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If you are pondering the meaning of life, remember, that life is only an existence in time and space, but not beyond. We are not humans, as there is no existence of humans, yet at the same time humans indeed we are. You can not catch a bus, as that bus does not exist - it is merely a representation of a defined image; it is a bus, yet it is not a bus. There is no spoon.

Actually life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get........unless you have one of those litle card thingies*nod*

The meaning of life? Well, it's nothing special. Try and be nice to people, avoid eating fat, read a good book every now and then, get some walking in and try and live together in peace and harmony with people of all creeds and nations.

;)

Why are we here? What's life all about?
Is God really real, or is there some doubt?
Well, tonight, we're going to sort it all out,
For, tonight, it's 'The Meaning of Life'.

What's the point of all this hoax?
Is it the chicken and the egg time? Are we just yolks?
Or, perhaps, we're just one of God's little jokes.
Well, ça c'est 'The Meaning of Life'.

Is life just a game where we make up the rules
While we're searching for something to say,
Or are we just simply spiralling coils
Of self-replicating DN-- nay, nay, nay, nay, nay, nay, nay

What is life? What is our fate?
Is there a Heaven and Hell? Do we reincarnate?
Is mankind evolving, or is it too late?
Well, tonight, here's 'The Meaning of Life'.

For millions, this 'life' is a sad vale of tears,
Sitting 'round with really nothing to say
While the scientists say we're just simply spiralling coils
Of self-replicating DN-- nay, nay, nay, nay, nay, nay, nay.

So, just why-- why are we here,
And just what-- what-- what-- what do we fear?
Well, ce soir, for a change, it will all be made clear,
For this is 'The Meaning of Life'. C'est le sens de la vie.
This is 'The Meaning of Life'.

The meaning of life? Well, it's nothing special. Try and be nice to people, avoid eating fat, read a good book every now and then, get some walking in and try and live together in peace and harmony with people of all creeds and nations.

;)

My post wasn't about the meaning of life... I just felt like acting all Zen-ish :)

My post wasn't about the meaning of life... I just felt like acting all Zen-ish :)
Yes, but one can never go wrong with injecting a Python quote!

Some things in life are bad
They can really make you mad
Other things just make you swear and curse.
When you're chewing on life's gristle
Don't grumble, give a whistle
And this'll help things turn out for the best...

If life seems jolly rotten
There's something you've forgotten
And that's to laugh and smile and dance and sing.
When you're feeling in the dumps
Don't be silly chumps
Just purse your lips and whistle, that's the thing.

For life is quite absurd
And death's the final word
You must always face the curtain with a bow.
Forget about your sin
Give the audience a grin
Enjoy it, it's your last chance anyhow.

Life's a piece of shit
When you look at it
Life's a laugh and death's a joke, it's true.
You'll see it's all a show
Keep 'em laughing as you go
Just remember that the last laugh is on you.


Well whatever happens, you've got to always look on the bright side of life :)

If you are pondering the meaning of life, remember, that life is only an existence in time and space, but not beyond. We are not humans, as there is no existence of humans, yet at the same time humans indeed we are. You can not catch a bus, as that bus does not exist - it is merely a representation of a defined image; it is a bus, yet it is not a bus. There is no spoon.

Are you watching the Matrix?

42.

Are you watching the Matrix?

There is no matrix, merely an interweaved set of fibres transpired to induce a matriarch of polytechnic essensce.

42.

OMG, your insight on the meaning of life is awe inspiring :fluffle:

OMG, your insight on the meaning of life is awe inspiring :fluffle:

I do what I can.

Life has whatever meaning we give it. Matbe it means 42. Maybe it means try to be a nice guy. Maybe it means the Day of Bun-Bun and the Trampling of Infidels approaches. IMHO, it means sweet fanny adams.

Life is what you make it.

The "meaning of life" is to realise how ridiculous the idea of the "meaning of life" is.

The meaning of life is not to sit by and let time pass, but instead to tackle time to the ground, wrestle it into submission and hang it proudly off your dining room wall.

