Do little white lies have spiritual repercussions?

A view:

Historically I've sometimes stated just a little of my truth. And there are some people who rely totally on attempting to alter other people for their validation. And not even the most universally accepted basic truths, will make it any different in relation to them.

I think sometimes we have a tendency to give people the benefit of the doubt, and it's a case of give an inch and they will take a mile.

The times for truth are when we are sharing, or can give something away without losing it, or someone is willing to give something away to us. But there are times when others are intent on take, take, take and take in order to attempt to compensate for whatever problems they have. They are dominated by a control paradigm, presumably (usually) because it's happened to them, and they don't know any other way than to try to alter other people to make it fit.

Animals (usually) only take what they need or protect what they need to protect. It's different in society because there is an agreement to generate and maintain mental constructs that divide everything up and success being measured o the basis of the capacity to do that, to win on that basis without due regard for the long-term or sometimes even the immediate effects. Collateral damage and even backfiring is considered an acceptable price to pay, and experience to learn from to do the same thing more and better next time. Those walls are tightly defended and protected and shored up, and it requires other people to pay the price.

So we do need boundaries sometimes, because we don't need to waste time feeding that, when the time can be used many times more productively doing something else.

Everything is natural. We all have our gifts. But they are all integrated and the guidance is already there. We don't need too many potentially conflicting principles to guide how our gifts are used. Truth is self-held and maintained and lived. It's not a competition for our truth to always win, particularly as there are many layers to truth.

If there is scope for sharing then truth is fine, but if there isn't then noone will benefit at all. If some will be open to nothing and has nothing positive to share, then they just aren't ready yet and we can just go somewhere else. For every one of those, there will be, say, 11 others who are more attuned to opening and connecting and integrating, rather than closing and disconnecting and breaking everything down. It's patience, peace and harmony and lifting up that we want, and stating truth is secondary to those kinds of things.

If the truth is clearly unassailable, and yet contrary to popular belief then we can easily state all perspectives and angles on it in public and noone can do anything that does anything other than just prove it more. But in more immediate relationships, people are sometimes tied up in double-binds (things that can't and don't make sense) and will persistently be emotionally driven to push all of those on someone else.

Respect involves recognising and understanding the nature of things, so we are not caught up in the confusion, but can discern and see clearly both ourselves and how other things fit. And the solutions are holistic, a truth however accurate cannot be placed above all else. So there respect of own truth and feelings and not having those twisted and bent out of shape, but there is also respect of the truth and feelings of others and not counter-productively hurting them.

Peace and harmony and patience and integration, lift up, here first, and then on from there. Ripples. The truth won't be lost if it's not always stated; sometimes ... later. It's more the intention and being in the flow, so that dreams come into being rather than being forced or held back. It's not like a fixed bounded truth. There's a higher truth and it's creative and flows through. The strength of the truth rises with that. The inner compass, the inner knowing is there. Everyone has it available. It's more a one with whole world (including inner) thing, rather than a winning truth.

The repercussion would be conflict within, and may hold back the freedom of spiritual growth.

There would be a need to hang on to the fact that the small white lie had been told, in order to cover it at a future time.

Needing to hang on to anything as we go through life is not beneficial.

I believe that lies imprison, they take away the freedom of who we are on a human and spiritual level.

It is also unkind to the person that the lie has been told to, causing them to doubt themselves, doubt their gut instincts, become confused.

It is always best to come from a place of complete truth, and then one can move completely freely and unencumbered through life, and remain in a place of peace of mind.

with love

Sunny Girl

:) :) :)

Sparing another's feelings ....... There is usually a way to do so without needing to lie.

If asked, many of us would say we prefer the truth to a lie. If the truth is coming from a place of genuinely loving intent then it is unlikely to cause harm.

Until we realize that 'A lie, in Truth, does not exist', Yes, there will always be repercussions.

A truthful person cannot be lied to. Only a liar can be netted in a lie. That is the clearest measure of our own state of being for we are all liars until we are awake in the Truth and then we are safe from any lie.

A Master cannot be fooled or lied to. In that presence we are an open book.

Namaste

Austerity of speech consists in speaking words that are truthful, pleasing, beneficial, and not agitating to others. So a white lie if spoken without selfish intent and beneficial and not agitating to another does not incur sin.

All thoughts, words and/or actions done with selfish intent attract karmic repercussions. But these same acts done selflessly without expectation of anything in return are devoid of any repercussions spiritually.

Lying, like any other behavior, becomes habitual with repetition. Once it is habitual the liar begins to not even realize it is going on. So the one who is hurt the most by the lies is the liar.

I know someone who lies like that and everyone (almost) simply converts everything she says into its opposite. Nip that one in the bud if you spot it.

Cheers!

Honesty Is Our Natural Choice.....If you are tempted to lie, relax. Remember that the repercussions of telling the truth are really much easier on the mind and body than are the repercussions of telling a lie.

lying is definitely natural.

theres no such thing as right or wrong, good or bad, only what you consider is right/wrong good/bad.

lie if you wish nothing wrong with it Ive being doing it ever since i came into existence (im not trying to be my natural self im trying to be what i want to be what i think is right if i didnt id be outcast from society by now).

lying is a major part of being human.

do as you wish!

be who you want to be not necessarily who you are unless of course your happy living life as your natural self.

i know most people give advice saying just be yourself, be honest. but there hypocrites as they wear a mask just like everyone else.

being yourself gives you freedom but loses you loved ones. lie when you see it as appropriate is my advice white lie or big fat *** ones.

"The father of lies is satan, what does this tell us?" said Leaping Water.

It tells us that if you are going to tell a lie, tell a really big one. Little white ones are most likely just minor defense mechanisms for oneself or another whereas big ones are the product of purposeful evil hindrances.

The father of lies is satan, what does this tell us?

All lies affect everyone involved, and it trickles down and reaches far. . .there are no such things as 'little white lies'

We are human, we have a conscience, we know when we have done something wrong...lies are like poison...sorry if it's too blunt, I can't stand people lying to me, give me the truth no matter how much it hurts, there is always a gracious way to give the truth :)

If I am sparing someones feelings I say nothing, just smile, and if they ask me for the truth I give it to them, graciously of-course :)

(((Bluebootz))) :)

White lies may have spiritual repercussions, or they may not. If you are trying to spare someones feeling, then you might be doing a good thing.