The truth is clay which never dries. It can be molded any
number of times into any form desired and would still be ready to change form.
Every child is told this clay is not malleable but the child in its journey to
adulthood eventually finds out how fragile a lie it is, a vain attempt to cover
the true identity of truth. The shift from being truly honest to compulsively
dishonest in us humans is an exponentially growing graph with the y-axis values
tending to infinity, with the x-axis being, obviously, time.
As children we learn to lie to avoid punishment, as
teenagers we lie out of confusion about the truth; but what do the all knowing
adults have to lie about? It is a stupid question, really. Adults lie, for they
have conditioned themselves not to tell the truth. In this life setting then,
is there no room for the truth? The situation is not that bleak. Humans are
intelligent creatures who have not gone extinct for the sole reason that they
know a way around every problem. Though living in a self-spun web of intricate
lies, most of us find a way to be truthful to calm the raging conscience
inside. Thus the concepts of half-truths, white lies etc. have come into
existence; the worst among all being sadistic truths.
Sadistic truths (if the concept doesn't already exist, I
created it) are told by people at the most inconvenient of times possible. At a
funeral, in an office meeting, at a family get together, truthful sadists don’t
necessarily need a reason or the right atmosphere to offer their infinite wisdom.
These idealists are more often than not the biggest liars. To negate the sins
of having consciously lied about every happening possible, they mine for
opportunities to find a suitable victim to extract their shortcomings, and to
impress upon the world how truly concerned and an honest opinioned person they
are!
Alas! There does not seem to be a way to shun these people
from our lives for those with a real understanding of the truth are too
forgiving to consider them worthy of giving them a piece of their minds and
those of us struggling to grasp the essence of the truth are too shocked on
being faced with the sadists’ truths to be able to form a coherent retort.
Life, thus, will lead us on regardless of whether we tell the truth or versions
of it.
Hang on, now what is the truth all about?
ReplyDelete@Anonymous: Thanks a lot for asking this question.... I wondered for a week if people would understand what I wanted to say here. Looks like the answer is no. It does need some explanation.
DeleteI attempted to put forth my view about how some people want to be truthful only to benefit from the act and not be truthful in every situation, which is considered the correct way of life. This righteousness, is the truth I talked about in the closing paragraph. The sadists put up a show of being truthful always and this makes me boil with rage! Can't they mind their own business; why point out unnecessary stuff in other peoples' lives?
According to me, truth is a way of life. It is leading one's life being true to their conscience. Although it may involve telling lies, it should not be an attack strategy on someone else's life.
Hope it makes more sense than before now. :)
DeleteOne can refrain from telling the truth, but telling a truth to benefit one self at the cost of someone else's happiness is worse than telling a lie I guess!
ReplyDeleteCouldn't agree more!!
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