Why people lie? Do they want to brag their importance?

Why people lie?  Do they want to brag their importance?

It is quite natural for anyone to show his importance for his sustainability. In this way, some people want to exaggerate their existence. To do this, we sometimes take the course of actions which are not well defined and follow the path of transparency. And we lie to save our identities and continue our said actions tactfully with a hope not to get exposed.   When our children lie for mundane issues, we scold them seriously; we admonish them with punishment and beat them in some cases.  Some parents, of course, handle these types of state of affairs not that seriously. They call their children and explained the reasons to follow the moral path in life. Through fable, they explain that if they continue to tell lies, then the dragon will come and drag them from the bed in the midst of the night. In fact, parents forced the children to promise not to indulge in these impure activities. The children, who are equally smart, convey their promise  knowing fully well that their parents are bigger liars.  

Many times, in front of our children, we engage in the talks, which mostly consist of lies.  For example, you want to avoid office, but your boss wants you for the purpose of an urgent meeting. You advise your spouse to convey to your boss and exaggerate your illness, which you are not. Don’t think that children are dull. They understand that their parents do not follow the preachings what they preach.  Now, why people lie?  What they achieve by lying? Once you lie, you have to stress your brain to remember the lie; otherwise there must be a chance of getting exposed, if the truth is unveiled. So, you need to put a whole lot of efforts to cover your lies just not to become a liar in front of everyone. Your mind is burdened with unnecessary thoughts, anxieties, tension and worries. Ultimately, your mind gets totally shrouded with wrong thoughts how to save you from this odd situation as you are now habitually lying almost for all the issues. Ultimately, it becomes a blockage for your creative work.

People always desire to increase their knowledge. There is a subtle difference between knowledge and wellbeing. As a human “being”, you must encourage yourself to increase this “being”. Both this knowledge and being are complementary. When both are used in tandem, your role will not be limited only to scan and gather information. Unless you gather the information for the purpose of assimilation and transformation through the use of knowledge and being, the purpose will not be solved. You can identify the various levels and depth involved with knowledge.  But to ascertain the different levels of being is not that easy. A few amongst us can do so. The difference in beings lies in presenting you as a good, inspiring and transparent character, which is the essence of the quality livings.  One should not misconstrue his existence of life with being. A mountain exists, an ocean exists and a man also exists, but they all exist differently. With this difference, the notion of being comes. The existence of a mountain, an ocean, a man and God are all at different levels. Being is meant for the origin, whereas existence appears no sooner, someone is born. Take the case of animals as an example. All the animals, namely a cat, a horse, or a rat all exist and they make a more or less same type of existence. But their being is not at all related to their birth, it is in their conception.  They have no power to talk and express their feelings through communication, but their presence is felt through their existence.  In the case of animals, being needs to be analyzed differently than that of the human beings. Since, being is an evolving situation; it is expressed through its perception. This is applicable to all human beings. 

When you are showered with sarcastic comments, invective words and rude behaviors of your colleagues, friends, teachers and acquaintances, you feel hurt.  You become dejected through their unpleasant statement and it shows how they are.  But if you forgive and pardon for their miscreants, you fall in a different category as far as your own being is concerned.  In this case, your being is to be treated at a higher level.  Some people are very selfish by nature.  They are self centered.  They always think for their own share of benefits.  They seldom think for other’s benevolence.  In this way, they show their beings in a certain level, which is far below the desired level.  At the same time, there are people, who care for other’s distress, they always help others, they serve others with love and goodness and it prove that their beings are at a higher level. Through your judgement only, you cannot make progress and achieve spiritual growth. A crystal clear clarity is needed if you want to grow and transform your life spiritually. You establish an affinity with God, a higher level of being is needed. One needs to work on his being and continue  to do so. You need to have  a deep level of thought provoking deliberations with your parents, elders and particularly with your guru. You need to ask questions continuously unless you are able to acquire knowledge and understanding of your being.

If you are not that much sensitive on this issue at present, try to plunge in this activity sooner so as to transform and support the transformation of the same in your daily life.  Try to aim for higher dimension and through this effort only, you can reach higher plane and get transformed. Once you reach this stage in your life, you won’t require telling lies at all.  And then there is no need to propagate and exaggerate your existence because of your higher level of being; you will depend on truth only.