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Honesty
Author: Albert Hendra Wijaya
The meaning of honesty
In a plain meaning, honesty is to admit, to say or to give information according to the fact and the truth. In practice and it's application, by law someone's honesty is being marked by the accuracy of one's confession or what has been told against the actual and the truth of what has happened. When we stick to the plain meaning and literally, so if someone said something that is not according to the truth and the reality or did not admit about anything that according to the fact, this person can be regarded or appraised dishonest, lying, hypocrite, etc.
Why do we have to be honest?
Elderly has told us that we have to be an honest person. In educating and motivating a child to become an honest person, it is often said that honesty is a very good behavior, also other people including being loved by God will trust it. However, after trying to think it over and to dive into this matter, it is still need to be considered; " Why do we have to be honest?". Mostly, the answer would be honesty is a very good behavior, or sometime it also said that: we have to be honest, no matter what! These answers are not satisfying at all, it is still being asked: why do we have to be an honest person? What would be the positive side of it? How would it relate to the process in Xiu Dao / Siu Tao (  )?
How is to have an honest conduct?
How is that honesty can be perform in our daily life, and how is our behavior to become an honest Tao practitioner?
- Are we not suppose to lie at all?
- Is it possible that we always honest in our daily life?
- Or is there any tolerance where we could lie in certain thing for the sake of any interest?
A couple of examples of dishonesty
In daily life, it is often seen that phenomenon of the dishonesty in different scale, such as:
When a child is fallen, the parent usually said: " Oh, it's nothing, dear. Good boy, it won't hurt much, don't cry". In this case, the child is being taught and accustomed to be able to lie in order to cover his feeling (being hurt) for the sake of something (not crying).
Also, sometime happens when someone pay a visit to other place and being asked " have you dine yet?". Even it is a serious question, it usually replied, "Yes, we have. Thank you". Eventhough they were starving at that moment.
In business world, honesty is often mentioned as the important capital to gain trust. However, it is very controversial when almost in every business transaction plenty of lies are done. For example, when the seller said that he was selling the thing without any profit or even has loss a lot, it is almost certainly not always true.
- Well, where is the honesty?
- Or how is this honesty can be applied in daily life?
In Xiu Dao / Siu Tao
- When someone learning Tao in pursuing the perfection, should one not to lie at all?
- How are we going to live our life where we have to wear "mask" sometime?
- Is it possible that we could never lie at all in this life?
I have been trying to convince myself that I'm honest already, but then eventually I found difficulty in answering: "Didn't I lie to myself?
So, how is it? Hopefully among the readers could give an honest answer. Please do not hesitate to do so.......
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