On my epic struggle to find the vital answer to this question, I made a stop. As I read through "Brave New World," by Aldous Huxley, I was confronted with an argument through the characters Mustapha Mond and John. As the two philosophical titans fight with belief, I glimpsed the answer. Happiness is only possible in ignorance, and we need to suffer to truly live. I've reached the conclusion that in order to truly live, we must realize the absurdity around us and embrace it. We need to know the truth, no matter what it may ever be because only the enlightened are alive. Never be envious of those who can't understand the world, because they will never live, they will be forever trapped in their blissful ignorance,
The truth will set you free, but only enough to realize you're bound, never to be truly free. This is the eternal right that you'll be honored with no chance of retribution. You will be damned to this truth and you will seek asylum from it, but don't hide. Embrace the truths of the universe, whether they be minuscule or fundamental. Once you learn to accept, then you can learn to fight back; for when you learn you are bound, you can begin to escape.
As you learn more and more, you will be distraught by the realization of how pathetic we really are to the indifferent world. In your distress, a blossom of art will bloom and rise to the top, for all true art is found in the realization of the indifferent. We are a rose of extravagant beauty in a garden of wicked weeds. Never to rise to the surface, but still, we bloom despite the indifferent. Once you learn to live, only then, you can learn to accept. Only then, you will blossom.
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Truth v. Happiness
Short StoryPhilosophy is dying, and there is no way to cure it. We must embrace what little it can supply, or we will never learn how to live.
