Hello and welcome to this week’s episode.

In continuing our discussion about honesty, we come to that common practice called self-deception. I want to introduce this topic here, because it will allow you to better answer a question posed later – “Who are You?”

We all do it (consciously or unconsciously; automatically or with forethought) to some extent, in order to comfort ourselves and cope with the internal and external life stressors we encounter daily.

This comfort however is short-lived and will wreak havoc in our minds and hearts – causing all sorts of mental perturbations – whose foundation is a lack of Quality.

Think of how you feel when someone you know well is insistently lying to you and you know it without the shadow of a doubt?

How to you feel when you are faced with a situation that you feel ill-equipped to handle?

How about when you get something that you know for sure you did not earn?

How about when you put off doing “that thing” for another time, because of a “vvvery gggooood reason?

Stressed, yes, but how do you respond to that stress. The response is the key.

Depending on the circumstances, you may lash out and be consumed by anger, you may fold into yourself and become depressed or experience something in between these two extremes.

There is no “correct” response. You know how you feel and I want you to respond in whatever way you deem appropriate to as long as it is honest; bearing in mind however, that there will always be consequences.

So whether you choose an “immature”, a “neurotic” or a “mature” response to those internal and external stressors, know that the ramifications have far reaching consequences, which determine who you are and consequently how your life will be conducted.

As we continue our discussion, I hope you realize that the denial of truth, regardless of how conducted, is psychically offensive and requires unapologetic warfare.

So as the goal is self knowledge,

Listen to the episode to understand and decide what, if anything, needs to change………

“Nothing is so difficult as not deceiving yourself.”—Ludwig Wittgenstein