The Power of Truth

"There is no such a thing as an inconsequential lie." Gary King
I haven't heard anything like this for a long time. It is a refreshing breath of air. He gave me the opportunity to look into myself again and to pay attention to what I say and what I do.

His teachings come from his own life experience and realization lead him to 'The Power of Truth'. He told us that any, even a little white lie that intended to protect beloved one's feelings has a consequence. It doesn't do anyone a favor by trying to protect him/her from the truth.

No matter how insignificant we think the lie is there is a consequence. For example, we often tell our spouses or friends how nice they look when they ask our opinion on their appearance even though they look crappy. Because we don't want to hurt their feelings. Another example at work, a supervisor or a boss asks the secretary to lie in order not to answer the phone. That permits his/her secretary or others to lie.

We often try to find a self-worth or self-esteem from other people's validation and we tweak a truth to make others feel good about themselves without realizing we're lying to them.

Being completely honest sets us free?.
Speaking the truth starts being honest ourselves. He indicates on his blog that we don't lie to ourselves and we don't lie to anyone else on any level of our lives. More we practice, more we become aware of our thoughts and words about everything we say and do. Once we get past the initial discomfort of being completely honest, we start to feel a sensation of strength. A lightness and energy and freedom arise.

Another words, once we become being completely honest, we start experience empowerment and courage. It becomes reality and we begin to shift our consciousness.

Gary King even goes further to explain, being completely honest not only sets us free but also attracts good things to happen. For example, if a friend borrowed money from us and never paid back. We need money now but he/she doesn't even try to pay the money back. We start feeling a resentment and hurt toward the friend. Even though, we kept saying we will forget about it but we never completely let it go. Our bitter feeling becomes a barrior to our success. He suggests that if we forgive the friend and let it go completely, we get much more than what our friend owes us. It's hard to do for most of us but once if we do, things will happen for us. That's the "Power of Truth."

A paster once said that "keep a tender conscience." I think that he is talking about the same thing. More we are aware in our conscience about what we do what we say, we pay more attention to our actions.

We live in a material society and money and power are valued more than integrity, character, and honesty. In order to get what we want many people believe that we have to cheat or do anything at any cost. Those people don't think about the consequence. Recently, we have seen many examples of such people like Ken Ray, executives of Enron, Elliot Spitzer, etc.

Gary King's 'The Power of Truth' teaches us that we can achieve anything we desire by taking the right paths. It's our choice. Being completely honest brings peace of mind, health, and success.

Dr. Charles Stanley once said, "Obey the law and leave the consequence to God."

If we teach this to kids at school, they will be better human beings. And if more people are being completely honest and to keep a tender conscience, our society will be a better place.