A Lie Has An Element Of Truth To Be Believable

The Buddha never asked us to believe,
just accepting his words.

People who believe do not know; they assume, and follow others. It’s shocking to see how many just accept whatever they’re told, and repeat this belief with fervour. Belief takes the truth and downgrades it. The esoteric becomes exoteric. Sounds good but that’s all – nothing is transmitted, and there is no clarity and awakening.

This is why we have to be careful when we listen to spiritual teachers;
do they sound good, or do they actually hit the spot?

To capture people’s minds with an outright lie obviously doesn’t work; there has to be an element of truth. This is why we must be mindful and question everything. People who know the truth cannot be told to believe the truth – they are free of beliefs.

Reacting to others’ beliefs is not the answer, as this just makes us reactionaries and complainers about something that does not actually exist. That is the great illusion at play in the world. We have to utilise deception and see it as an instruction. How? The way something is being promoted tells us everything we need to know, if we are mindful. That very moment of recognition is the moment or pause of pure awareness. It’s the … “What?”

Pure awareness can never be a lie,
and can never lie.