"Beauty is truth, truth beauty"... (John Keats)
Living with a purpose, a positive resolve filled with good unselfish intentions, is the ultimate challenge for humankind. The aim of spending ones life only consuming and breeding is a trait of animals. It is much easier to eat and breed than to think, meditate and contemplate. This ability distinguishes humans from other beasts. And if lacking, it also turns humans into beasts.
The more one observes around and reads about extraordinary personalities from the past, one realizes that they lived exceptional and hard lives. They had to struggle spreading their honest point of views. Best example can be that our beloved Holy Prophet (PBUH). Great name and respect require great efforts. Standing alone at the que confronting the ruthless world with the satisfaction that what you are standing for is worth it and not siding by would be the ultimate pain. This is exactly how great people, religions, and nations have been born- standing for the right cause. Due to our short sightedness, we would rather have faith in the rightful amount of tangible gain instead of aiming for the truthful purpose.
Truth is something that is right and its existence cannot be denied. Sometimes truth is concealed and eluded, it can only be found if sought. It has a very beautiful but cruel nature for the mendacious- it can never remain hidden forever. In contrast, lies can be naughty- they come up every now and then making it difficult to catchup for the liar. The velocity of the lies multiplies each time it is in the forefront so much so that the liar loses track of where it all began. That is where truth makes its grand entrance- cruel yet beautiful. It is in truth's nature to eventually come out and make a show.
Tangible gain is an reward or outcome which can be used to ones advantage; it can be sensed, felt or touched. As it is something 'real', naturally we as mortals would love to spend and invest on something real. No wonder the fields of humanities and arts are dying because the realm in which they function do not fulfil our definition of reality- world of facts. The question is where has our definitions of reality and truth has taken us or the world at large?
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