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 […]
To live it fully and completely, not to waste it, but to give it meaning. If we don’t give our life meaning it has none. When we live just to satisfy our limited desires and wants we can’t seem to find meaning and purpose. If we always put […]
For me the meaning of life is: To Love To share To be loved and feel love To help To be helped To be mentored To mentor To learn To teach To know the difference between right and wrong To experience sorrow as well as joy To be […]
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: Mooji, what is the meaning of life? Mooji: This is perhaps one of the most seemingly profound questions within the human kingdom. Yet at closer scrutiny it is revealed as one of the most elusive in as far as coming to any one satisfactory answer. Let’s […]
Excellence Reporter: 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: 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: Marla, what is the meaning of life? Marla Apt: To see clearly. When we remove the veil of distraction clouding our vision, we gain an unobstructed view of the threads interwoven amongst all things, connecting every part to the whole. Seeing the world around us clearly […]
Excellence Reporter: 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 […]
Excellence Reporter: Nikki, what is the meaning of life? Nikki Costello: Integration, making connections and seeing how every aspect of your life, everything you have chosen, weaves itself together to create a colorful, inner tapestry of wholeness. A conscious wholeness, arising from within you, that guides, supports and […]
I think one of the most valuable things we can do is to be open, awake and present to the full spectrum of life’s experience, the cycle of life and death. Witness birth, spend time with the dying, get to know it all. And in moments when you […]
Excellence Reporter: Chrissy, what is the meaning of life? Chrissy Carter: “The meaning of life is to uncover the meaning of life. Once you find it, it’s the path that leads you home.” *** ~Chrissy Carter, Yoga Teacher http://www.ChrissyCarter.com Copyright © 2015 Excellence Reporter Photo: Melina Hammer
Excellence Reporter: Dr. Wolf, what is the meaning of life? Fred Alan Wolf: I believe that life has one basic meaning and only one meaning: Discover your true inner, hidden nature; who is that elephant in the room? In essence, be in the mystery and discover its magical […]
Excellence Reporter: ChauKei, what is the meaning of life? ChauKei: “The meaning of life is to remember to look at myself as a trillions of magnificent body cells open to all unknown possibilities, instead of one solid individual with a bundle of qualities.” *** ~ChauKei, World Yoga Champion http://www.ChauKeiYoga.com Copyright © 2015 […]
Excellence Reporter: Joseph, what is the meaning of life? Joseph Encinia: The meaning of life can be understood by looking at the balance of all things. Their wouldn’t be a positive without a negative, nor would there be peace without war. Throughout life we experience the good and […]
Excellence Reporter: Lama Willa, what is the meaning of life? Lama Willa Miller: I think the meaning of life has something to do with leaving the world a better place than when we arrived here. We are the stewards of a beautiful and fragile planet for this and […]
Excellence Reporter: Sam, what is the meaning of life? Sam Masich: In my view the word ‘meaning’ is a bit vague and possibly misleading when it comes to discussions about the many things that are implied by the word ‘life.’ The belief that life has some sort of […]
Excellence Reporter: Gabrielle, what is the meaning of life? Gabrielle Bernstein: “To remember love by unlearning fear.” *** ~Gabrielle Bernstein is a motivational speaker, life coach, author, a certified Kundalini yoga and meditation teacher. She has been named “a new thought leader” by Oprah Winfrey. Gabrielle, a “spiritual activist” recently […]
Excellence Reporter: Twee, what is the meaning of life? Twee Merrigan-Goldstein: The meaning of life is to first, know the meaning of your life. And if you do not know what the meaning of your life is right now, then spend the rest of your life reflecting on […]
What is the meaning of Life? Having been steeped in eastern philosophies, it seems redundant to me to find any meaning in life. Searching for meaning, implies an interpretation of reality, through thoughts or words, which then cease to be reality. Just as Jorges Luis Borges astutely stated, […]
“It’s time to start investing in happy moments!” exclaims my wise aunt with these wise words. And she’s right! But, what is a happy moment? The meaning of life to me is to discover how to genuinely be happy and peaceful so that I can then share it […]
Excellence Reporter: Jack, what is the meaning of life? Jack Kornfield: When I was younger, I would lie on the grass on a clear night and gaze at the stars. I would imagine that I was at the very bottom of the world, held against the earth by […]
Excellence Reporter: 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: 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 […]
Excellence Reporter: Marianne, what is the meaning of life? Marianne Williamson: “The meaning of life is to love and be loved. To be the light that casts out all darkness. To replace fear with love and remove the suffering of the world.” *** ~Marianne Williamson is an internationally acclaimed […]
Excellence Reporter: Hozan, what is the meaning of life? Hozan Alan Senauke: Life has no particular meaning. Or it is far beyond my ability to see the entirety of it. The question is: what will I do with the life that has been given to me? Will I […]
What is the purpose of our lives? Why do we live? Why do we exert so much effort to survive every day, every hour, every minute, every second? Why do we spend so much money on food, clothing and shelter—on the many things we need to survive and […]
