In the Astronist philosophy of religion, ontological existentiality is an aspect or branch of Astronist ontology principally concerned with studying and contemplating on the meaning of life itself and the purpose of one's own individual life. All major religions have provided answers to the question of the meaning of life and the purpose of individual existence; their answers to such a question are often deeply intertwined with the ultimate goal or purpose of the religion itself. 

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Focusing on Astronism initially, the Astronist understanding of the question is founded through a mixture of omnidoxical musings and post-omnidoxical sayings, writings, and other quickly entrenched traditions within Astronism. Astronism generally rejects the notion of an afterlife and centres itself on a belief in the process of cosmosis which is the ultimate end to an individual's existence through their reunification with The Cosmos. This lack of a belief in an afterlife orients Astronism's purpose towards the natural, physical world. Through Astronism's cosmocentric worldview, the primary object of Astronist devotion and contemplation, and the principal subject from which Astronists gain existential purpose is The Cosmos itself as a whole, animate entity in addition to its progeny and phenomena individually. 

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The goal of Astronism is to achieve corporeal cosmosis, or astrosis, and to follow the large variety of "astrosis methodologies" in order to achieve this multi-dimensional (intellectual, spiritual, religious, perceptual etc.) state of being. Astronists see humanity's exploration of space and the discovery of the mysteries of The Cosmos with the intention of achieving a state of transcension to be the ultimate goal of human sentient existence.

 

Individual and personal human life purpose is centred on a person's achievement of astrosis, their achievement of or journey towards which is considered a contributing factor to humanity's overall transcension journey. In this way, Astronist individual human life purpose and the meaning of life for humanity as a whole are inextricably linked. In comparison to other religions, the Astronist ontological existentiality is significantly naturalistic with certain aspects of it exhibiting mystical and spiritual experiences and forms. 

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Other religions: 

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Abrahamic:

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In Judaism, the purpose of life is to prepare for the elevation of the physical world into a prophesied messianic era with a focus on communal and individual actions as spiritual fortitudes to be rewarded in the world to come. 

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In Christianity, the purpose of life is centred on personal divine salvation which is believed to be derived through the grace of God and the intercession of Christ. The forgiveness of one's sins is central to the purification of one's soul so that one may be reunited with God in the afterlife, known as heaven.

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In Islam, the purpose of human life is to know and discover their one creator, Allah, through the various signs attributed to Allah in the physical world, for which Muslims are expected to be ultimately grateful for, as well as loving and devotional towards.

 

In the Bahá'í Faith, the unity of humanity is the emphasis with spiritual growth and service to humanity taking a central role in the achievement of such unity.

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Dharmic:

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In Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism, the central focus of the concept of karma directly connects with the question of life's purpose. In each religion, it is believed that spiritual development occurs across many lifetimes and although there exists significant differences in methodology, the cultivation of one's spirituality through the elimination of bad karma with the intention of breaking the cycle of samsara in which all creation is trapped remains the ultimate goal.

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Taoic:

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In Taoism itself, life's purpose is rooted in self-cultivation and self-realisation with the goal rejoining to the oneness of the universe. This concept of a reunion or return can be possibly be compared with the Astronist processes of cosmosis and astrosis in their most simplistic forms, however the reasons and intentions of Astronists in their endeavour to achieve astrosis are markedly not the same as those found in Taoism.