THE TRUTH ABOUT LYING - THE DEPTH OF DECEPTION

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BEFORE YOU READ ANY FURTHER. THE PATH WE ENDEAVOR TO TRAVEL DOWN WILL BE TROUBLING. MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE READY TO PONDER AND QUESTION YOUR BELIEFS. UNCOVERING AND DEALING WITH OUR OWN DARKNESS CAN BE UPSETTING AND EXPOSURE CAN BE UNSETTLING. WHETHER YOU BELIEVE OR ACCEPT WHATS WRITTEN HERE YOU WILL BE PRIVY TO THIS INFORMATION. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO UN-KNOW KNOWLEDGE IN THE SAME WAY THAT IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO UN-LIVE AN EXPERIENCE. WE MAY SUPPRESS OR DENY THEM BUT WE CANNOT UNDO THEM. THIS ENTRY IS FOR THOSE WITH QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS SUBJECT. HOWEVER BEFORE ASKING THESE QUESTIONS, PLEASE BE SURE THAT YOU CAN HANDLE THE ANSWERS. AS ALWAYS NONE OF WHAT WE CONVEY HERE IS WRITTEN IN STONE. AS LAYMEN, WE SEE LIFE AS AN ONGOING PROCESS IN BOTH LEARNING AND EXPERIENCE. NONE OF WHAT WE CONVEY HERE IS ORIGINAL OR NEW. WE ONLY TAKE CREDIT FOR THE SYNTHESIS NOT THE SOURCES.

WE ALL LIE! Deception is a part of life. We all grow up learning and teaching one another how to lie. ​Most animals practice deception to deliberately mislead competitors and predators. Nature also provides many species with camouflage, coloring or covering as compensation. But the fact of the matter is that only humans lie. The desire to blend in, be accepted or not be noticed at all is a large part of our socially motivated drive to lie. As social beings our interactions among one another tend to create social stresses. Consequently, we respond to those stresses in ways that seem to present us in the best light even if it is deceptive. Although closely related, deception and lying have distinctions. They can be combined together or manipulated separately. Animals do not lie! Humans are the only species with the intellectual and spiritual capacity to LIE! The price we pay for lying is the corruption of our consciousness at a cost to our souls. Through accepting, developing and nurturing the "art" of lying we as humans now have the wiring to deceive both ourselves and others. When we become so engaged in managing how others perceive us we gradually lose the capacity to separate truth from fiction in our own minds. Too many of us fail to realize or acknowledge that lying is a spirit! Remember, spirits are invisible influences that manifest their attributes in the visible world. Lying is a fascinating "art." As with most things in life the more we practice lying the better we get at it. ​Behind every lie sits the truth in disguise. Our expressions in life are a reflection of the physical, mental or spiritual attributes of whatever we consistently engage in. Alcoholism and drug addiction may not be noticed initially but in time the attributes and behaviors tend to be apparent. In like manner we all eventually become the LIE we live and tell. "Birds of a feather flock together" has both natural and spiritual implications. The cliche "you are what you eat" goes well beyond food. We are more of what we think and say than anything else! The spirit of a lie is infectious. Whenever we believe a lie, we  strengthen it and become a part of the lie which makes us liars as well. How is it that slavery was ever accepted, embraced and legalized by society? The answer is simple. People just believed the lie that all men were not created equal. All lies are birthed to the benefit of the liars. Anyone capable or eligible of sharing in a lie will find it much easier to adopt and succor that lie for personal benefit. It is important to realize that lying is a part of our nature. It is inherently in us and a part of a life long battle. Perhaps the "Theory of Mind," a by-product of studying autism can explain why we lie even when we don't have to. As humans we must be compelled to tell the truth. This is why our courts require us to tell "the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth."

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In order to re-frame lying and make it palatable we have created the "white lie." The "white lie" opens the door to the "black lies" that the best liars tell. Every exaggerations is a lie. All lies are created in an attempt get around "the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth." Lies normally work through misdirection to get around the "truth", omission to hide the "whole truth" and influence or deception to bypass "nothing but the truth." The spirit of lying is a first cousin of the spirits of compromise and deception. They function at the top of the spiritual hierarchy next to PRIDE. Many times lying spirits require the assistance of a spirit of compromise for leverage. Compromise allows us to prioritize benefits over beliefs in exchange for mutual gain. What makes lying so pervasive is societies response to it. In our laws and on paper we define it as an egregious and horrible offence, but in the reality of our every day dealings and interactions we allow lying by accepting its cousin excuses. Next to murder, lying is the worst "act" or "sin" anyone can commit. Whenever we catch a lie it is important to totally destroy it as they breed like flies. In court it's called perjury but it's still a lie. On "Wall-street" it's called insider trading but it's still a lie. In business it's called dishonesty but it's still a lie. In school it's called cheating but it's still a lie. In advertising it's termed misstating or misrepresenting but it's still a lie. These are just a few  examples of the numerous ways we lie. As a society we tend to turn a deaf ear to the unlimited ways lies manifest. The ramifications of such a weak response to such an egregious act allows lying to flourish at every level of society. What we generally overlooked is the insidious nature that comes along with the spirit of a lie. We can call or name it whatever we like but whether it's a broken promise, a false statement or a failure to speak by omission (the silent lie), know this: That to concoct, cheat, distort, dupe, embellish, embroider, equivocate, exaggerate, fabricate, fake, falsify, fib, forswear, mislead, misinform, misrepresent, misstate, misspeak, omit, overstate, pervert, prevaricate, scam, slant, twist or anything the like of is lying!

