The Ninth Commandment: You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor (Exodus 20:16). So, we shouldn’t lie about people, but what of the price if we fail to adhere to this truth? Living on the Spiritual Basis we observe those bearing false witness invariably reap as they sow. Dishonesty becomes the norm and it infects every facet of their lives. The ultimate price being their inability to demonstrate the true from the false at the most critical junctures of their lives. Having lived their lives as dishonest, when the truth becomes crucial, they know only deep despair, having become constitutionally incapable of being honest, they continue to suffer until they accept spiritual help.
We are always working on our spiritual demonstration, for good or ill, we choose the path we walk throughout our day. We build our consciousness by our actions, so be ever vigilant of the path your feet rest upon. Telling tales and engaging in gossip, even if it seems “innocuous”, brands us accordingly. By our fruits we shall be known or to quote Emerson: “What you are shouts so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.”
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