The Examined Life to Know Wrong-Doings and Align with Truth

in #philosophy5 years ago (edited)

Life has ups and down, and we often don't see the down we can be engaged in. Wrongdoings can be harder to see, and doing better harder to do, when we're defending our perceived status of being good. When we’re living in falser ways, we don’t want to hear the truth of our errors or wrongs.

When we have a desire to live and walk in the "way" and "path" of truth, right, morality, love,, "spirituality", etc., that shows that we care for truth. And that is to care for what's right. When we love truth, we want to know the truth of our errors, mistakes, wrongs, evils and darkness, to correct them, to stop them, to heal, purify, sublimate, transmute, change, evolve, better, improve, etc. This is how we can become better, and not let our defense of already being good keep us stuck.

Years ago in my research to understand things like this, I cam across a page titled "What it Really Means to be True to Someone You Love". Here are some poignant sections to elucidate some of what I'm talking about. It talks about an "ego-based rule" for living compared to a "spiritual" one that is synonymous with morality, truth, etc.

An ego-based rule DO NOT mention matters that are avoided and denied. DO NOT bring consciousness to your mate's delusions. DO NOT bring consciousness to the state of the marriage. DO NOT call attention to the folly of trying to make an unloving, unconstructive marriage "work."

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A spirit-based rule

Seek to know the truth, and the truth will set you free.

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Why, in ego-speak, true means UNtrue

To be true to someone, as ego understands it, and as convention requires it, is the opposite of being true to someone, as spirit understands it. Heaven is fine with truth. Spirit loves truth. But conventional society, ruled by ego as it is, is not fine with truth.

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To be UNtrue. To be dishonest.

That's right. In ego-speak, to be "true" to your mate or friend is to be true to his or her ego, and untrue to his or her soul -- because everyone knows that the soul of any person is hurt by avoidance, denial, and collusion.

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Whereas...

To be spiritually true to them is to be the opposite: to be honest with the person about things that matter, even if they resist being honest about those things; to bring up things they need to hear, even if they don't want to hear them; to be conscious around a person who very much wants unconscious companionship.

Non-examined people focus on themselves and what they want, wish or desire at the expense of others. Looking at the bigger picture and living from foundational principles based in moral truth is not comprehended deeply enough, or at all. Many people don't consider truth important, but many do while they instead focus on making friends, being likable, getting people to like them, and don’t seek to remove the untruth, the wrongs, that are existing in the world and in themselves. (see the link above to understand that more).

I seek to become consciously aware of the wrong in myself. When I encounter wrong in the world around me, I point it out, because I care for truth more than I care if people like me or not.

Bringing to light errors, wrongs, etc. is not comfortable. It is controversial. It usually evokes conflict due to those receiving the message being too attached to false conceptions of what is happening. The world has many dark aspects to it. If we don't shine a light onto the darkness, the darkness will remain. We need to shine lights onto our own darkness as well if we hope to have less darkness in our own lives. Examining the world and ourselves will lead to betterment of the world and ourselves.

It is harder to behave like good people when we are too busy defending our status as good people.


Thank you for your time and attention. Peace.


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It is harder to behave like good people when we are too busy defending our status as good people.

I think that the the great dilemma of societies, both modern and ancient, differentiate between appearance and essence, between those who say only what people want to hear and those who do what must be done regardless of whether they are reproached.

It's always easier to pretend, to pretend to be honest, to pretend to be fair, to pretend to be good, to pretend, pretend, preten...

But appearances only serve to deceive other people, they don't change the facts, don't change the truth.

Yes, substance vs. appearance is something that fails to be recognized at deeper levels in our society and civilization.

Truth! Love this and my favorite part is your last words about shedding light even on self. Magnificent post, I truly loved reading this this morning. Thank you

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Yes very much so!

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Many people don't consider truth important yet they instead focus on making friends, being likable, getting people to like them, and don’t seek to remove the untruth, the wrongs, that are existing in the world and in themselves.,

...the politician - social or political...

Bringing to light errors, wrongs, etc. is not comfortable. It is controversial. It usually evokes conflict due to those receiving the message being too attached to false conceptions of what is happening.

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Many people don't consider truth important yet they instead focus on making friends, being likable, getting people to like them, and don’t seek to remove the untruth, the wrongs, that are existing in the world and in themselves.,

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Bringing to light errors, wrongs, etc. is not comfortable. It is controversial. It usually evokes conflict due to those receiving the message being too attached to false conceptions of what is happening.

..step into my office ...lol

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I strongly agree with these words:

"Try to know the truth, and the truth will set you free"

Great, everyone should heheh ;)

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Well thought out. Years ago when I finally got online (aol 7), I found a world of debate unlike any I had encountered. Ideas and philosophies everywhere. Many would sulk and get made, call names etc letting their egos rule their "facts"

I took the opportunity to research ideas if I saw I was wrong so I would have truth. I became an expert on many ideas, able to articulate in many cases others religions and such better than they could as they operated from feelings and not truth. I prefer to be correct than worshiped. Sadly, far to many allow their ego to demand their worship. The fearful tyrant that steals ones power.

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