Hate Lying, Embrace Truth

Neville's Inner Vision

To Neville's ear, this proverb is not a moralDo but a description of states of consciousness. A righteous man hates lying because the I AM cannot tolerate self-contradiction; every lie is a misalignment between what you know you are and what you pretend to be. Lying is a movement of the mind that pretends to be separate from its own awareness. The 'wicked' person is loathsome because that state of denial becomes a habit, and habit breeds shame as the world reflects inner disorder. If you insist on deception, you invite persecution by appearances; your speech and acts drift from your inner standard until you are shamed into confession. The healing secret is to dwell in the truth of your own being: assume that you are the person who cannot lie, because you are the I AM in full functioning. When you revise a false belief and feel the truth of your integrity, the surroundings reorganize to match that inner truth. Truth is not moral thrashing; it is the natural order of consciousness living as itself.