Like two sides of a hand Awareness and the Objects of awareness are one thing. Awareness is Life. It is intimate and personal. Our awareness fills our world. Each of our lives is filled with unique goals and intentions. The actualization of these goals, the manifestation of these […]
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: 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 […]
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? The meaning of life is: To Awaken to Self: Returning to ones’ identity with Divine, truth, and illumination of peace. This process of awakening is a lifetime of personal growth. All incarnated humans have pre-birth soul plans to seek their path to […]
What is the meaning of life? We often think of “meaning” as having to do with understanding. Although we live and move and have our being in mystery, ego wants to catch the symbolism of a word or a phrase or an event so as to feel it […]
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: Padma, what is the meaning of life? Padma Shyam: Everyone experiences happiness in life, and also sadness and suffering. At some point, if the suffering becomes too great, then some people might ask “What is really the root cause of this suffering and how might we be […]
Excellence Reporter: Desireé, what is the meaning of life? Desireé Rumbaugh: The best answer I’ve ever heard to this question was at a weekend seminar I attended about 16 years ago. The leaders put up a blank white canvas representing the meaning of life. Bottom line: there is no […]
Excellence Reporter: Andrea, what is the meaning of life? Andrea Marcum: “Life without meaning is mere existence. Seeking meaning is the human experience. The meaning of life is to be as human as humanly possible… although, come to think of it, my cats seem to know what it […]
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 […]
What is the meaning of life? The meaning of life is to love fiercely without fear, see everyone you meet with benevolent curiosity and play every day with an open heart. We must live every day fully and look back with no regret. Life is too precious to […]
Excellence Reporter: Rinpoche, what is the meaning of life? Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche: From my point of view as a Buddhist teacher, the meaning of life has three dimensions. The first is basically to be a good person. This means using our precious human life to become the greatest […]
Excellence Reporter: Deborah, what is the meaning of life? Deborah Burkman: The Yogasūtras of Patañjali teach us to cultivate a stable mind, self awareness, and a deep connection to our self. This deep connection with our self helps us to move towards self actualization and a kind of maturing […]
The purpose of life is to give Consciousness an opportunity to experience itself, and for us to consciously participate in our own evolution. ~Beryl Bender Birch is the Founder/Director of The Hard & The Soft Yoga Institute and The Give Back Yoga Foundation and has been studying and teaching […]
What is the meaning of life? In the words of T.K.V. Desikachar, “The World Exists to Set us Free” The meaning of life is to live a life full of meaning, and it is up to each individual to align with truth to acheive this clarity, not to […]
For thousands of years Yoga has been clear as water on how to get closer to the Meaning of ‘Your’ life, how to reach your true self, deeper happiness, pure freedom, etc … The Yogic Wisdom give us all kinds of practical tools to progressively bring ourselves closer […]
Excellence Reporter: Paige, what is the meaning of life? Paige Held: Interestingly enough no one has ever asked me this question. It seems like such a vast, huge, deep question that could take someone’s very lifetime to answer. It also seems like this very question could change, mold, shift, […]
Excellence Reporter: Mara, what is the meaning of life? Mara Bishop: The meaning of life is what we bring to it. Meaning can be made from anything at anytime. The intersection between the external and internal worlds, the physical and the spiritual, is the fertile place where we […]
Excellence Reporter: Winslow, what is the Meaning of Life? Winslow Eliot: The answer rests in the question. The meaning of life lies in our quest to find the meaning of life. We all do this, every day, just as we explore the meaning of love, freedom, or beauty, […]
A quivering in energy, like the uncontrollable laughter of an infant, I grow from innocence, rising from that knowing place deep within the belly. In abandoned glee, I connect with the universe. Breathing, breathing in deeply until the warmth of the stirring sings out in joyous shrieks. Toddle […]
Excellence Reporter: Lama Palden, what is the meaning of life? Lama Palden Drolma: “The Meaning of Life is to grow into, awaken into who we truly are — the union of wisdom and love that flowers uniquely in each being.” *** ~Lama Palden Drolma is the founder and spiritual […]
Excellence Reporter: Emily, what is the meaning of life? Emily Bennington: “The meaning of life is to receive and extend love unconditionally. Not just to our families, not just to those we deem “worthy”, but to all.” *** ~Emily Bennington s a bestselling author and a student / teacher […]
What is the meaning of life? The impossible question. The question easily invites us to posit the importance of human goodness upon the appearance of life. Owing to our vulnerable consciousness, we ascertain a meaning or a series of meanings to try to make sense of a fluctuating […]
What is the meaning of life? Sometimes you can go to a store and buy some kind of beautiful, amazing, technology gadget, and it says on the package, “battery is not included’. And if you pay attention to that you realize that in order for your gizmo […]
