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To be sure that you have a grasp on the "What is Life?" question is to make sure you understand the aspects of your life and how your life happens. Why? Your life happens is only because of one reason- You were born. Someone gave birth to you.

Now, I am not here to argue with you or to put words into your mouth, about what you believe in life. I am not here to change who you are or to change anything about you. I am not trying to show you my opinion or my interpretation of anything.

The meaning of Life is an absolute about Living Life and what is the best way for you to succeed at Life. What you think you know isn't enough? How you are presently living your life is presently killing your life? And, the simple fact that you are willing to sit back and watch it happen to your own life is absolutely absurd. Hence, Why this hub came to be.

My research has been extensive in science and philosophy, I've covered almost all methodologies devised to define life to get knowledge and understanding. If you were not aware that "Knowledge" and "Understanding" are key tools for your journey through life. The "knowledge" information you possess is good, up to a point. That point is "Understanding" comprehension which will give you Wisdom about what you have learned.

If at any time, the information or knowledge you have isn't based in reality, then understanding what you've learned can never be achieved. If you can not figure out exactly what a piece of knowledge is? Meaning if it is real or fake, then you have a problem. If you cannot tell the difference between reality and non-reality, then how can you live life?

Understanding required- to understand Life.

(1) Consciousness

(2) A Conscience

(3) What Is The Nature of Man and Woman?

(4) What Is Reality?

You need to understand each of the above before-hand, because if you do not understand- then you miss the point of living. Each person has their own mind and can control what they understand. This is how each person forms a basic belief system. You and every other human being bases what their beliefs are, on things of a real nature and/or reality. Through understanding and facts, you can form any rationale for everything that happens.

Why people do what they do? The TRUTH to the matter is because a lack of knowledge and understanding of Life and not for any other reason. To say it(why people do what they do) happens for any other reason is to deny people control over their own life. We, as a society, know the nature of man or woman- it's been defined by philosophy and reinforced by science. When Life itself is put under a microscope, we see people battling to get by, we see people making ridiculous decisions that turn out to be harmful, either to themselves or others. We also see a bunch of people clinging on for a meaningful purpose. We see some people committing crimes against humanity. No One Being The Wiser! Everyone is too much on the go, they don't see what is happening.

There seems to be a mystery about Life. Some people wonder why they were born in the first place or what they are suppose to do with their life, besides just living. There seems to be a lot about Life, many do not know about or simply do not understand. They make Life more complex, than it needs to be.

Now- before you can get the mystery revealed in the light of reason- I must first show you how I discovered the mystery and how I understood the meaning. So, when I say "I Understand!", you can better believe it. My beliefs are religious-free, bound by my own belief, based on the knowledge I've obtained and my understanding. I use only facts achieved by (a) science, (b) philosophy and (c) research. If you think you have the ability to breakdown what is presented, you are more than welcome to take a shot at it. How ever, if you have any religious beliefs, I would like to fore-warn you before you continue- there is no place in reality for a 'god' of any kind. I will have shown you a complete reasoning, so you can get the best understanding of your Life and what direction you should be headed. That may sound strange, coming from a complete stranger, but I would like to point out- What drives me is the same thing that is suppose to drive you. How can I say that? Because, I understand your life, because it is the same as mine - to survive and understand why you survived.

To take a piece of a movie- The Matrix Reloaded, the oracle and Neo are in a small park that was put between two buildings and the oracle says; "We are all here to do, what we all here to do.", that was the answer to the question- "Why are you here?" Yes, I know she was bit cryptic in her answer, but no matter how you slice it- it boils down to purpose. The whole series of movies were to get you to understand about "Purpose" for your own life. For you to be accountable only to yourself. Sooner or later, if you haven't set up a purpose for your life, you will be looking at the end of your life.

