{"id":525,"date":"2016-08-28T15:13:38","date_gmt":"2016-08-28T15:13:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/becausethisisyourlife\/?p=525"},"modified":"2016-08-28T15:13:38","modified_gmt":"2016-08-28T15:13:38","slug":"really-wants-truth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/becausethisisyourlife\/2016\/08\/really-wants-truth.html","title":{"rendered":"Who (Really) Wants The Truth?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s a worldwide movement going on right now as we speak&#8230;and always has been since the beginning of time.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a movement that is opposed and wanted at the same time by everyone even though most of the time it doesn&#8217;t seem that way.<\/p>\n<p>And the most bizarre part&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>There is almost always a distortion of it while at the same time it frequently borders on becoming a New World Order.<\/p>\n<p>What I&#8217;m referring to is the &#8220;truth&#8221;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>And the lifelong pursuit of it by the entire human race.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s also interesting here is the fact that this &#8220;distortion&#8221; of the truth is quite often the weapon involved to achieve what every human being wants&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>To feel respected, appreciated, and recognized&#8230;to feel important&#8230;and to feel like they matter.<\/p>\n<p>But is it necessary to use that &#8220;distortion&#8221; method most people view as lying?<\/p>\n<p>Because after all&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Every person at their true core self is not born into the world with the intention of distorting the truth.<\/p>\n<p>Yet&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Far too many people somewhere along the way have done just that&#8230;even to the point of wanting to be lied to so they feel good.<\/p>\n<p>In any case it comes down to the question&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Who (really) wants the truth&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;And what separates those who are living according to truth versus &#8220;distortion of the truth&#8221;, also known as lying?<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. In the beginning<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;ve heard many times the idea of having a &#8220;clean slate&#8221; in life. This is certainly the case when you (and all humans) come into the world. As infants and young children there&#8217;s this &#8220;innocence&#8221; we have about who we are and what goes on in our lives at that time.<\/p>\n<p>The same is involved as it relates to the truth.<\/p>\n<p>During this beginning stage of our lives we are told to always tell the truth&#8230;and usually by those authority figures who we are led to believe are also telling the truth.<\/p>\n<p>So in essence we&#8217;re born into this idea of wanting the truth. And the fact is, all humans do want the truth from the time they&#8217;re born until they pass away.<\/p>\n<p>Now with this being said&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>As you already know more often than not it doesn&#8217;t seem that way&#8230;because we all see people throughout the world in different arenas lying and doing everything they can to &#8220;distort&#8221; the truth.<\/p>\n<p>The question here is&#8230;why&#8230;why is it that far too many humans&#8212;all of whom that want the truth&#8212;resort to lying and &#8220;distorting&#8221; the truth?<\/p>\n<p>What is it that happens at some point where people seem to lose this &#8220;innocence&#8221; and seem to go against the very thing they&#8217;ve been taught and &#8220;wired for?&#8221; How (and why) does someone go from living in truth to apparently living a lie?<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s because of what I call the &#8220;Truth Paradox.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>And it&#8217;s the same reason every time&#8230;the need for people to feel respected, appreciated, recognized&#8230;to feel important&#8230;to feel like they matter. And people will even resort to &#8220;distorting&#8221; the truth in order to get it.<\/p>\n<p>But there&#8217;s also another reason. It&#8217;s THE reason that explains how, even though all humans want the truth, that they&#8217;ll lie and &#8220;distort&#8221; the truth&#8230;while knowing that they want the truth to begin with.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. The liar\u2019s \u201cfantasy truth\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Even though the truth seems to be a straight forward concept\u2026it\u2019s not. And that\u2019s because of the \u201cTruth Paradox.\u201d It is this paradox that takes something seemingly simple as the truth and turns it into the distortion known as lies.<\/p>\n<p>At the center of it all is that \u201cF\u201d word\u2026fantasies.<\/p>\n<p>This gives rise to what I call the liar\u2019s \u201cfantasy truth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And it\u2019s something you see all the time.<\/p>\n<p>How many times have you seen someone (possibly even yourself) come up with a \u201cconvenient truth?\u201d These are the truths that are lies that people turn into their own truth\u2026and quite often to placate the fantasies of others to even include themselves at times.<\/p>\n<p>You see this type of thing all the time in politics and is the driving force behind getting votes. This is nothing more than telling (and selling) someone a fantasy they want to hear&#8212;which is not attainable&#8212;in order to get people to feel good while getting them to do what you want them to do.<\/p>\n<p>Not only do you see this in politics but you\u2019ll quite often see it when someone is trying to sell something to someone else.