Hey there all you out there in internet-land, welcome to my blog. It's been a couple weeks, I've moved, things have settled down a little bit and I am back. I've had some time to think about a lot of things and I would love to share them with you. Give me a few minutes of your time and I think you'll not regret it.
Why do we lie to one another? Why do we blame others for our own problems and insecurities? And why do we have to get a non-sincere apology, like "sorry you're getting fucked over"? It's not just politics either, the very core to the problems we have as a human species lies within each and every one of us: man, woman, and child alike. It occurred to me earlier today in what I refer to now as "epiphanies" that people don't want to know the truth because often enough just knowing too much can force change. Change, my friends, is INEVITABLE, and is not something that should be feared because if we look around us, the answer is simple enough that even a child can figure it out... but I'll get back to that in a moment.
Lies and blame are really not very different, after all it is just simply put a deflection (that is a mask) away from the truth of insecurity, fear, and guilt.
It is unfortunately HUMAN INSTINCT to LIE, CHEAT, STEAL, and BLAME. We learn to do so at an early age when faced with the fear of reprisal or negative consequences, usually for our own actions, but we lie to avoid imagined pain, not knowing that the pain caused by the deceit often far outweighed the original action that could have easily been avoided by telling the truth. One lie compounds upon another and the truth gets stretched to transparency ultimately as it always does. It takes a lot of effort to keep a lie going. It takes little effort to tell the truth and accept the consequences for behavior, both good and bad. For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. It's one of the simple laws of physics, but that is often where the truth is most often found... in plain sight. Kids do these things because they don't want to change for fear that they will lose something if they relent and learn to be smarter, wiser, and stronger in mind and body than just basic human instinct.
If it weren't for human instinct, then why else would we have these problems as a species? That's because we all have the ability to do these things like lie, cheat, steal, and blame others. But on the flip side of the coin, we also have the simple ability to love, learn, and be happy. These three things might seem cliche, but then again it is the simplicity of this that is so understandable to a child. It is only as we grow older do we seek complexity and confusion. It seems almost a social standard that we respect complexity but yet look down on ancient knowledge that even a toddler could understand. How can this intricate matrix of mass lies, blame, cheating, and theft teach you or I ANYTHING that we are supposed to know about not only ourselves, but the world we live in, the universe, the soul, and the meaning of life?
We are lied to by parents, politicians, friends, religious figures and we even lie to ourselves to avoid the truth because deep down, even though we know that change is inevitable, we still will go to extreme measure to try to avoid the inevitable... we lie to avoid pain. We cause ourselves pain to avoid the despair of aging, loss, and many of us die with regret because of these behaviors...
Insincere apology has been raised into us as a species as well, now living with generations of people so eager to be sorry... and for what. Was something done wrong? Yes and no. I think that many people are cursed with regrets, fears, and guilt for past offenses, and have a hair trigger response to apologize even when he/she never did anything wrong in the current moment.
You can say whatever you want to justify ANYTHING you want to. You can lie to yourself and everyone else, but eventually it will come down to just YOU and the MIRROR. Can you face the REAL YOU? Do you even know who or what you really are?!? If not, why? While you've been living a lie in a world based on an illusion and deception; while you've been robbed of your money, time, and future... what have you got to show for all of it? Fear? Guilt? Hatred? Anger? The things we lie about, blame others for, and cheat and steal to take things... all to impress people who you don't even like... but is it just a reflection of that the feelings you feel in others are the SAME feelings of how you see yourself? It takes one to know one, so if you see traits in others it is only the traits that YOU possess yourself.
It starts at an early age. That is why it is so important for us to teach our children what is REAL, like the feeling of grass between the toes, the bond of family and loved ones, and the good feelings of telling the truth and helping others, rather than cheating and stealing to get STUFF... life feels a lot better when you've actually done it right and earned it. Heed not the advice of false idols that are obsessed with materialism and greed... All the STUFF in the world will not fill the void in the hearts of those who are an empty shell of a human being. And being busy doesn't mean that you are actually doing something important. Don't confuse expenditure of effort for a purpose driven life. Make goals. Tell the truth... ALWAYS! Take responsibility for your deeds, actions, and words... and if you apologize... make it sincere, that means you have to actually feel like you did something wrong. If you don't feel that way... don't apologize... but don't be a dickhead either.
Thank you for taking the time to read my thoughts and feelings. This is therapeutic for me... so please feel free to comment, befriend me... I am open to personal questions as well, if ever anyone needs to ask me anything I will do my best to answer. We are growing together, you and I as writer and reader... we don't always have to agree and I don't profess to know everything... I know a bit about a lot, let's just say... It is the wisest man who can admit that he knows nothing... This is the one and ONLY Quiet Mouse.
