About Stopping Lies - (4295)

I don't think we need to read about what they are. We just need to know about how to stop them.

What helps is to trust in the truth. We over time develop the belief that to lie saves our skin and keeps us out of trouble. 

Over time we come to trust in lies that they can get us out of trouble and prevent us from getting into trouble. But what we ignore is that lies bring more trouble when found out and anything built on a lie will crumble. 

A kind of inversion takes place where we trust in the power of the lie and distrust in the power of truth. Where reality tells us that it should be the reverse. That is trust in the power of the truth and distrust in lies.

We find lies useful, and so naturally we use lies and as we use them we create a habit.

We lie to others and to ourselves.

The lies to others are often done knowingly. However they may not be done knowingly after a person has become habituated to lying over many years where lying becomes a way of getting through life.

Lies to ourselves are often done unknowingly.

Each ego lies to ourselves. Our mind very often lies to us. It is up to us to notice and then not accept these lies.

We lie mainly due to some egoic vested interest. Most of these egoic interests are related to fear. We fear to lose some kind of well-being or peace or dignity or reputation or status, money, social standing, position in a company or group etc. etc.

Usually people have something to hide or cover up and so they lie. Or people just want to avoid conflict so they lie or don't say anything so that conflict does not arise. But often it does lead to conflict and it is worse in the end then not having said anything.  

So trusting that it is ok that people know about what we are doing or wanting to do. Often people appreciate openness and in being open we make ourselves more conscious of what we are doing, as we can't explain anything that does not have solid reason ethical reason behind it. Or either we should not do anything that needs to be covered up. 

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