Show time who's boss, because that son of a bitch is running away with your youth.

the meaning of life is easy one to work out.

fuck as many people as posible and try not to get aids.

the secret of life is there aint no secret and you dont get your money back--gretchen peters (as sung by faith hill)

If you are pondering the meaning of life, remember, that life is only an existence in time and space, but not beyond. We are not humans, as there is no existence of humans, yet at the same time humans indeed we are. You can not catch a bus, as that bus does not exist - it is merely a representation of a defined image; it is a bus, yet it is not a bus. There is no spoon.

I hate philosophy. Whenever I'm in a Philo class I feel like I'm dropping acid, shooting heroin, snorting cocaine, and smoking Mary Jane all at the same time.

I hate philosophy. Whenever I'm in a Philo class I feel like I'm dropping acid, shooting heroin, snorting cocaine, and smoking Mary Jane all at the same time.

That's philosophy!

I hate philosophy. Whenever I'm in a Philo class I feel like I'm dropping acid, shooting heroin, snorting cocaine, and smoking Mary Jane all at the same time.

Do it before hand, its philosophy class so no one will notice

That's philosophy!



:D

Today a young man on acid realised that all matter was really energy
condensed to a slow vibration, that we are all one consciousness
experiencing itself subjectively, there's no such thing as death,
life is only a dream, and we're the imaginations of ourselves.
Here's Tom with the weather....

Legend.

Life is like a match that has just been struck.

For a few precious moments it burns with a brilliant passion and fury before fading away and eventually extinguishing leaving just smoke and ash.

Some people use their match to light other matches, carrying on the flame long after their own is gone.

Some people use theirs to light a comforting log fire in the sitting room of humanity.

Some people use theirs to light a moltov cocktail in the face of oppression.

Some people use theirs to light a premitive fire to provide sanctuary from the darkness that mankind has feared since the dawn of time.

Some people use theirs to light the fuse on a keg of gunpowder under the seat of government.

And some people let theirs burn out without doing anything at all.


Your life is your match, what it means to you and what you choose to do with it is up to you.

Life is like a match that has just been struck.

For a few precious moments it burns with a brilliant passion and fury before fading away and eventually extinguishing leaving just smoke and ash.

Some people use their match to light other matches, carrying on the flame long after their own is gone.

Some people use theirs to light a comforting log fire in the sitting room of humanity.

Some people use theirs to light a moltov cocktail in the face of oppression.

Some people use theirs to light a premitive fire to provide sanctuary from the darkness that mankind has feared since the dawn of time.

Some people use theirs to light the fuse on a keg of gunpowder under the seat of government.

And some people let theirs burn out without doing anything at all.


Your life is your match, what it means to you and what you choose to do with it is up to you.
So, you're saying we should throw petrol-bombs and blow shit up before it's too late?

So, you're saying we should throw petrol-bombs and blow shit up before it's too late?

Is it ever too late for that??? :eek:

So, you're saying we should throw petrol-bombs and blow shit up before it's too late?

Most of the options were like... good things. Like providing comfort and warmth and raising families.

There were two which were a bit more drastic, one of which is a common weapon used by the oppressed against their oppressors. The other is more debateable wether it is good or bad.

42.

Your response obviously took some deep thought.:cool:

Life: you are born, you live, you die. Try to have a little fun in the middle there.

Your response obviously took some deep thought.:cool:

Lol! :D

Lol! :D

*bows* M'Lady.

Somebody had to post 42. Someone ALWAYS posts 42. I just figured I'd one-up them.:D

*bows* M'Lady.

Somebody had to post 42. Someone ALWAYS posts 42. I just figured I'd one-up them.:D

I'm so gonna plagarise that next time someone gives that answer.

The meaning of life is what you make of it.

you're born
you work
you die

Somebody had to post 42. Someone ALWAYS posts 42. I just figured I'd one-up them.:D
And they never realise that 42 is merely the answer to the ultimate question of Life, the Universe and Everything, not the "meaning of life".

you're born
you work
you die
And there's probably some eating and sleeping in there, or you'll hit (3) long before (2).

Oh my god... Not another "meaning of life" thread...

Oh my god... Not another "meaning of life" thread...

