1- Life is so unfathomable but we do understand that life is the ability of an organism to keep producing new healthy cells so Life is a continuous renewal of our constituent parts until the cells are damaged beyond repair and which ever vital organ (that is each a collection of cells) dies first determines when life ends. The ability of the cells to use energy and react to the environment is common determinant of something being alive. So if we are full of energy and able to react to the environment then we are alive. If we are disconnected or not using our energy then we are not living. Scientists say that your attitude to life helps determine how long you live so the more positive and active you are the longer you will live, the more you sit around not reacting to the environment the less time you will live, so there seems to be a link to how we feel about life and how long we will have that state of being 'alive'!
2- Are we here to realise our potential? If so then life is what we make it. Are we living the life we think we are capable? If not then are we feeling low about it. So maybe life should be lived by each of us differently. We all have different skills so its time you used yours and took part in life.
3- Are we here to become wise and acquire knowledge? If so then life is a lesson or series of lessons that we should take the time to learn from. Life then is more than existing, it is happens to us and we must react as best we can and learn from mistakes so that as we get older we feel we grow physically weaker but mentally stronger.
4- Are we here to do good and help others? Sociologists think so. People are usually happier when they take part on things that help others or improve things. Most jobs are designed to make things better in some way- An architect tries to improve our houses, a cleaner helps keep the streets clean for everyone. The world is better when we not only help ourselves but help others.
5- The Epicureans of Ancient Greece thought that life was about seeking pleasure and so did the Utilitarian philospoher Jeremy Bentham who said that life was about minimising pain and maximising Pleasure. This is why we are sad when we are in pain because we are not achieving the maximum potential of pleasure. So the more pleasure (mental or physical) the happier we are maybe.
6- Life is meaningless. The philospopher Neitsche said that 'religion was the opiate of the people' because it allowed the state to govern people and if things went wrong it was 'Gods will'. So he said that life has no meaning, that it is a chance occurance, something that cannot be understood because there is nothing to understand, it just is.
7- Buddhists and Jainist believe that life is about attaining 'right' desire, and that detachment from external pulls or passing things is the only way to contentment or enlightenment.
8- Hindus believe that in life there are four aims that anyone can have
Kama (wishes, desires and sensual pleasure seeking)
Artha (Glory, wealth and prosperity)
Dharma (righteousness, virtue, ethical living, moral aims)
Moksha (release from rebirth in life)
9- Survival of the fittest. Evolutionary biology shows us that life is a constant struggle against the elements and other living things. Whether we are above that depends on whether you believe that we humans can transcend these notions and work together. It seems that up to now we still fight each other and the strongest countries prospers so life is a battle if viewed solely from this viewpoint.
10- Life is what we make it and how we see it. We become what we believe. We believe we are failures and we become failures, we believe we can succeed and we often do. So life is really an experience that influences itself. If we experience life being sad then it is sad, if we experience it happy then it is happy. This is a psychological perspective on how life and experience of life interact to produce who we are.
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