*MEAN/*MEANS/*MEANING - also see PURPOSE, MYSTERY of LIFE
The meaning of this life is to learn. Everything that happens to us helps our learning and nothing helps us to learn more than death. (Further, p61)
Pir Vilayat Khan, a Sufi teacher, said "Seek in higher dimensions of understanding a meaning behind all our sufferings." (Spirituality for Dummies, p291)
"Revelations of Christ: Proclaimed by Paramhansa" revels the true meaning of Jesus Christ's words which are mostly misunderstood by the West for over two thousand years. (Amazon review)
Our hearts is restless till it rests in Thee. (St. Augustine)
The quest for the meaning of life or the search for our true essence or God is part of the basic principle of evolution. We think we are on a quest for God, rather it is God that causes the dissatisfied yearning and the search in us. God is the seeker. God awakens in us (t). We can't do anything, we can only let go and get out of God's way. The essential nature reveals itself if only we don't prevent it. The meaning of life is to experience the divinity of ourselves and of all creatures. Our human form is an expression of God. John of the Cross said "Our awakening is an awaking of God and and our rising is a rising of God. (Meaning, p13-14)
The true happiness and meaning in life comes from fulfilling our obligations to others. There is a natural tendency to worship ourselves (I want, I need) and when we make a god of ourself, the welfare of others becomes secondary and the meaning of life becomes mainly pleasure and survival. (Dr. Laura, PS 6/97)
When studying the bible we should not be concerned about "What does it say" but be concerned about "What does it mean" and "What does it mean to us today." (Prof. Gomes of Harvard, People Magazine, 3/3/97)
I have seen all the things that are done under the sun; all of them are meaningless, a chasing after the wind. (Ecc 1:14)