Trust me...it involves gravy.

you're born
you work
you die

yep.

yep.

don't forget gravy

The meaning of life? Well, it's nothing special. Try and be nice to people, avoid eating fat, read a good book every now and then, get some walking in and try and live together in peace and harmony with people of all creeds and nations.

;)

Easy to speak, difficult to execute.

you're born
you work
you die

Dude! If I really believed that, I would just go ahead and kill myself to avoid the shit in between. :p

Dude! If I really believed that, I would just go ahead and kill myself to avoid the shit in between. :p

that's pretty much what i've been thinking for the last 3 years! :p

:( (especially days like today, heh... though today i'm distracting myself by getting busy with the eat-myself-to-death reigime ;))

Dude! If I really believed that, I would just go ahead and kill myself to avoid the shit in between. :p

He forgot about the gravy...

(why the hell am I on such a gravy kick this morning...)

don't forget gravy

buh?

And they never realise that 42 is merely the answer to the ultimate question of Life, the Universe and Everything, not the "meaning of life".
I was just about to post that....

really it annoys me, that people don't realize the difference.

I was just about to post that....

really it annoys me, that people don't realize the difference.

Most people don't read.

The meaning of life is the killing of others for your own survival.
That meaning is for lazy old intellectual chaps or drunken priests who will teach you how to die with dignity to be a good slave to our Lord, amen.

Please before to die, make donation of you belongings to the nearest Church, thank you.
Your filthy kids will too work hard for nothing, jealousy is bad for your heart.

The meaning of life according to scientists: To have the most reproductive success.

The meaning of life according to me: To live life to it's fullest, whatever that may be.

Most people don't read.

:( I know. I bet half of the people who jump out with "42" don't even know what it means, or where it's from.

My husband and I were talking about that the other day, how everyone knows the "you talking to me?" scene but most of them can't tell you what movie it's from because they haven't seen it.

Why are we here? What's life all about?
Is God really real, or is there some doubt?
Well, tonight, we're going to sort it all out,
For, tonight, it's 'The Meaning of Life'.

What's the point of all this hoax?
Is it the chicken and the egg time? Are we just yolks?
Or, perhaps, we're just one of God's little jokes.
Well, ça c'est 'The Meaning of Life'.

Is life just a game where we make up the rules
While we're searching for something to say,
Or are we just simply spiralling coils
Of self-replicating DN-- nay, nay, nay, nay, nay, nay, nay

What is life? What is our fate?
Is there a Heaven and Hell? Do we reincarnate?
Is mankind evolving, or is it too late?
Well, tonight, here's 'The Meaning of Life'.

For millions, this 'life' is a sad vale of tears,
Sitting 'round with really nothing to say
While the scientists say we're just simply spiralling coils
Of self-replicating DN-- nay, nay, nay, nay, nay, nay, nay.

So, just why-- why are we here,
And just what-- what-- what-- what do we fear?
Well, ce soir, for a change, it will all be made clear,
For this is 'The Meaning of Life'. C'est le sens de la vie.
This is 'The Meaning of Life'.
I love you. :fluffle:
My post wasn't about the meaning of life... I just felt like acting all Zen-ish :)
You fail at life.
Yes, but one can never go wrong with injecting a Python quote!
Quite true.
the meaning of life is easy one to work out.

fuck as many people as posible and try not to get aids.
No.
I hate philosophy. Whenever I'm in a Philo class I feel like I'm dropping acid, shooting heroin, snorting cocaine, and smoking Mary Jane all at the same time.
That is philosophy!:eek: [/Philosophy major]
That's philosophy!
Indeed.
*bows* M'Lady.

Somebody had to post 42. Someone ALWAYS posts 42. I just figured I'd one-up them.:D
Actually, it's 23, not 42.
He forgot about the gravy...