Peace. Love. Truth. Respect. Self-acceptance. Tolerance. Freedom.
Why do we lie to one another? Why do we blame others for our own problems and insecurities? And why do we have to get a non-sincere apology, like "sorry you're getting fucked over"? It's not just politics either, the very core to the problems we have as a human species lies within each and every one of us: man, woman, and child alike. It occurred to me earlier today in what I refer to now as "epiphanies" that people don't want to know the truth because often enough just knowing too much can force change. Change, my friends, is INEVITABLE, and is not something that should be feared because if we look around us, the answer is simple enough that even a child can figure it out... but I'll get back to that in a moment.
Lies and blame are really not very different, after all it is just simply put a deflection (that is a mask) away from the truth of insecurity, fear, and guilt.
It is unfortunately HUMAN INSTINCT to LIE, CHEAT, STEAL, and BLAME. We learn to do so at an early age when faced with the fear of reprisal or negative consequences, usually for our own actions, but we lie to avoid imagined pain, not knowing that the pain caused by the deceit often far outweighed the original action that could have easily been avoided by telling the truth. One lie compounds upon another and the truth gets stretched to transparency ultimately as it always does. It takes a lot of effort to keep a lie going. It takes little effort to tell the truth and accept the consequences for behavior, both good and bad. For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. It's one of the simple laws of physics, but that is often where the truth is most often found... in plain sight. Kids do these things because they don't want to change for fear that they will lose something if they relent and learn to be smarter, wiser, and stronger in mind and body than just basic human instinct.
If it weren't for human instinct, then why else would we have these problems as a species? That's because we all have the ability to do these things like lie, cheat, steal, and blame others. But on the flip side of the coin, we also have the simple ability to love, learn, and be happy. These three things might seem cliche, but then again it is the simplicity of this that is so understandable to a child. It is only as we grow older do we seek complexity and confusion. It seems almost a social standard that we respect complexity but yet look down on ancient knowledge that even a toddler could understand. How can this intricate matrix of mass lies, blame, cheating, and theft teach you or I ANYTHING that we are supposed to know about not only ourselves, but the world we live in, the universe, the soul, and the meaning of life?
We are lied to by parents, politicians, friends, religious figures and we even lie to ourselves to avoid the truth because deep down, even though we know that change is inevitable, we still will go to extreme measure to try to avoid the inevitable... we lie to avoid pain. We cause ourselves pain to avoid the despair of aging, loss, and many of us die with regret because of these behaviors...
Insincere apology has been raised into us as a species as well, now living with generations of people so eager to be sorry... and for what. Was something done wrong? Yes and no. I think that many people are cursed with regrets, fears, and guilt for past offenses, and have a hair trigger response to apologize even when he/she never did anything wrong in the current moment.
You can say whatever you want to justify ANYTHING you want to. You can lie to yourself and everyone else, but eventually it will come down to just YOU and the MIRROR. Can you face the REAL YOU? Do you even know who or what you really are?!? If not, why? While you've been living a lie in a world based on an illusion and deception; while you've been robbed of your money, time, and future... what have you got to show for all of it? Fear? Guilt? Hatred? Anger? The things we lie about, blame others for, and cheat and steal to take things... all to impress people who you don't even like... but is it just a reflection of that the feelings you feel in others are the SAME feelings of how you see yourself? It takes one to know one, so if you see traits in others it is only the traits that YOU possess yourself.
It starts at an early age. That is why it is so important for us to teach our children what is REAL, like the feeling of grass between the toes, the bond of family and loved ones, and the good feelings of telling the truth and helping others, rather than cheating and stealing to get STUFF... life feels a lot better when you've actually done it right and earned it. Heed not the advice of false idols that are obsessed with materialism and greed... All the STUFF in the world will not fill the void in the hearts of those who are an empty shell of a human being. And being busy doesn't mean that you are actually doing something important. Don't confuse expenditure of effort for a purpose driven life. Make goals. Tell the truth... ALWAYS! Take responsibility for your deeds, actions, and words... and if you apologize... make it sincere, that means you have to actually feel like you did something wrong. If you don't feel that way... don't apologize... but don't be a dickhead either.
Thank you for taking the time to read my thoughts and feelings. This is therapeutic for me... so please feel free to comment, befriend me... I am open to personal questions as well, if ever anyone needs to ask me anything I will do my best to answer. We are growing together, you and I as writer and reader... we don't always have to agree and I don't profess to know everything... I know a bit about a lot, let's just say... It is the wisest man who can admit that he knows nothing... This is the one and ONLY Quiet Mouse.
Peace. Love. Truth. Respect. Self-acceptance. Tolerance. Freedom.
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