Is it the human race's destiny to discover who we are and what we are doing here?
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i believe its important to establish who we are. however, i don't believe in fate, so i dont think we need to understand what we are doing here. i think we need to understand what we WANT to do here
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Hang around for a few more years, and you may find out th eanswers.  I am sure we will survive as a species, we are very good at adapting.  Whether we survive as a civilisation is a different matter.\n\nCan we change it?  Possibly not.
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We would probably discover as we explored the final frontier, boldly going where no man had gone before, that there were no new unknown lives to seek out, no new civilizations to study.\n\nIn any case, I do not know why that would change a person's beliefs either way. I don't think it would change who we are inside either. It never did in the past when the explorers searched out "new worlds" such as the Americas and so forth.
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To find the meaning of life.
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It is difficult to predict what the future will hold for the planet being Earth and the human species.  Humans have the ability of free-will.  We have the ability to preserve what we are as a species and the planet or destroy the creation of one or both.  Currently we are at a cross-roads in spiritual advancement.  The Service to Self people (power, money, great assets, war) and the Service to Others (global community and planetary assistance).  We are moving in the direction of the Service to Others but time will tell if we meet our objective for our evolutionary advancement and preserve the human species and our planet Earth.  Both are beautiful, I hope we do.
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and what are we doing here??
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how are we supose to know
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Yes freewill is an invention; we are destined; however under extra ordinary circumstances destiny will change.
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I don't think we were actually put here. We evolved here, so we're natives to the planet, although you wouldn't always know that by the way we treat it.
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It should be that we're all human, but unfortunately for many it's their home or their religion. \nI think what's fundamental about us is that we're all human -- we have a lot in common, despite our differences, and our differences are our various ways of interpreting and expressing what is in fact common to all of us.
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no, the human race will never know how the universe was made until we all start working as on race and not a 1,000. than we can put our petty differances a side and work together for a soultion.
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I think our purpose is to exist and grow. Grow spiritually and eventually reach enlightenment.
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To quote Frank Zappa: "you are what you is".\nOr Firesign Theater: "Who am us, anyway?"\nAre you looking for your own personal identity?\nDo you find yourself living in a sea of indecision?\nPerhaps you ask these questions because life is confusing and you seek solace in something concrete.\nStart with your spiritual side and look within.\nNext, question your values.\nFinally, connect with your neighbors and help those around you.\nPerhaps there, in the acts of loving-kindness, will you find the answers you seek.
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understanding who you are in terms of your beliefs and personal philosophy of life, your life path (i.e. career), your relationships and sexuality, your transitions (the temporal dimension of self), and what you leave behind for future generations. recognizing the unity of these different aspects of self. understanding what you are and what you are not. I think meaning is something that we construct - what I've listed are different ways we can create or discover meaning in our sense of self in relation to the world.
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when we get our aim of life.
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I am human.  What is yours?
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A thought I always ponder, not necessarily ' the meaning', but the destiny or the plan...\n\nMaybe we were a plan of the universe from the moment of its' creation in order to thwart its' inevitable demise billions of years from now.  The universe 'knew' it was going to create conditions likely for intelligent life to form in hopes that one day that  life created would come to grips with the workings of universe and space to the point that it wolud figure out a way for it to exist forever.\n\nTherefore the meaning of an individuals life is to add to the progression of society in anyway.  In other words, do what you like to do that contributes.  It could be something as trivial as smiling at everyone you meet.