No matter how much we lie to ourselves, our guilt just won't go away. That is why we are special as a species, we know the difference between right and wrong. Our human being species' ability to understand the concept of truth, is the greatest leap up the evolutionary scale of life forms as we currently know them. We are not just programmed through our DNA to follow pathways, like most every other species, that are most amenable to our species' survival, we also now have the ability to not only incorporate adaptive features and behaviors physically, but we also have the logical reason, analysis and conclusion that knowing truth illuminates. That is just the beginning of what truth does for us. The other benefits are more psychological in nature. When truth is centered in our lives we begin to feel worthy and purposeful. Advancing toward being satisfied that our lives have left a worthy mark. Truth is the great arena where all participants win in the understanding of doing what is right. When we find ourselves either through intent or happenstance deviated from truth we begin to feel the guilt of not having the best of ourselves reflected back out to others. Gone is the bright shinning face of happiness and in it's replacement is the furtive glance of deceit. We can either remove ourselves from the effects of untruth by changing our minds to follow that which is true, or we can end up facing the exposure of our wrong. Some may think that they have done wrong and got away with it but I say no one gets away with wrongness as a strategy. Simply because we cannot escape our own guilt. The cost of carrying and living in guilt is too great when compared to the inverse benefit of living in the truth as the alternative. Truth truly does set us free from the unbearable burden of guilt.
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