Excellence Reporter: Tim, what is the meaning of life? Tim Macartney-Senape: This is a confronting question for humans. To answer this properly you really have to explain why we humans find it so hard to live up to the ideals universally accepted by all historic human civilisations and […]
Excellence Reporter: John, what is the meaning of life? John Perkins: The meaning of life for me is to do my part in helping to promote the greatest revolution in human history, the Consciousness Revolution. This is a revolution that has been part of the prophecies of many of the […]
The question of the meaning of life elicits deep-seated disagreements. What I want to suggest is that these disagreements are driven by three temperamental polarities. These define our attitudes to three questions. The first is Where does meaning come from? Does it require a transcendent source? The second […]
By the lights of Christianity and Islam, the meaning of life is fairly straightforward. We’re here to worship God, to obey him, and to seek forgiveness for our sins. If we do that successfully, we can hope to receive an eternity of bliss in heaven. If we don’t, […]
Excellence Reporter: C. JoyBell, what is the meaning of life? C. JoyBell C.: Thank you for inviting me to answer this question, it is an honour. When you asked, “What is the meaning of life?” the first thought that came to mind, was, I wonder what his definition […]
Excellence Reporter: Dr. Batthyány, what is the meaning of life? Alexander Batthyány: According to Viktor Frankl’s logotherapy—the one pioneering psychological school which single-handedly put meaning on the landscape of psychology and psychotherapy—life is meaningful – not so much because there is one single Meaning of Life, but rather because […]
Excellence Reporter: Dr. Farrell, what is the meaning of life? Warren Farrell: The meaning of life is paradoxical: it is empty of meaning, and filled with meaning; it is the meaning we ascribe to it. If we ascribe to ourselves a sense of purpose (what the Japanese call […]
Excellence Reporter: Bill, what is the meaning of life? Bill McKibben: “The meaning of life for our moment in time is somehow to leave the world in decent enough shape that the next generations will have time to ponder such elevated questions!” *** ~Bill McKibben is an author, […]
What is the Meaning of Life is an important question for all of us to contemplate. However, I believe that it is also beneficial to reflect on two other questions: What is the meaning of my own life and what is meaningful in my own life? As the […]
Excellence Reporter: Dr. Pattakos, what is the meaning of life? Alex Pattakos: The Meaning of Life is Meaning. As the world-renowned psychiatrist and existential philosopher, Viktor Frankl, famously espoused, “Ultimately, man should not ask what the meaning of his life is, but rather must recognize that it is […]
Meaning is what calls from the depths of the soul. It is the song that sings us into life. Whether we have a meaningful life depends upon whether we can hear this song, this primal music of the sacred. The “sacred” is not something primarily religious or even […]
Excellence Reporter: Mr. Rogers, what is the meaning of life? Jim Rogers: “My daughters.” *** ~James Beeland “Jim” Rogers, Jr. is an American businessman, investor and author.www.JimRogers.com Copyright © 2016 Excellence Reporter
Excellence Reporter: Howard, what is the meaning of life? Howard Martin: I believe the meaning of life is to express love. That is a rather broad statement. Let me explain what I mean. Love is a little word that covers a lot of territory. It can be seen […]
Excellence Reporter: Dr. Block, what is the meaning of life? Walter E. Block: As an Austrian economist, I am a subjectivist. My response to this question is that there is no one meaning of life. There are no objective criteria to determine that one answer to this question is […]
Excellence Reporter: Dr. Schneider, what is the meaning of life? Kirk Schneider: The core issue concerning the meaning of life in my view is not so much a concept, a thing, or even a person, but the sense of awe, that is humility and wonder or sense of adventure […]
Excellence Reporter: Prof. Cooper, what is the meaning of life? Mick Cooper: I don’t think there is one. At least, not one that is universal and generic for all human kind. That is one of the great paradoxes of human existence: that we come into the world with a […]
Excellence Reporter: Jeffrey, what is the meaning of life? Jeffrey Hollender: After the better part of 61 years, thousands of books, decades of therapy, and dozens of mentors and teachers – what I know is that I have only part of the answer to this essential question. The […]
Excellence Reporter: Rick, what is the meaning of Life? Rick Phillips: The meaning of life is really about finding the meaning and purpose that is uniquely your own, it’s your own particular “life force”. I believe that having meaning, which is synonymous with having a reason for living, […]
Meaning is personal, and there are countless activities people engage in to satisfy this deep-seated need. There are, however, a handful of powerful means by which we can bootstrap ourselves toward higher goals that have proven to be especially beneficial to both individuals and society. These include: Deep […]
Excellence Reporter: Professor Fuller, what is the meaning of life? Steve Fuller: That a life might have a meaning is a privilege of the human condition, but one that is exercised by those who wish to identify with us after we are dead. ~Steve Fuller, philosopher-sociologist in the […]
Excellence Reporter: Richard, what is the meaning of life? Richard Smoley: It’s a funny question. Meaning, in its conventional sense, relates two things to each other — usually a word and an object. There is the word dog and the animal we call a dog. The second is […]
In order to even begin to solve the age-old question concerning the meaning of life, one must understand what life is. Any opinion or philosophy that does not get to grips with the actual nature of life itself will not capture life’s meaning and may reflect little more […]
Though the word, “meaning,” is complicated to define, most of us are able to recognize that which is meaningful. I think of that old line about obscenity: “I don’t know what it is but I know it when I see it.” Let’s assume definitions of “meaning” will be […]
Excellence Reporter: Ranulph, what is the meaning of life? Ranulph Fiennes: Nobody has yet been proven to have worked out the meaning of life and lived to tell the tale! That’s it. ~Ranulph Fiennes, explorer, fundraiser, author and public speaker, described by The Guinness Book of Records as “the world’s […]
