The hard problem of lying

[Razard86]

One of the issues with lying is it has more dire consequences than you realize. Why? Lying is the purposefully, willful distortion of factual information. Or you can just say your own personal truth. Now here is something many of you may not realize....your mind is a patterned, conditioned aspect of how you express yourself. If you lie too much a couple things can result from doing this over the years and I know this through dealing with people who lie a lot over the years.

1. People who lie a lot suffer with memory problems. They either don't remember things well, or when they do recall things they recall it with MANY distortions.

2. Lying creates a deep seated bias between you and others and makes it hard for you to both enjoy life and enjoy the company of others genuinely.

So if you wanted an intelligent reason why you should aim to be more honest is your memory will be more consistent, your ability to connect to others improves, and you can enjoy life more. 

This is why when you deal with people who lie...you need to realize....if you lie enough you can brainwash yourself into believing your own lies. Many liars believe they are keeping it real and are outspoken truth tellers, an extreme version of this would be Donald Trump. Don't doubt for a second that from his perspective...he believes he is one of the most honest people.

Edited August 3, 2023 by Razard86

[UnbornTao]

Your ability to trust yourself diminishes, too, as you're unable to keep your word. Lower self-esteem.

[Buck Edwards]

Lying is a skill. It can be used for both good and bad. Honesty is a skill too. It can be used for both good and bad. 

The distinction between good and bad is blurred. Both good and bad are a part of reality. When you resist reality, you resist empathy. When you resist empathy,you cannot grow.

Reality will never make perfect sense. In good we can find bad, in bad we can find good. Rigid moral principles are egoic. Everything is egoic. Because we're trying to protect something that we think is being threatened. 

Morality was invented for survival of the self. Lack of morality is also survival of the self, albeit in sneaky ways. The one is moralistic survival, the other is unmoralistic survival. Both are survival, one more conscious than the other. One comes from conscious brain. The other comes from reptilian brain. The energy and vibration are important, not good and bad.

If something is deeply destructive, it will be bad energy. It might be moral but still bad energy. 

If something is deeply constructive, it will be good energy and vibration. It can be immoral but still good energy. 

The energy of goodwill(moral or immoral) is always innocent. The energy of badwilll (moral or immoral) is always corrupt and false

Morality divides humanity just like religion does. 

Evil is not a monster. Evil is simply disregard. 

 

[caspex]

This is why being honest is important to remain whole. Lying fragments you. This is why honesty entails integrity.

[gettoefl]

lying is me barring you from accessing my subjective reality

i keep my mouth shut or i use whatever words are needed to lock you out

i exclude you from active involvement in my life whether you accept that or not

either you are too evil

or you are too vulnerable

my reality, my rules, sorry no not sorry

Edited August 3, 2023 by gettoefl