How I got my awareness of things up a notch......

[truth4me]

2008 my awakening started and it was a blow away to say the least. Aliens,UFO's,secret societies just about everything I got my hands on I read.Now roughly 2 and a half years I had reached a stand still so I decided to take it up a notch by becoming a spiritual based person and the first thing I decided to do was not to ever tell an intentional lie again. So when I started I was amazed how I caught myself about to tell a lie I stopped. I could not believe how much I was lying. Now day by day it improved to where I don't lie knowingly then on top of that I started following the love your neighbor as yourself stuff and I was amazed of the knowledge that came my way. I can pretty much tell when people are lying. Being honest has pulled me out of a few spots and one of the keys to gaining knowledge is being honest. Very simple but oh so effective....

[Kraut]

Being honest and loving your neighbor, if almost all people did that... What I've found out is being honest with yourself is some of the hardest "spiritual" work. And very important.

Thanks for sharing and much success on your way.

[naste.de.lumina]

What is seemingly a simple task, having the intention of honesty, requires a major change inside.
Our small daily lies came so naturally that we do not realize until we decided not to lie anymore.
And we were impressed at how the lies are part of our life.
Good luck and confidence.

[Taurean]

I flirted with dishonesty for a while because it seemed to me that's what everybody else did, but I always got caught out, so I went back to being me.

[truth4me]

What is seemingly a simple task, having the intention of honesty, requires a major change inside.
Our small daily lies came so naturally that we do not realize until we decided not to lie anymore.
And we were impressed at how the lies are part of our life.
Good luck and confidence.bingo we have our winner! you put the right words to it. I had a girlfriend tell me recently that she had to lie to feel "normal" and thats the problem plaguing us all being dishonest is normal to most of society until that changes .....well you see what is happening.

[ulli]

Being honest and loving your neighbor, if almost all people did that... What I've found out is being honest with yourself is some of the hardest "spiritual" work. And very important.

Thanks for sharing and much success on your way.

One might add that honesty has more effect if delivered with tact, and kindness.

This has been my main lesson. There was a time when I was brutally honest...
which only had the opposite effect of the one I had intended.

[Kraut]

One might add that honesty has more effect if delivered with tact, and kindness.

This has been my main lesson. There was a time when I was brutally honest...
which only had the opposite effect of the one I had intended.

Excellent point. Sometimes it's best to say nothing. I am more of a "look in the mirror" type, I don't focus on pointing things out to others, there's plenty of things to work out for myself. Have to get rid of that rafter in my eye. :)

Tact and kindness are very important. Like you I had my moments of being too blunt, not really in a hurtful way, but it caused some surprise in the other. Some people I know use "honesty" as an excuse to be sarcastic and hurtful which makes me cringe... One saying from the bible that stuck with me is "love builds up", a good motto and motivator.

[Prodigal Son]

:)

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[ulli]

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Priceless!! Thank you.

[risveglio]

2008 my awakening started and it was a blow away to say the least. Aliens,UFO's,secret societies just about everything I got my hands on I read.Now roughly 2 and a half years I had reached a stand still so I decided to take it up a notch by becoming a spiritual based person and the first thing I decided to do was not to ever tell an intentional lie again. So when I started I was amazed how I caught myself about to tell a lie I stopped. I could not believe how much I was lying. Now day by day it improved to where I don't lie knowingly then on top of that I started following the love your neighbor as yourself stuff and I was amazed of the knowledge that came my way. I can pretty much tell when people are lying. Being honest has pulled me out of a few spots and one of the keys to gaining knowledge is being honest. Very simple but oh so effective....

Yeah, that guy that came up with the Love your neighbor stuff was a pretty smart dude. If you pay attention to his words, he really only had one more rule, appreciate the world. So if you appreciate the world (Love God) and treat others as you want to be treated, how could there be any evil in the world?

[Ba-ba-Ra]

Being honest and loving your neighbor, if almost all people did that... What I've found out is being honest with yourself is some of the hardest "spiritual" work. And very important.

Thanks for sharing and much success on your way.

One might add that honesty has more effect if delivered with tact, and kindness.

This has been my main lesson. There was a time when I was brutally honest...
which only had the opposite effect of the one I had intended.

It's important not to confuse honesty with one's opinion. Opinion is: You don't treat me with respect. Honest is: I feel as if you don't treat me with respect.

Being honest with oneself is very important. Next try refraining from judging. Start small. Try it for a few hours, when you can do that, expand to a whole day.

[ghostrider]

wait till you treat people right reguardless of how they treat you ... talk about karma coming back ...

[risveglio]

wait till you treat people right reguardless of how they treat you ... talk about karma coming back ...

Well the rule is to treat them as you want to be treated not depending on how they treat you. So if you hurt someone, most don't want to be hurt back, you may think it justified, but it is not what you want. You want to be forgiving. So yes it is great karma to treat them right, but the rule is that you should treat them right.