<\/p>\n<p>No matter how you look at it\u2026it still promotes a one-sided way of life (more pleasure than pain, more happiness than sadness, more peace than turmoil). These are \u201cfantasy truths\u201d and the people promoting them are the distorters (liars) of the truth.<\/p>\n<p>And bizarre as it seems\u2026<\/p>\n<p>It still involves what I said earlier\u2026that everybody wants the truth. But they want the easy, quick, fast version of the truth\u2026the \u201cconvenient fantasy pseudo truths\u201d that most people view as lies.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s also interesting\u2026<\/p>\n<p>These easy, quick, and fast versions of the truth (fantasy truths) actually do the very opposite of what they claim to be.<\/p>\n<p>For example\u2026<\/p>\n<p>How many times have you heard someone promise one thing\u2026you believed it\u2026and then after trusting them you discovered that it was nothing like what they promised?<\/p>\n<p>You see this in politics all the time. You see this far too often when someone is trying to sell you something. You\u2019ll see it much more than you originally thought once you become more aware of it.<\/p>\n<p>What these \u201cliar\u2019s fantasy truths\u201d also do quite often is\u2026they make people less accountable and responsible. You\u2019ll also see this much more than you\u2019d like in the political arena\u2026but you\u2019ll see it across many different other arenas as well.<\/p>\n<p>And what it comes down to is this\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Are you someone that wants the \u201cactual truth\u201d which involves the specific details and facts while seeing life from a two-sided perspective\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Or\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Are you someone that wants \u201cconvenient truths\u201d and \u201cfantasy truths\u201d which promotes seeing life from a one-sided perspective while quite often making you less accountable and responsible?<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Truth World Order<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Even though all humans want the truth the fact is, you\u2019ll always in some way be dealing with certain people that will distort the truth. And strange as this sounds it will range from total strangers all the way to the people you love most.<\/p>\n<p>And another reason as to why is because people in general want the \u201cupper hand\u201d in some way.<\/p>\n<p>Whether you\u2019re talking about politicians who seek a certain position\u2026or someone at your job who is seeking a promotion\u2026or someone you run into when you\u2019re out and about\u2026and even within your own family\u2026<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll be in situations with someone that involves those involved looking to get the \u201cupper hand\u201d in some way.<\/p>\n<p>And in the process of doing so the decision of telling the truth versus distorting the truth (lying) will come up.<\/p>\n<p>The question is\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Which side are you on in these situations? Which way of handling situations do you defer to\u2026telling the truth or distorting it?<\/p>\n<p>This brings us back to something you read earlier\u2026that there is almost always a distortion of the truth and how it frequently borders on becoming a New World Order.<\/p>\n<p>And it\u2019s here where that choice is\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Either live in a New World Order or the Truth World Order.<\/p>\n<p>The New World Order way is what you see those in power attempt to do\u2026impose their \u201cfantasy truths\u201d on to others and possibly even the world. You\u2019ll see this with politicians and certain large institutions. It\u2019s the truth the way they want it\u2026the \u201cconvenient liar\u2019s fantasy truth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s NOT the truth that all humans want coming into this world. It\u2019s the \u201cfalse truths\u201d that far too many people are accustomed to seeing day in and day out.<\/p>\n<p>The real truth is what I call the Truth World Order\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Because this is the truth all humans initially want\u2026it\u2019s the \u201ctell the truth\u201d way we were taught by our parents. It\u2019s that \u201cinnocence\u201d we had as children.<\/p>\n<p>Now as you already know, during the course of your life situations come up that \u201ctest\u201d you as to whether you\u2019ll be truthful. And of course you\u2019ll be in situations where it\u2019ll be tempting to \u201cdistort\u201d it and lie.<\/p>\n<p>The bottom line is\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Long term it\u2019s much wiser to just be upfront and truthful about things. Yes, sometimes it may not be what people want to hear. Yes, sometimes you\u2019ll be worried (and possibly terrified) about what people will think and say when you tell them the truth.<\/p>\n<p>But you know what?<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll be respected for it\u2026you\u2019ll be appreciated for it\u2026and you\u2019ll be free of having to always \u201clook over your shoulder\u201d so to speak.<\/p>\n<p>As you\u2019ve heard me say many times\u2026<\/p>\n<p>No matter what you do in life they\u2019ll always be people liking and disliking you, supporting and challenging you, praising and criticizing you, lifting you up and tearing you down\u2026EQUALLY.<\/p>\n<p>So therefore, you may as well be truthful about things\u2026right?<\/p>\n<p>Along with this it also allows you to discover the truth of who you are\u2026<\/p>\n<p>The truth of why you\u2019re here\u2026<\/p>\n<p>The truth of what you\u2019re here to be, do, and have.<\/p>\n<p>And it gets you to discover the truth of your magnificence\u2026so you\u2019re able to contribute to the world in a way that serves humanity\u2026by just being YOU.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s a worldwide movement going on right now as we speak&#8230;and always has been since the beginning of time. 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