You see, each person is a human being. So since, we're human, we have the exact same basic needs. Those basic needs will not change. To have basic needs is to determine what is "required" in your life and what is not. The basic needs in today's society is water-food-clothing-shelter-happiness-family and offspring. The question many do not understand is How do you go about having all basic needs at once? If any of your needs are not been met by you, then you will feel stressed or depressed. When you get stressed or depressed, you will have a problem functioning or accomplishing any task. When you're stressing out, your mind begins to unravel, sending chaotic thoughts and images, real and fake, throughout your head. And, when it is not handled rationally, turns in devastating effects. When you can not think straight and you make a decision, the liklihood that that decision is going to do more harm than good increases by 10 fold.

When you are not in complete control of your mind, it can be a very dangerous position to be in. As an example: Look at those who are serial killers. Most of them are literally going out of their minds, because they have no control over their mind. As you are about to learn- over time humans would eliminate serial killers from being or non-existent in society.

Again, it may sound strange, but our potential as a race is unlimited, providing people understand their life. So with that said- Let's get to explaining.

(1) Your Human Consciousness- This ability allows you to realize you are alive. It is technically, your essence, per se. Some might call it a soul or spirit, but only those who follow religion might think that. Your consciousness allows you free will thought. You can step back from the World and rationally control what thoughts runs thru your mind, and you can adapt to whatever situation happens to appear before you. Your consciousness informs you of your existence. Do understand what that really means? YOU are in total control of your own life, just because you realize you exist. If you can think for yourself, then there is nothing that you can not accomplish. Your control of your thoughts and your actions. Whether or not, your thoughts and actions are moral is based on your conscience.

(2) Your Conscience- This tells or guides you throughout your entire life. It is your indicator for things that have moral or immoral value. The difference between what is right and what is wrong? Is judged by you using your conscience. If you have even a sliver of doubt, whether or not, something is morally wrong, then STOP whatever it is you're doing. If you have that feeling of nervousness in the pit of your stomach telling you something is wrong- listen to it!

To give you a better understanding- Moral and Immoral actions are precisely that- actions. Each is defined by what events occur from your actions. Your individual thought itself will have nothing to do with whether or not, something is right or wrong- it's the action you take.

Anything MORAL/GOOD is any action that is for the benefit of society or another human.

Anything IMMORAL/BAD is any action that is harmful to another human or society, as a whole.

To properly use your own conscience, you must also understand - What is Reality?

Reality exists. It exists freely of independent thoughts, desires, will, or wishes. Reality is ALL knowable.

Our reality only changes when we make new facts come to light about Life. It doesn't change because you wished for something. If you have thoughts about something possibly happening, like an insight dream, and then it happens? That can alter your view about reality, but do not let it. Everything has a reason for happening- if the reason is unknown at the time, don't make one up out of thin air, wait for it to be explained. If then, you don't like the explanation, then inquire more by doing the research yourself.

Now that you've learned about your consciousness, your conscience and reality, it is now time to introduce you to yourself- What is the Nature of Man and Woman?

What is the Nature of Man or Woman?

That question seems to escape most people. They cannot define their own individual nature and it puzzles them. Therefore, leads to questions like - Why am I alive? What am I suppose to do with my this life I have? Again, the above question- What is the Nature of Man and Woman is a must answer- so you can understand yourself. If you do not know yourself, how can you guide your own life? To know yourself is to understand your own potential as a person. Your ability is guided by your own belief or faith system in yourself. If you doubt your ability or are unsure, you must remove what is blocking or limiting your ability, so you can flourish. If you don't understand something then seek out more knowledge. Do not make it up as you go along.

Now- here is the most rational definition of what is the nature of man and woman- do realize- this is an absolute that applies to ALL human beings.

The Nature of Man and Woman:- Anyone can experience financial prosperity, psychuous pleasures and long range happiness by satisfying his or her own biological needs. Psychuous pleasures require the freedom to satisfy one's own healthy needs and to set one's own standards...to live without being obligated to fill someone else's needs or to follow someone else's standards, (e,g.- standards of parents, spouse, government or church).