The anatomy of a lie can only be dissected spiritually. Every crime, misdeed, infraction, offense or sin is intertwined with some aspect of lying. There is no such thing as a little lie. We mistakenly quantify lies as "little white lies" or "bold face lies" and measure their effects on that scale. The real debate is not over whether it's fake or fact the real issue is whether it's truth or not. In reality lies have a spiritual nature and must be perceived that way. When dealing with financial impropriety we follow the money trail. When dealing with questions of integrity we follow the trail of lies. The main problem with lies and lying is recognizing the lie. Lying happens to be one of the most sophisticated and demanding "working" accomplishments of the human brain. The "act" of lying requires much more energy then telling the truth. Throughout history people have voluntarily confessed to crimes and misdeeds of all sorts in order to get relief from the pressure of holding and keeping a lie. Well if it's so burdensome to lie why do we continue lying? It turns out that lying is much more then something we just do; the spirit of a lie must become familiar to our spirit to keep the "act" of the lie alive. Lying is not only an action, it is also an act. Like a scene in a movie that is played out rewound and played over and over again. Even if the lie isn't necessarily repeated to another person it continues to be rehearsed in out minds over and over again. Once a lie is adopted in our psyche its spirit abides and seeks a higher rank within the hierarchy of our ethical, moral and spiritual values. The result of this new condition makes the lie believable and the stronger we embrace it the more credibility it has. This is one of the reasons we have difficulty in spotting lies and liars. People don't believe lies because they have to, people believe lies because they want to. There is a psychological/emotional payoff that occurs when we hear things that align with what we already believe. They don't have to be true but they do need to sound like they are. As human beings most of us prefer to hear a comforting lie then the painful truth. The ability to delete, distort or generalize information sets the foundation for a lie. We feel compelled to focus on the spiritual aspect of any phenomena because that's where the source of the force is located. There are and will always be an emotional and/or psychological side to the topics examined within these post. Although important, there is no shortage of information from those perspectives. What appears to be lacking, outside of  church dogma and metaphysics doctrines, are the spiritual ramifications of life.

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JUST OPEN YOUR EYES & REALIZE - THAT LIES BREED LIKE FLIES. . . . .  

A lie is a distortion. Lies and lying spirits distort and disrupt the balance that exist between all of the mental and physical elements of our being. Our bodies contain 11 organ systems; they are the circulatory, digestive, endocrine, excretory, integumentary, lymphatic, muscular, nervous, reproductive, respiratory and skeletal. Although each organ system serves a unique function, each system depends directly or indirectly upon the others. Most of these function automatically or involuntarily. Our "CHI," that is the energy of our existence, can be corrupted by lies. Many of our physical ailments, emotional and psychological struggles are related in some way to how various spirits are allowed to operate and influence us. This may be why most addicts are never totally cured. Even at social or recreational events they must be on guard. The level of rehabilitation that occurs at the physical and psychological levels may fail to address the spirit which is temporarily rendered dormant. These remedies require avoidance and total abstinence strategies rather then true healing. When we overcome a physical ailment like a cold or flu usually there are no permanent restrictions. Diseases of a spiritual nature cannot be healed through natural methods. This is why we monitor sexual predators as they are very likely to re-offend. ​As a result such spirits must always be suppressed, confined or caged to prevent their habitual resurgence. The probability of a relapse is ever present. The spirit stands ready to re-emerge and usurp its authority at the first opportunity it can find. ​Overlooking lying from any source for any reason is the most common way to accept lies. This is how these spirits flourish and grow. When partisanship overrides principles in politics it effects everyone. Taking sides is how we validate the lie that works in our best interest. The truth is always ready to break ranks with policy, popularity or profit. When lies are allowed for any reason we permit them to take spiritual priority over the consciousness of all who refuse to refute them. There is no neutral in the realm of spirit. We either adopt the truth or adapt to lies. The "liar," the instrument or source of the lies, is NEVER totally at fault. Every lie must first be breathed, received and believed to have life. Every individual has the choice to reject or protect any lie. Rejecting the lie does not mean rejecting the liar. As a matter of fact if we love the liar we will renounce their lies. This allows them to recognize the error of their ways as we set the standard for truth. We teach our children how to behave and how to discipline behaviors (spirits) on their own. When they fail to do so it is up to us to step up to the plate and help them to get those wayward spirits under control. There are no perfect people left on the planet. When the last one died he was crucified. It is up to us to GET up, STEP up and HOLD up a standard for truth at the cost of love. If not we will eventually pay for our lies at the price of our peace.

TO INDULGE  A LIAR
IS TO SET A FIRE
THAT MOST DOUBT
WE CAN PUT OUT.

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