No matter how small the word is but its significance is immense. Everybody can search for the word 'beauty' in a dictionary and easily know its definition. But what about its concept? Commonly people think that 'beauty' means fair complexion, long hair, straight nose, bewildering smile, bright black magical eyes, thin lips, thin body shape etc.
Unfortunately, the lack of these means 'ugly. In one word. white means beautiful and black means ugly. It is like the conception that is 'Appearance first, quality second. Do our thoughts, consciousness, and intelligence permit us to have this notion? The answer is a big 'NO'. Yet, this has been an established norm in our country and in the world for ages which is totally unacceptable.
Perhaps that's why people are more concerned to make themselves physically beautiful rather than characteristically beautiful. Physical beauty is temporary as it decays over time. It is like the spring that brings mesmerizing beauty in the whole nature and fades away at the end of the season.
Similarly, those who have "great beauty" today may lose it tomorrow. Physical beauty given by Allah is a gift for which we cannot claim any credit but Inner beauty is an achievement to be acquired. So, the people who have been considering outward fancy as the measure of beauty for so long can look deeper into their perception.
There are many forms of beauty. Beauty is found not only in the attractive objects but also in the children, in the kindness of the unfamiliar persons, in self-realization, in self-criticism, in good deeds, in truth, in justice, in love, in patriotism, in humanity, in punctuality. in honesty, in dutifulness, in the style of works, in personality and even in ugliness.
The things that look good to the eye can be beautiful, The things that look good to the soul can be beautiful. The things that look good to the intellect can be beautiful.
In the words of Confucius, a Chinese philosopher Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it'. Rabindranath Tagore said in the context of beauty that the bridge between the material world and the world of the soul is the consciousness of beauty. That is, when we hold the material world with the sweetness of mind and our spiritual consciousness, the establishment of beauty begins.
The external beauty, for which people long for and use bright skin whitening cream(in my country), thick soft foam of soap and what not, may bring disaster in their life. For instance, Narcissus, the god of beauty in Greek mythology, was so proud of his beauty that he insulted everyone. Once someone offered love, he insulted her too.
As a result, once the god of revenge named Nemesis cursed him, and took him to a pond. Narcissus was overwhelmed by the beauty of enjoyment and slowly drowned into his pond being fascinated by seeing his own replica on the water of the pond.
Sometimes, it is seen that "extreme physical beauty" and a high level of virtue cannot co-exist in the same person. However, no rule is without exception and there are some people who are both virtuous and the most beautiful people of their times. A person with physical beauty can impress another person for a time being, but a person with inner beauty can do the same permanently.
Actually, an "ideal beauty" can be defined as the one that possesses certain features or qualities that are liked by everyone in the society and this type of beauty awakens love in the heart. It is love that makes people beautiful. Where there is beauty, there is also love. So, there is an underlying relationship between beauty and love.
In order to get the essence of beauty, hard work is required. Chastity, Honesty, restraint and discipline must be followed and these are the gateways to beauty. All good qualities such as nobility, kindness, self-realization, self-criticism, good deeds, truth, justice, love, patriotism, humanity, punctuality, honesty, dutifulness, showing respect to others etc. are the best cosmetics to enhance one's actual beauty.
Let's manifest every action of the world in the light of Ideal beauty. Thus, we will be able to establish a happy, prosperous, humane world by removing the ugliness from the beautiful, the evil from the good. the corrupted from the honest and the false from the truth.
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