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“Human mind has way too many shades. It would be so boring if this world was all sugar and gloss, just happy, colourful lives. People singing songs is not always the reality. Just like happiness and love, people also feel wrath, jealousy and vengeance!” — Thus spoke Shweta Basu Prasad, artist and observer of the human soul, unveiling one of the oldest truths known to sages and poets alike: that the human mind is not a single tone, but a vast spectrum of light and shadow. Her words remind us that to be human is to hold within oneself both the beauty and the darkness of existence. Life, she teaches, is not a song of endless joy, but a tapestry woven of emotion, conflict, and contrast — and it is this very complexity that gives it meaning.

From the beginning of time, thinkers have pondered the dual nature of man. The ancients believed that the world itself was born from balance — light and darkness, creation and destruction, love and anger, each inseparable from the other. The human mind, too, mirrors this eternal duality. To deny our darker emotions is to deny half of our being. The wrath, jealousy, and vengeance that Prasad speaks of are not the enemies of happiness, but its necessary counterparts. Without shadow, there is no light; without pain, joy loses its depth. The wise understand that the harmony of life is not in denying one side, but in embracing the whole.

In her words we hear the echo of the Bhagavad Gita, where Lord Krishna teaches that even the most enlightened must face their inner turmoil before reaching peace. Arjuna, standing on the battlefield of Kurukshetra, was paralyzed by compassion and fear, torn between duty and despair. Krishna did not tell him to abandon his conflict — He told him to confront it. So too, Prasad’s reflection urges us not to flee from the shades within us, but to recognize them, to understand that anger and envy are as natural as love and laughter. To be aware of them is the first step toward mastering them.

Consider the life of Vincent van Gogh, whose paintings burst with color and vitality, yet were born from deep sorrow and mental torment. His art was not the product of unbroken joy, but of a soul that felt too deeply — of a man who transformed anguish into beauty. His life teaches us that creation and chaos are siblings, and that even from pain can arise brilliance. Prasad’s insight reflects this same truth: that the human mind, with all its contradictions, is not flawed, but wondrous. It is the very tension between our light and our darkness that gives rise to art, compassion, and understanding.

When she says, “It would be so boring if this world was all sugar and gloss,” Prasad speaks against the illusion of perfect happiness — the false ideal that life must always be bright and pleasant. The ancients warned of this illusion too, calling it Maya, the deceit of appearances. For a world without struggle would be a stagnant world, without growth, without empathy, without depth. It is the storms of the soul that carve wisdom into our hearts. To feel anger is to understand injustice; to feel envy is to understand desire; to feel sorrow is to understand the value of joy. Thus, the diversity of emotion is not a curse but a gift — the divine instrument through which the soul learns and evolves.

But the key, as every philosopher and mystic has taught, is not to drown in these darker waters, but to balance them with awareness. Anger can destroy, but it can also drive justice. Jealousy can corrupt, but it can also inspire improvement. Even vengeance, when purified into resolve, can become the fuel for transformation. The secret lies not in denying the shades of the mind, but in learning to paint with them wisely — to turn the darkness into a part of one’s artistry rather than one’s downfall. This is the ancient art of self-mastery, the alchemy of turning base emotions into gold.

The lesson, then, is both humbling and empowering: embrace your humanity in its entirety. Do not seek a life that is only sunshine, for the flowers of wisdom grow richer in the soil of shadow. When wrath visits you, look for the pain that birthed it. When envy stirs, ask what desire remains unfulfilled. When sorrow lingers, remember that it is proof of love once felt. Let your emotions not rule you, but teach you. For every feeling, dark or bright, is a messenger of the soul, guiding you toward understanding yourself more deeply.

So remember this, my child: a life of only happiness would be hollow, a song without rhythm, a sky without night. Do not fear your darker thoughts — fear instead the emptiness of a heart that feels nothing. The human mind, with its thousand hues, is the universe in miniature: chaotic, radiant, and divine. Embrace its contradictions, for they are the fire that forges character, the wind that stirs compassion, and the storm that gives birth to light. To live fully is not to escape the shadows, but to dance with them — and in that dance, find the truth of what it means to be human.