When the truth is blurred, deception becomes an art.

Last few days, one of my student were not attending my coaching classes. It has been several days in continuation. Yesterday, when I turned up at his home to enquire about his well being, I found that everyday he leave for my classes but instead of reaching my home, he turn up at the ground to play cricket. He is a cricket enthusiast and loves playing cricket. While he missed my classes because of that, he kept lying at home with differrnt reason. Infact he even told that he attended the classes everyday. No doubt he was lying at home, because of his own primary reason. Lying has been in blood of every human being, I doubt that there even exist a person who never lied once in their lifetime.

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People tend to lie on many ocassion to decive the truth. Peoole lie for many reasons, including to protect themselves and get what they want, or harm others. Therr are few reason to consider lying :

  • Self-protection: People may lie to avoid punishment, embarrassment, or physical harm. They may also lie to defend themselves against real or perceived consequences.

  • Instrumental reasons: People may lie to get something they want, like a reward or admiration.

  • Harm others: People may lie to be vindictive or manipulative.

  • Other reasons: People may lie to avoid disappointing themselves or others, maintain privacy, or get out of an awkward social situation. They may also lie to cover up feelings of inferiority or not want to hear the truth.

Every lie has its consequences.

Lying can have consequences, including destroying relationships, affecting how others treat you, and being psychologically unhealthy. Some common lies include saying you're sick, having a family emergency, or lying about a doctor's appointment. People may also lie by omission, when their subconscious filters out irrelevant information. For example, when someone asks you what you think of their painting, you might say you like it even if you don't, because your subconscious doesn't allow you to be aware of all your sensations at once.

Lies unravel.

Lying requires the ability to create a false belief and understand what others may or may not know. This capacity, known as "theory of mind", usually develops in children around the age of two or three. This is why being an adult, we alwsys try to I structure or guide the children to stop lying. Lying requires executive function, which is the part of the brain responsible for planning, regulating emotions, and controlling behavior. Executive function helps people recall details of a lie to make it sound believable and anticipate questions. However, using executive function for lying can also use up a lot of brainpower and make the brain slower and more likely to make mistakes.

The situation is such that most of us lives in the "world of lie". Because it is easier (and quicker) to claim something to be true than proving something to be true. However not every lie is bad, and there are lies which were spoken for good deeds. And those lie alwsys stands on a separate criteria.

One of the lie that I kept telling my Dad was about his recovery. He was in pain and continously in trouble and everytime, I used to make him.relaized it was a matter of few more days. Although we were aware that his position was degrading everyday and he was unable to on his feet. Still my lies alwsys give him hope and strength to fight every day. It was because of my lie that he able to survive for 5 long years. It was not easy to mabuthim believe but sometime we need to compromise with the situation.

Some lies can be considered good, such as white lies or altruistic lies that benefit someone else. There could be different types of lies that were spoken at differrnt situation. Being a human being we must focus that our lies do not harm anyone. It was always been spoken in good sense for thr welfare of the society and mankind.

Peace!!

Namaste @steemflow

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You're so right, there's pretty much no one who has never told a lie before. Whether it's to get out of trouble, impress someone, or just avoid an awkward situation, we've all been there.

Sometimes a "little white lie" can actually be the kinder thing to do just as we see with your dad. You lied about his recovery process, he believed you and that translated to a good thing. The fact your lie came from a good place is understandable

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Lying to harm someone is pretty bad practices. ...but people lives in their world of lies and belive in it. But when they comes out of it they find it very strange

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The truth is that lying is a very bad thing but then some truths are better hidden than saying them and destroying people's life.
And such a lie is a good lie, not the ones people lie for their selfish interest.

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When a person get in a habit of lying he loses his trust and people prefer to stay away from them...I know a guy who completelly relies on lies and it is pretty hard to counter.

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Yes truthfulness is one of the four pillars of Dharma, along with cleanliness, austerity and mercy. The other three are already gone and truthfulness is now going in this yuga.

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So true....if we look around every one is lying either to themselves or to others. ... pretty hard to see where the race will end.

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Some people specialise in lying and hiding things, and it is true that the truth is often blurred.
I always like the truth, first and foremost because otherwise there is no trust in people.

Different circumstances in life lead people to conceal or lie... But then you have to be responsible for the consequences...

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