The meaning of life is to develop your heart and see everything in life as a spiritual lesson. To achieve emotional freedom, you cannot be in the victim role and must see everything (good, bad, or in-between) as prompts to help you grow. By grow, I mean, you […]
Excellence Reporter: Dr. Neff, what is the meaning of life? Kristin Neff: I’m not sure that there is an ultimate “meaning” to life, but it is certainly the case that we can live our lives with meaning. For me, compassion is one of the most important aspects of […]
Excellence Reporter: Dr. Unzicker, what is the meaning of life? Alexander Unzicker: “The meaning of life is contributing to the respect humankind may get from future civilizations.” *** ~Dr. Alexander Gerhard Unzicker Physicist and Science Writer http://www.Alexander-Unzicker.com Copyright © 2016 Excellence Reporter
Excellence Reporter: Dr. Baring, what is the meaning of life? Anne Baring: The Meaning of Life for me is about Discovery: the discovery of the New Story of who we are and why we have been incarnated on this beautiful and precious planet. It is about the discovery […]
Excellence Reporter: Mitch, what is the meaning of life? Mitch Horowitz: “The meaning of life is to be generative.” *** ~Mitch Horowitz is a nationally known writer, speaker, and publisher in alternative spirituality. http://www.MitchHorowitz.com Copyright © 2016 Excellence Reporter
Excellence Reporter: Prof. Needleman, what is the meaning of life? Jacob Needleman: The dramatic effects of the accelerating advance of technology, for all the material promise they offer the world (along with the dangers, of course) are but the most recent wave in a civilization that, without recognizing […]
Excellence Reporter: Doctor de Grey, what is the meaning of life? Aubrey de Grey: To be honest I’m not really much of a fan of the concept that life has some kind of inherent meaning; I’m more of a practical sort of guy – I like to devote […]
Excellence Reporter: 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: 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: 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: 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 […]
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 […]
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: 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: 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: 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 […]
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 […]
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: 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: 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 […]
“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 […]
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: 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 […]
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 […]
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: 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
“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 […]
The highest type of love, what could be seen as its summit, is called unconditional love. This is from the point of view of people who understand what love really is, and this is still only what the mind can see, what the mind can grasp. The highest […]
Excellence Reporter: Rick, what is the of life? Rick Clemons: I’ve been asked numerous times, by many people, “What do you think the meaning of life is?” Rather than be flippant and answer back, “It’s all relative,” I’ve found that the best answer is “Living a fully self-expressed life and […]
Excellence Reporter: Professor Thornton, what is the meaning of life? Linda Fisher Thornton: I believe that finding meaning in our lives is a lifelong journey of human development, a process of becoming the best possible version of ourselves. How we interpret “the meaning of life” will change as […]
The question “what’s the meaning of life?” is a trap. It gets us looking for something deep, distant, mysterious, or arcane. The question itself leads us awry. It causes us to miss what’s right in front of us. The meaning is in the moment. Those fleeting instants that […]
The meaning of our lives is what we decide it could be/should be. But a ‘life full of meaning’ is typically about finding out what makes each of us truly, deeply happy and fulfilled — what our particular gift is — and then expressing that as fully as […]
Excellence Reporter: Leslie, what is the meaning of life? Leslie Kaminoff: Your question is “What is the meaning of life” yet the capacity to ponder life’s meaning is uniquely human, so a better way to word the question would be “What is the meaning of *human* life?” The distinction […]
Excellence Reporter: Mr. Gegax, what is the meaning of life? Tom Gegax: “To connect with, become one with mankind’s common Universal Source.” *** ~Tom Gegax is an American entrepreneur, best-selling author, speaker, angel investor, and philanthropist.www.gegax.com Copyright © 2015 Excellence Reporter
Life is a series of contributions; past, present, and future, the sum of which represent one’s legacy ~Steve Curtin, author, speaker, who has 20 years of experience between hotel operations, sales and marketing, training and development, and customer service roles working for Marriott International, one of the premiere […]
Excellence Reporter: Shep, what is the meaning of life? Shep Hyken: “Be happy! Figure out what makes you happy, and do it. Happy people make other people happy. Life is so much better when you’re happy.” *** ~Shep Hyken, Chief Amazement Officer at Shepard Presentations, customer service expert […]
The meaning of life is whatever we choose to focus on. Any situation, any event, any piece of communication is open to our interpretation and response. There is no shortage of agents who perpetually try to shape meaning for us — from our families, friends, bosses, peers, clients, […]
Excellence Reporter: John, what is the meaning of life? John Spence: I wish that I could give you something dramatic and expounding, but I’ve studied this subject for nearly all of my adult life, read hundreds of books, listen to countless hours of seminars, talked to many, many people […]
Excellence Reporter: Gigni, what is the meaning of life? Gini Dietrich: The meaning of life is not a one-size-fits-all answer. We all have a different outlook and approach to life. From my perspective, the meaning of life is to be the very best person you can, love the […]
Excellence Reporter: Deb, what is the meaning of life? Deb Mills-Scofield: The meaning of life is to create relationships that make all parties better and whole, to make a positive impact that helps others make a positive impact and so forth. We do this by rushing to discover […]
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