what is a lie...
i know what the dictionary says and therefor technically what a lie is....
an intentionally false statement or impression
used with reference to a situation involving deception or founded on a mistaken impression
but its far more than that... what actually is it... what does it truly mean and so what really is it... its more than a deviation of the truth, its more than just a with holding of the truth....
its far darker, something far more sinister.... yet people use them in their lives and in their speech all the time... whether to others or themselves... even those who claim they dont lie... or they hate lying...
we like to believe we dont really lie and obviously we all hate lying, even the most established liars hate to be lied to... yet everyone does it... no exception... anyone who says they dont is a liar... no matter how small a bending of the truth may be... it is a lie... and each of these tiny lies adds to the bigger picture
i've been pondering the lie all morning, desperately trying to nail down exactly what it is... as something has dawned on me in the last few days and now more than ever its important for me to figure out exactly what a lie is, what its relevance is in life, in my life, what effect it has on the world... on my world... and therefore what is its importance... you cannot decide if something matters or not unless you truly know what something is....
but the weird thing about a lie.... no matter how big, or how small, how nasty or how nice... (yes how nice, not all lies are told or created in spite) how complex or how simple.... is all lies are relative... much like art or time...
a lie to one person may be truly devastating... to another, the exact same lie may not effect them at all... they are all in the eye of the beholder
how many times have you told someone a scenario where someone had lied to you and the person you've told replies with.... "so... dont worry about it, it really doesnt matter" ... people tell me things all the time where i'm dumbfounded as to why they care.... it seems so irrelevant to me...
and so i now find myself pondering the meaning of a lie... if one lie is unimportant to me and does no matter... then why should any other lie be any different.... after all if someone is intentionally deceiving me out of spite... then what are they to me....
anyway... enough of the ramblings.... i must get back to what i was doing, i'd just hit a point where i felt the need to let it all out... im throwing all my stuff away today.... and as you can tell it has left me very contemplative... emptying of the material self = emptying of the inner self
i will update properly on a few important things of the last few weeks that have brought me to this point.... the psychic guy, a letter i wrote to myself, and the weekend just gone by...
but for now i leave you with an extremely appropriate quote
if you tell the truth you dont have to remember anything
speak soon guys and girls
i know what the dictionary says and therefor technically what a lie is....
an intentionally false statement or impression
used with reference to a situation involving deception or founded on a mistaken impression
but its far more than that... what actually is it... what does it truly mean and so what really is it... its more than a deviation of the truth, its more than just a with holding of the truth....
its far darker, something far more sinister.... yet people use them in their lives and in their speech all the time... whether to others or themselves... even those who claim they dont lie... or they hate lying...
we like to believe we dont really lie and obviously we all hate lying, even the most established liars hate to be lied to... yet everyone does it... no exception... anyone who says they dont is a liar... no matter how small a bending of the truth may be... it is a lie... and each of these tiny lies adds to the bigger picture
i've been pondering the lie all morning, desperately trying to nail down exactly what it is... as something has dawned on me in the last few days and now more than ever its important for me to figure out exactly what a lie is, what its relevance is in life, in my life, what effect it has on the world... on my world... and therefore what is its importance... you cannot decide if something matters or not unless you truly know what something is....
but the weird thing about a lie.... no matter how big, or how small, how nasty or how nice... (yes how nice, not all lies are told or created in spite) how complex or how simple.... is all lies are relative... much like art or time...
a lie to one person may be truly devastating... to another, the exact same lie may not effect them at all... they are all in the eye of the beholder
how many times have you told someone a scenario where someone had lied to you and the person you've told replies with.... "so... dont worry about it, it really doesnt matter" ... people tell me things all the time where i'm dumbfounded as to why they care.... it seems so irrelevant to me...
and so i now find myself pondering the meaning of a lie... if one lie is unimportant to me and does no matter... then why should any other lie be any different.... after all if someone is intentionally deceiving me out of spite... then what are they to me....
anyway... enough of the ramblings.... i must get back to what i was doing, i'd just hit a point where i felt the need to let it all out... im throwing all my stuff away today.... and as you can tell it has left me very contemplative... emptying of the material self = emptying of the inner self
i will update properly on a few important things of the last few weeks that have brought me to this point.... the psychic guy, a letter i wrote to myself, and the weekend just gone by...
but for now i leave you with an extremely appropriate quote
if you tell the truth you dont have to remember anything
speak soon guys and girls
what's this seashell you're going on about?
[Edited on Aug 12, 2005 4:05AM]