FACTUAL:- Humans are by nature good, rational and productive(or mankind could not exist). Humans are competent to fill their needs and to achieve happiness. By being free to act according to their own nature, they will best serve themselves and society without force or coercion from any authority or government.

Each person can rationalize any thing they bring to thought, for whatever reason, but that does not make it moral. In society, moral values have almost disappeared. Shame among people, no longer makes any difference. Common sense is also missing from society. It seems like people refuse to think for themselves and do not want to be responsible about their actions. Compassion and love for others is another lacking element in society.

Since, you have free will thought and can rationalize any thoughts, you possess a unique ability to see reality as it is and see what it is not. By having this unique ability, you can step back from the physical world and evaluate events, according to what you know, and then come to a rational conclusion. Now- I am going to arm you with the one tool- to help you for the rest of your life.

Again, I MUST stress this as much as possible. The human being by nature can only accept things that are in reality.

Reality exists. It exists freely of independent thoughts, desires, will or wishes. Reality is ALL knowable. Anything outside of reality is an illusion.

Many people think they know about Life, because they have experienced Life over decade, after decade, after decade, but fail to realize that they are soley responsible for their own Life and never live up to what it really means to be a human being. The incredible misconception in Life is that someone other than yourself has control over how your life plays out. Kinda like a movie screenplay and you are the star actor.

Life is a story. It isn't pre-planned and your life existence came to be because of your parents had intercourse(sex) and you came along afterwards. To think that your existence has been pre-arranged by some higher power is simply ridiculous.

Science tells us how life creation happens in humans. Yes, humans can also control the number of Offspring they have. No other life-form can consciously control it's breeding practices, all other life-forms on Earth are guided by Nature. If you have a question that science can not answer, then either your question is one that need not be answered or a theory(untested).

The object here is to FREE YOUR MIND from mysticism. And, to do that, I must make you realize that when it comes to being self-responsible- you must always put yourself first before others, except where you feel the 'love' connection, as per famiy(father, spouse, daughter, mother or son). To be self-responsible- you are required to be completely honest with yourself about how you form your belief system and what you believe, and how you want to live. You gain satisfaction through helping others who do not know or understand Life- You have no self issues.

You obtain self-confidence, because you will have accountability to yourself. You alone will be your own judge and not live in fear of later judgement. You will be able to use your own conscience to determine right from wrong. You answer to your conscience- if you ignore it, the less life you will have ahead. Once you realize how easy life really is, and that the people around you are making it complicated, you can break free from the chains that bind you. All negativity in your life is severely taking a toll on you and your life. It is threatening your very existence! And, if you are truly self-responsible about your life, like you should be, then you should be OUTRAGED by the pure and simple fact that- the truth has purposely been hidden away from society.

Why was what I just told you hidden? Because of a perceive theory(untested) was to come about- IF humans were to live without a higher power to answer to. Government leaders and Religious leaders perceived- society would be completely out of control and CHAOS would occur. It's believed by those in Government and Religion - the average person requires guidance, because they cannot guide themselves.

They believe - YOU, the human being individual person, MUST answer to a higher power, otherwise you will be lost. So, in other words- they don't think you can handle the responsibility of living your own life. What arrogance is that? What makes these so-called "leaders" think that mankind requires external guidance? What makes them think that each person can not handle the responsibility of living their own life? Under what circumstances is it to be permitted for someone else to determine "HOW" you are to live? Who has the right to tell you how to live your life, other than you? NO ONE!

You being self-responsible for every thought and action is the only option- so life can be enjoyed and experienced. Some people think themselves as self-responsible, but really are not. From what has been learned- there isn't a whole lot of people, who have had, but no access, to the life requirement knowledge of understanding. Which would give each person complete and total authority over oneself. It appears as if, people are sure of what they know and understand, some things about life. But, reality says they do not know. It is kinda funny and sad, at the same time, and makes one second guess their own knowledge or understanding. That will drive certain people to ask questions, to seek knowledge and look for true understanding about life. Until certain questions get answered, things do not simply make sense.