(why the hell am I on such a gravy kick this morning...)
It's gravy.

that's pretty much what i've been thinking for the last 3 years! :p

:( (especially days like today, heh... though today i'm distracting myself by getting busy with the eat-myself-to-death reigime ;))

The purpose of all sentient life is to nurture and support all life. That's my personal conclusion, which I elucidate here: http://paradigmassociates.org/ParadigmSpirituality.html

Please read it and let me know what you think! :p

What's it all about, Alfie?
Is it just for the moment we live?
What's it all about when you sort it out, Alfie?
Are we meant to take more than we give
Or are we meant to be kind?
And if only fools are kind, Alfie,
Then I guess it's wise to be cruel.
And if life belongs only to the strong, Alfie,
What will you lend on an old golden rule?
As sure as I believe there's a heaven above, Alfie,
I know there's something much more,
Something even non-believers can believe in.
I believe in love, Alfie.
Without true love we just exist, Alfie.
Until you find the love you've missed you're nothing, Alfie.
When you walk let your heart lead the way
And you'll find love any day, Alfie, Alfie
would you tell me what's it all about?
what's it all about? Alfie, Alfie, Alfie.
What's it all about? Whats this all about?
what's it all about Alfie? tell me
what's it all about Alfie? what's it all about Alfie?
just tell me yeah. what's it all about?
what's it all about?

Or it could just be seven times six.

This (http://www.chrisglass.com/journal/downloads/TPSreport.pdf) is the meaning of life.

This (http://www.chrisglass.com/journal/downloads/TPSreport.pdf) is the meaning of life.

I don't get it...

I don't get it...

*thinks Office Space*

We rise, we fall
We reach out, reach in
We are alone
We are together

But there, at the dawn of time
The beginning of ages
The end of all things
He is waiting

Ties them together
A string, a web,
Thoughts lost in an empty void
We are without mind

Past, Present, and Future
Each is only one,
Before, now, and after
A circle

So as it passes
We grow old
Left only our memories
And all that's left

:( I know. I bet half of the people who jump out with "42" don't even know what it means, or where it's from.

My husband and I were talking about that the other day, how everyone knows the "you talking to me?" scene but most of them can't tell you what movie it's from because they haven't seen it.

6 times 9. 42. The meaning of life, the universe, and everything. A computer that runs on improbabilities. A fantastic program--Earth. Humanity. Life.

Life is just a bowl of cherries
Don't take it serious,
Life's too mysterious
You work,
You save,
You worry so
But you can't take your dough
When you go, go, go

So keep repeating "It's the berries."
The strongest oak must fall
The sweet things in life
To you were just loaned
So how can you lose
What you've never owned

Life is just a bowl of cherries
So live and laugh,
Laugh and love
Live and laugh at it all!

So keep repeating "It's the berries."
The strongest oak must fall
The sweet things in life
To you were just loaned
So how can you lose
What you've never owned

Life is just a bowl of cherries
So live and laugh, aha!
Laugh and love
Live and laugh,
Laugh and love,
Live and laugh at it all!

In our continuing song-quote series ...

Are you watching the Matrix?

I'm guessing I ♥ Huckawhateverthefuckitisbee's.

I'm guessing I ♥ Huckawhateverthefuckitisbee's.

Translation into English, please.:p

Translation into English, please.:p

In that movie, there's this therapist lady person that talks like the OP.

I started reading the first post and suddenly heard her voice.

In that movie, there's this therapist lady person that talks like the OP.

I started reading the first post and suddenly heard her voice.

Schitzophrenia. *nods*
I haven't seen it, but I'll take your word for it. Curious.

Schitzophrenia. *nods*
I haven't seen it, but I'll take your word for it. Curious.

:)

Watch it, eh?

:)

Watch it, eh?

Are you threatening me?:eek:

Is it worth seeing?

Are you threatening me?:eek:
:)
Is it worth seeing?
I suppose..

Theres no point to life in the end. So Im trying to drink and smoke my way out of here but its not working fast enough.

:)

I suppose..
To be honest, I doubt I'll watch it. Well, unless I happen to stumble across it on basic cable.
Theres no point to life in the end. So Im trying to drink and smoke my way out of here but its not working fast enough.

Become a terrorist. That'll do it pretty fast, I should imagine. Wel, that or you'll get good at it....

42.

The problem lies in the question being asked, really.

If we knew what we actually wanted to know, everything would make sense. :p

The problem lies in the question being asked, really.

If we knew what we actually wanted to know, everything would make sense. :p

The question and the answer to such a truth cannot exist in the same universe.