even eager, to pay a terrible price to find peace, enlightenment, insight, understanding. And, when they discover that great secret, what do they find? Themselves. There is no enlightenment outside your Self. There is no great secret to take […]

Mark J. Johnson: The Meaning of Life is Like Dancing…

By Excellence Reporter on September 28, 2016 • ( 1 Comment )

Excellence Reporter: Master Johnson, what is the meaning of life? Mark J. Johnson:   “Ultimately, the meaning of life is the same as the meaning of dancing… you are not on the dance floor to get somewhere, you are simply “going with the flow” in a fluid, dynamic, spontaneous, creative […]

Dr. Ted Cibik: The Meaning of Life and the True Immortal

By Excellence Reporter on September 27, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

Excellence Reporter: Dr. Cibik, what is the meaning of life? Ted Cibik: My teacher once told me that no two minds have ever been created the same – so many unique experiences, influences and formations as we all move towards transformation. Therefore, the meaning in life may be […]

Bill Douglas: What is the Meaning of Life?

By Excellence Reporter on September 27, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

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) […]

Bardor Tulku Rinpoche: The Meaning of Life and the Ultimate Goal of Buddhahood

By Excellence Reporter on September 23, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

Excellence Reporter: Bardor Tulku, what is the meaning of life? Bardor Tulku Rinpoche: I think we should first make a distinction between worldly life and spiritual life. If we are engaging in worldly life, the things that give it meaning are the things that make it enjoyable – […]

Shifu Yan Lei: The Meaning of Life and the Harmony of Mind and Body

By Excellence Reporter on September 23, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

Excellence Reporter: Shifu Yan Lei, what is the meaning of life? Shifu Yan Lei: The meaning of life is to connect our heart with our body. These days people think too much and their mind and body are out of harmony. Shaolin Qigong and Kung Fu takes us […]

Brother Dr. Bernard Seif: The Meaning of Life and The Glorification of Our Wounds

By Excellence Reporter on September 22, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

Excellence Reporter: Brother Bernard, what is the meaning of life? Bernard Seif: Meaning is something we all search for, be that journey a conscious or subconscious one. Even those of us well trained in the scientific method experience meaning in a subjective or existential manner. My mother was […]

Lama Rangbar: The Meaning of Life and the “Precious Human Rebirth”

By Excellence Reporter on September 21, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

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 […]

John Astin: Beyond the Reach of Our Knowing

By Excellence Reporter on September 21, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

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 […]

Lama Yeshe Rinpoche: Finding Deep Meaning in Every Moment of Our Lives

By Excellence Reporter on September 16, 2016 • ( 2 Comments )

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 […]

Master Allan Chuck: The Meaning of Life and Heaven’s Flowers

By Excellence Reporter on September 15, 2016 • ( 2 Comments )

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 […]

Leslie Cerier: The Meaning of Life and the Nourishing Ingredient

By Excellence Reporter on September 15, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

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 […]

Eiman Al Zaabi: The Meaning of Life… singing in harmony with all creation

By Excellence Reporter on September 10, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

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 […]

Roger Housden: Dropping the Struggle for Meaning and Purpose

By Excellence Reporter on September 1, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

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 […]

Michael Domitrovich: The Meaning of Life and Your To-Do List

By Excellence Reporter on August 31, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

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 […]

Diana Winston: The Meaning of Life and the Human Awakening

By Excellence Reporter on August 30, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

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 […]

Dr. Robert Mirshak: The Purpose of Life and the Healing Sound

By Excellence Reporter on August 25, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

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 […]

Danielle Rama Hoffman: The Meaning of Life from Beings of Light

By Excellence Reporter on August 23, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

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 […]

James Tartaglia: The Meaning and the Meaninglessness of Life

By Excellence Reporter on August 23, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

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 […]

Khenpo Sodargye Rinpoche: The Ultimate Meaning of Life

By Excellence Reporter on August 16, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

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 […]

Sandra Joseph: The Meaning of Life and the Sense of Connection and Oneness

By Excellence Reporter on August 16, 2016 • ( 1 Comment )

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 […]

Fr. Thomas Keating: On the Meaning of Life

By Excellence Reporter on August 15, 2016 • ( 2 Comments )

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 […]

Irini Rockwell: The Meaning of Life and the Magical Resonance

By Excellence Reporter on August 15, 2016 • ( 1 Comment )

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 […]

Jill Satterfield: The Meaning of Life, For Now

By Excellence Reporter on August 12, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

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 […]

Cate Montana: The Two Answers to the Meaning of Life

By Excellence Reporter on August 12, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

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 […]

Jody England: What is the Meaning of Life?

By Excellence Reporter on August 11, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

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 […]

The Meaning of Life — As It Resonates With Maria Broom

By Excellence Reporter on August 7, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

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 […]

David Newman: What is the Meaning of Life?

By Excellence Reporter on August 7, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

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 […]

Gwen Olsen: The Meaning of Life and the 3D Reality

By Excellence Reporter on August 7, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

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, […]

Greg McKeown: The Meaning of Life and Obeying the Voice of Conscience

By Excellence Reporter on August 5, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

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 […]

Evelyn C. Rysdyk: Creating Meaning In Conscious Connection

By Excellence Reporter on August 5, 2016 • ( 1 Comment )

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 […]

Dr. Lewis Mehl-Madrona: The Meaning of Life and Contributing Toward a Shift In the Balance of Happiness

By Excellence Reporter on August 4, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

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 […]

Lauren Singer: What Is the Meaning of Life?

