Invention of Lying

LIES

We all do it every day.  We lie to ourselves. We lie to others. Little white ones so as not to hurt another’s feelings and then there are those big, big ones. Lies about drinking drugs, affairs, so we can have our cake and eat it too. How long can a person get away with it? It takes so much energy to keep up with lies. Lies create burn out and exhaustion. I think lies are stealing. Lies steal souls and time on earth.

There is a movie called the Invention of Lying, a British movie, provocative. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1058017/

It was a world where everyone had to tell the truth. Everyone was so honest, it was hurtful to those who weren’t good-looking or whatever. Some of it really funny.. You could see how lies could have helped. One day, a man told a lie to his dying mother. He told her there was a beautiful place called Heaven and she would go there and meet a man named God and one day her son would join her there.. The story continues, but you get it.

This man was lying to make his dying mom feel better. Is that OK?  What is really behind lies?

In AA, Honesty is our code. Nothing moves or happens until the wound is lanced and all the lies and poison escape.

It feels like shit, but do we tell the truth right away and blurt it all out and hurt the person we have been lying to?

The 11th step talks about except when to do so would injure them or others.

I hate to see others lying big, ugly lies and standing by and doing nothing, but I figure it’s their Karma. What would you do?

It’s kind of like seeing a parent be cruel to a kid in a grocery store. Do you step in and correct the parent? Yes, I would, I have. A child is defenseless, but one would figure an adult would have enough snap or intuition to figure it out.

Is it best to just figure the other person deserves to be lied to. Their Karma too?? But what kind of Karma does one create for themselves if they do nothing?

It is clear to me that there are just really, sick people in the world who lie and steal our souls and if we are so intent on getting our egos satisfied with winning, then we will never grow spiritually. So, do we just not do anything about people being dishonest? Or do we call then out and tell them our opinion and our belief?

What would Bill W.do?

Where’s freakin’ Jesus and Buddha when you need them?

“Be Impeccable With Your Word.” Don Miguel Ruiz

John Lennon

Just Give Me Some Truth