Running from yourself🔗

When you look into the pattern of spontaneous lying, you will see that the reasons why you lie are not always very big. Many times, you lie just to avoid some uncomfortable situations, conversations or people. It is usually only to avoid some situation which you know will force you to face the truth about yourself.

Instead of changing the reason why such a situation occurred, you think you can escape it with a lie. This is the basic thread of dishonesty running in your life.

And the biggest problem is that society conditions you to believe that this is okay. You start believing that it is a smart way to get yourself out of uncomfortable situations.

A small story:

A pickpocket was pronounced guilty in court and sentenced to a jail term of 8 months with an option of paying a fine.

His defence lawyer, knowing that his client could not pay the fine, pleaded with the judge - 'Your Honor, my client can afford only , but if you allow him a few minutes in the crowd…'

What you are doing is no different from this! You are trying to get out of your problems by using the same method which got you in trouble to begin with! It can never bring you peace.

The truth always hurts, because it requires you to change something, transform something. That is the reason why lying is so convenient! You try to avoid a short-term problem and end up choosing a permanent problem! Any act which is rooted in non-integrity becomes the cause for adding more suffering to your life.

Spontaneous lying happens out of a space of deep unconsciousness.

When you bring awareness to the words you are uttering to yourself and others, spontaneous lying will drop away on its own.