Self-Deception

We all depend on the lies that we tell ourselves, others and each other, deceptions that help us make it through each day of suffering, strife, misery, meaninglessness, cruelty, madness and malevolence. To refute this sorry existence, to lead an authentic, noble, life, then, is to slowly, gently increase one's capacity for encountering reality as it is without subjective bias, without any more denial or justification of one's sinning. One starts to clean up, an honest, alethic affirmation of what is good, true and right, and then working to further such presences in the world and in one's life. One no longer needs to ignore, misinterpret or misread what reality is bombarding you with.