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What I learnt from the movie ‘The Informant!’, which is a true story, about lying… dramatised of course! (Is it lying?)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n When you tell a lie, When you tell a truth later, When you tell many lies mixed with truths, The Buddha’s advice to his son, who was a compulsive liar when young:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n … when anyone feels no shame in telling a deliberate lie, – Ambalatthika-rahulovada Sutta<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Related Articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n The Danger in Lying (Or ‘Why There’s No Evil Liars Might Not Do) What I learnt from the movie ‘The Informant!’, which is a true story, about lying… dramatised of course! (Is it…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[107,460],"class_list":["post-4244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-movies","tag-truth","tag-truthfulness","wpcat-26-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4244"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4244\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nyou might feel compelled to tell another
\nto cover it up,
\nand another,
\nand another…<\/p>\n
\nyou might feel compelled to tell a lie
\nto fit it with an earlier lie,
\nand another,
\nand another…<\/p>\n
\nyou might feel confused in time,
\nlosing track of what is true and false,
\ntill you can’t even trust yourself,
\nincluding others who trust you (because they might be wrong)!<\/p>\n
\nthere is no evil, I tell you, he will not do.
\nThus, Rahula, you should train yourself,
\n‘I will not tell a deliberate lie even in jest.’<\/p>\n
\nhttp:\/\/groups.yahoo.com\/group\/thedailyenlightenment-realisation\/message\/301<\/a>
\nIs Joking Lying?
\nhttps:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/2009\/11\/is-joking-lying<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"