The meaning of life is making other people’s lives more meaningful ~Adam Grant is Wharton’s top-rated teacher. He has been recognized as one of HR’s most influential international thinkers. Adam was tenured at Wharton while still in his twenties, and has received the Excellence in Teaching Award for every class […]
Excellence Reporter: David, what is the meaning of life? David Brazier: Life is a search for purity of heart, though, in fact, it is not found by searching for it. Everybody has at least a touch of it now and again. That is something to celebrate. But even […]
I believe we find our meaning in the way our lives unfold. There’s a unique personal journey in that, and it is about discovering who we are when we finally unfold the last crease in our being. I call that unfolded state “wholeness.” We touch that wholeness with […]
Excellence Reporter: What is the meaning of life, Wim? Wim Hof: To show scientifically and by own experience that we are able to master our fate Becoming happy, Healthy, and strong ! Radiate fully, thus bring the right energy for everything Nature, love, and prosperity Hope is there […]
Excellence Reporte: Sunny, what is the meaning of life? Sunny Dawn Johnston: The meaning of life to me, is love. To receive love, to give love, to BE love. It really is that simple. I think we make it much harder than it truly is. What does a […]
Excellence Reporter: Roslyn, what is the meaning of life? Roslyn Whitney: “The meaning of life is to discover your passion, in work and with another, and express it to the fullest extent that you are able.” *** ~Roslyn Whitney, spiritual life coach, guide, teacher, and healerwww.RosWhitney.com Copyright © […]
Strange as it may seem, I like to think of myself as a fool. Once I embrace my essential foolish nature, I no longer have to pretend to be a successful, wise, compassionate human being. I can just be me, someone a little weak of will, usually caught […]
.Excellence Reporter: Phil, what is the meaning of life? Phil Cousineau: The perennial question about the meaning of life is a riddle posed to us the moment we first become conscious. The very idea of meaning is as puzzling as Winston Churchill’s description of Russia as a riddle […]
The Meaning of Life is what you choose it to be. Life is generous and willing. It listens unconditionally and responds to your every intention, thought and action without judgement. It’s a sort of mirror combined with a personal trainer for your soul. At some point we are […]
What is the meaning of life? As I look back on my 70 year journey on this planet, I am reminded of how far I’ve come as a young soul in the quest for “truth.” We are born into a family with many challenges, stumbling along the way […]
Excellence Reporter: Gary, what is the meaning of life? Gary Renard: Life itself has no meaning other than the meaning that you give it. So it’s more a question of purpose, rather than meaning. I can’t tell you what the purpose of your life should be, but I can […]
Excellence Reporter: Bonnie, what is the meaning of life? Bonnie Greenwell: It seems to me that we can best think of ourselves as verbs, not nouns — we are aware fields of energy moving in an illusion of time, having no conscious choice regarding when we enter and very […]
Excellence Reporter: Dr. Wesselman, what is the meaning of life? Hank Wesselman: Years ago, I was drawn into connection with a Hawaiian kahuna elder named Hale Makua over the last eight years of his life. My book The Bowl of Light records many of our conversations during that time. Among […]
I can never repay all of those who create the conditions of life, but I can do a small part in giving something back to the world. What is the Meaning of Life? Meaning is a concept that humans have created. We give meaning to behavior or events. […]
What is the meaning of life? I’ve never been able to attach much meaning to the phrase “the meaning of life.” I prefer the word “mattering” to “meaning,” because I think the notion of mattering is grounded in a basic psychological truth, which is this: we each of […]
Excellence Reporter: Dr. Artress, what is the meaning of life? Rev. Lauren Artress: “Life is a path you walk to find and realize your divine purpose on this plane.” *** ~Rev. Dr. Lauren Artress is a Canon of Grace Cathedral in San Francisco, Episcopal Priest, Founder of Veriditas.www.LaurenArtress.com Copyright 2015 […]
You were born a star child Born to Be, To be Wild, To be Free. Stars becoming the human cosmic obsession Suspicions arise in my head, wondering How they came to be our possessions. Are we the keeper of the stars? Are these the souls that are lost […]
Excellence Reporter: Hunt, what is the meaning of life? Hunt Henion: We traded in our God-given capacity for knowing for the ability to question and find out what’s real for ourselves. We each explore in our own way, and we each lose control in our own way, looking for the […]
Excellence Reporter: Dr. Luskin, what is the meaning go life? Fred Luskin: The meaning of life is to join with the intelligence that created us to nurture and heal its creation. To take Life’s experiences and become more kind, ethical, generous, and loving. To learn how each of […]
Excellence Reporter: Don Trent, what is the meaning of life? FOUR ARROWS: The Meaning of Life is first a Great Mystery. Once this is accepted and embraced wholeheartedly, it can become the foundation for an adventure in discovery and humility. All that is required is intentionally and intuitively realizing […]
“What is the meaning of life?” is a wonderful question because it has no final or fixed answer. Meaning is a purely mental or conceptual experience, and so it is always changing and evolving. This can mean that the question unfolds in new and ever-changing ways. It also […]
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