“Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.”
— Thomas Jefferson
Many of my clients struggle with contradictions. Contradictions are to be expected and resolving them is healthy. We are assailed by many counter productive forces woven into necessary situations.
I rarely presume to know more than my clients, but some people’s evasion is so exceptional that their self-denial is obvious. I not only see what they need, but I know what they refuse to admit.
This does not become immediately clear. Once I start to suspect ulterior motives I test for them, and the results are uncertain. It takes some time to see through a mask of lies, many of which are quite pleasant.
All of us evade our contradictions in our efforts to assert what we believe to be true. And the closer you come to the conflicts you yourself have created, the more obstacles you create to seeing them. People’s dishonesty becomes more evident the closer you get to the truth that they don’t want to admit. This applies to almost everything you believe…
Getting a Straight Answer
Seeing the Truth But Not Saying the Truth
Internal Truth Versus External Truth
Seeing Is Not Believing
What Are You Hiding Behind?
Honesty Cannot Be Negotiable
Open Your Dreams
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