We exist with two faces: the good and evil; the beauty and ugly; the right and wrong; the joy and sorrow; love and hate; peace and strife.
A poor man can be happy and contented while the rich sad and restless. Some goodness may come from sadness while some pain proceeds from pleasure.
Can we make sense out of this duality? Why do we have the good and evil together? Is it necessary? Why can’t we have the good exclusively? By then the world shall be peaceful and happy. Why do we have conflicts? It must be paradise to live in complete unity and harmony.
Nature abhors sameness. Contrast is what gives life. The benchmark of every experience is its opposite. How can you experience joy without experiencing sadness? Is it possible for you to feel pain without feeling pleasure? Can you distinguish sweet without tasting bitter?
The world has been ordained to contain such duality. It is an inescapable truth. The two-faced existence is enmeshed in every human life. It is up to each of us to bring-out whatever ‘face’ whenever it is necessary in facing the world.
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