By Excellence Reporter on August 4, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

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

Tav Sparks: What Is the Meaning of Life?

By Excellence Reporter on August 2, 2016 • ( 1 Comment )

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 […]

Tehya Sky: The Meaning of Life and… To Live From the Heart

By Excellence Reporter on August 1, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

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 […]

Teri Degler: The Meaning of Life and the Sense of Union With the Divine

By Excellence Reporter on August 1, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

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, […]

Al Beech: What’s The Meaning Of Life?

By Excellence Reporter on August 1, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

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 […]

Alan Finger on the Meaning of Life

By Excellence Reporter on July 29, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

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 […]

KJ Denhert: The Meaning of Life… Must Be Like Wind

By Excellence Reporter on July 29, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

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 […]

Rose Caiola: The Meaning of Life and Being Authentic

By Excellence Reporter on July 29, 2016 • ( 1 Comment )

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 […]

Dr. Jesse Hanson: The Meaning of Life and the Boy Who Wore the Biggest Smile on His Face

By Excellence Reporter on July 28, 2016 • ( 1 Comment )

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 […]

Dr. Jacob Teitelbaum: The Meaning of Life – If It Feels Good, Do It

By Excellence Reporter on July 28, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

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 […]

Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswatiji: The Meaning of Life and Our Acts of Selfless Giving

By Excellence Reporter on July 26, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

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 […]

Charles W. Felder, Sr: What Is the Meaning of Life?

By Excellence Reporter on July 26, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

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 […]

Jai Uttal: The Meaning of Life and the Ever Blessed Queen

By Excellence Reporter on July 25, 2016 • ( 1 Comment )

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 […]

Charan Surdhar: The Meaning of Life and Hot Chocolate

By Excellence Reporter on July 23, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

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 […]

The Meaning of Life, A Reflection by Gary Kraftsow

By Excellence Reporter on July 23, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

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 […]

Zuleikha: What Is the Meaning of Life?

By Excellence Reporter on July 22, 2016 • ( 1 Comment )

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 […]

Dr. Lesa R. Walker: The Meaning of Life and Choosing Compassion

By Excellence Reporter on July 22, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

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 […]

Dr. Ron Bassman: How I Try to Give Meaning to my Life

By Excellence Reporter on July 21, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

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 […]

Mark Summer: The Meaning of Life… cultivating consciousness

By Excellence Reporter on July 20, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

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 […]

Caroline Shola Arewa: The Meaning of Life – Embracing Purpose, Passion and Peace

By Excellence Reporter on July 20, 2016 • ( 1 Comment )

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 […]

Raj Raghunathan: The Feverishness that Underlies the Quest for the Meaning of Life

By Excellence Reporter on July 19, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

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) […]

Dr. James Greenblatt: The Meaning of Life — Mastering Balance, Making Connections

By Excellence Reporter on July 19, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

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 […]

Dr. Michael Cornwall: The Meaning of Life and the Healing Balm

By Excellence Reporter on July 18, 2016 • ( 3 Comments )

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 […]

Itzhak Beery: The Meaning of Life… Being Similar to Trees, Rocks, Fish…

By Excellence Reporter on July 15, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

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, […]

Dr. Kimberly McGeorge: The Meaning of Life and the Frequency of Pure Love

By Excellence Reporter on July 15, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

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 […]

Dr. Satyanarayana Dasa: The Meaning of Life… the No-Limit of Happiness

By Excellence Reporter on July 11, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

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 […]

Dr. Bernie S. Siegel: The Meaning of Life and Tuning Into the Love Channel

By Excellence Reporter on July 11, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

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 […]

Paulina Alanis: The Meaning of Life… Finding the Divine Flame Within

By Excellence Reporter on July 11, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

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 […]

Sarada Chiruvolu: The Meaning and the Purpose of Life

By Excellence Reporter on July 8, 2016 • ( 1 Comment )

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 […]

Akiane Kramarik: What is the Meaning of Life?

By Excellence Reporter on July 7, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

Excellence Reporter: Akiane, what is the meaning of life? Akiane:  “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 […]

Marsha Hudnall: The Purpose of Life Is to Enjoy Every Moment

By Excellence Reporter on July 5, 2016 • ( 1 Comment )

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 […]

Terry Patten: The Meaning of Life… Hearing the Voice of the Soul

By Excellence Reporter on July 1, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

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 […]

Dr. Claudia Vega: What Is the Meaning of Life?

By Excellence Reporter on July 1, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

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, […]

Jana Long: The Meaning of Life and… Going to the Garden

By Excellence Reporter on June 30, 2016 • ( 1 Comment )

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 […]

Dr. Sanjiv Chopra: The Purpose and the Meaning of Life

By Excellence Reporter on June 30, 2016 • ( 1 Comment )

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, […]

Dr. Kim D’Eramo: The Meaning of Life… the Ultimate Empowerment

By Excellence Reporter on June 28, 2016 • ( 2 Comments )

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 […]

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