What gets me the most - is that some people refuse to take control of their own life. I've talked with thousands, upon thousands of people about life and found they do not understand. They can not realize their own ability or power, which inside themselves. The only reason you can tell you are alive is because of your own consciousness. As I said before, it tells you that you are alive. Your individual consciousness works incorporation with your brain, so you can determine your own existence. You can determine between real and non-real things. You also have a conscience that tells you right from wrong. You can see and differentiate reality and illusion. You have Ears for hearing and even if you don't remember hearing something- you still heard it. Some times, you will see something and not know you saw it. How much of your brain can handle is based on your knowledge and understanding of that knowledge(wisdom). Your brain's capacity may be limited but your understanding is limitless.

If you have no consciousness. You would never able to see your own life or even know that you are alive or dead. You would never be able to realize a single thought or even rationalize any action you do. How ever, since you do have a conscious and a conscience, you can be in full control of everything you think and do in life. You are not actually required to listen to other people. You can lead yourself without guidance from anyone.

So, in conclusion- simple reasoning follows ----> When you are born(which was because your parents had sex and your mother gave birth to you), from that point - You begin learning how to live. When you get a little older, you begin to recognize your name(given to you by your parents). As you go through school, you begin learning what life incorporates. You learn about the 'evil' mankind possesses and it's destructive nature that appears. As you get more knowledge, your parents would like you to follow in their foot steps- swayed by so-called "religion" and adapt their spiritual belief. Some parents force their children into religion. That is not good, because the enforcement of irrational beliefs on a conscious being outside of what they know as reality, just simply stunts their individual growth.

So, what's the mystery revealed in light of reason- Human Life. For you to understand my clarity is to put what I've told you to work in your own life. You guide your life by accumulating as much knowledge as possible. Fight everyday to learn something new. Learn to increase your understanding of everything you learn. It is vital to your survival and future happiness.

Live your life for yourself, for whatever purpose you decide on, within reason and realistic goals. Make sure you are always honest with yourself, so you can be honest with others. Make sure you are completely comfortable inside your own skin and use your thoughts for the betterment of mankind, such as to improve your life and share what you learn with others, so they too can understand.

DO NOT answer to any higher power or authority, answer to yourself. Being self-responsible about your basic needs and ensure you survival. Follow your own instincts about what you've learned through the knowledge you've obtained and understand what it means.

Thank you very much for visiting my hub. It was a pleasure to extend to you the knowledge I've learned and to show you the understanding I have about life. It is extremely important to your life that you understand that you are in FULL control of your life. The problem is your knowledge about life that is limiting your vision. Your understanding might be skewed because of other factors. It is those factors, the ones that do not mix with reality, that is blocking you from gaining full self-responsible control of your own existence.

Again, You CONTROL your thoughts and you CONTROL your actions. If you have lived your life so far- with the belief of a higher meaning for your life via 'religion', much of what I've said is going to go in one ear and out the other. When you follow any religion, you bring in outside unknown forces into reality, when in fact the things don't jive with what you've learned. If you are unable to see that the purpose of your life is not meant to service someone else, it's disappointing. It shows you are irresponsible and refuse to accept Life for what it truly is.

Life is meant to be lived through satisfying purpose. You, serve yourself and humanity. Why do you serve humanity? Well, because it's the right thing to do. It's moral value added to your satisfying purpose. It's understood that you are to be self-responsible for your life, but to give yourself the 'loving' feeling and happiness you seek, is to help other people realize their own existence and what it means. Make it a point to tell them. We ALL Win!

I hope you enjoyed your short journey and I was able to provide you the necessary knowledge you require to take over your own existence. Please realize- everything presented is backed by science, philosophy and proven research done by myself. It is not for interpretation. The words are what they are. So, do not read anything into them, otherwise you are likely to miss the point.

Written, Created and Researched by Raymond D. Choiniere II.