When faced with a choose of lying versus truth, why is it human's lie? In the last year of my life, I have first hand witnessed so much disregard for other human beings with the two largest being:
Human Trafficking
Corporate Fraud
Sometimes when you focus on the future or the past, it is easier not to make the right decision in the moment. It may be possible to construct stories in your mind to justify the decision to not tell the truth.
If this child is given up for money/good, we will have more resources for those of us who remain. If we falsify these records, we will be able to get more $$$ for our company and I may get a promotion.
If....we live authentically in the moment, we realize that we must live a life of TRANSPARENCY in order to be true to ourselves.
Transparency, as used in the humanities and in a social context more generally, implies openness, communication, and accountability. It is a metaphorical extension of the meaning a "transparent" object is one that can be seen through. Transparent procedures include open meetings, financial disclosure statements, freedom of information legislation, budgetary review, audits, etc.
We must be willing to be openly communicate and accept accountability for what we do in each minute- not what could have been or might be. If I look at myself in the mirror and recognize that it may be easier to lie- but I choose to live with transparency so that I can love more deeply and serve my fellow man for fully. This is the only way that be true to myself.
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