160. Sweet Little Lies: 3 Things to Think About Before You Tell a Lie
Spiritually Hungry
Monica Berg and Michael Berg
4.8 • 617 Ratings
🗓️ 16 January 2024
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
Our society upholds truth as a virtue, but as we strive to do the right thing in each moment, the question remains: is it ever okay to lie? In this episode of Spiritually Hungry, join us as we discuss the real truth when it comes to the lies we tell every day.
“Before you choose to tell the truth, think of yourself as the other person. If you do not, you are probably going to do more damage in your truth-telling than any benefit you are hoping to have.” – Michael Berg
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| 0:00.0 | While it's true, as studies show that people often lie to each other, the biggest lies are the ones that we tell ourselves. |
| 0:17.0 | If you cannot come to terms with that in your own mind, then you're not really going |
| 0:21.7 | to be able to decipher when you tell the truth and when you don't to anybody else, because |
| 0:25.2 | you're too busy telling yourself a narrative that's not really true. Welcome to spiritually hungry. |
| 0:34.9 | Today is a tough topic. It's complicated and there are a lot of different opinions about it. |
| 0:40.1 | Tell me lies. |
| 0:41.4 | Tell me sweet little lies. |
| 0:44.2 | According to research, we are, all of us, |
| 0:46.9 | lying liars who lie about lying. |
| 0:49.2 | That's what makes it complicated. |
| 0:51.0 | Michael, do you want to guess what the most common lie is? |
| 0:57.3 | The most common lie. You look good? |
| 1:07.5 | No. Saying I'm fine. Ah, okay. Yep. Lying about themselves. 60% of people. Is that it's interesting that people, more people lie about themselves than other people? Yes, and we're going to unpack why that is and what percentage of when we lie |
| 1:15.8 | for the sake of others or when we lie because it's more convenient for ourselves. 60% of people |
| 1:20.4 | admit to saying they're fine when they're not. And it reminds me of this funny thing I came |
| 1:24.1 | across years ago. Women's English, yes, means no. No means yes. Maybe means no. |
| 1:30.9 | We need it. It means I want it. It's your decision. It means the correct decision should be obvious by now. |
| 1:37.3 | Do what you want. You'll pay for this later. We need to talk. It means I need to complain. I don't |
| 1:41.8 | really like that one. Sure, go ahead means I don't want you to do it. I'm not upset. Of course, means I need to complain. I don't really like that one. Sure, go ahead means I don't want |
| 1:44.9 | you to do it. I'm not upset. Of course means I'm upset, you moron. You're certainly attentive |
| 1:50.9 | tonight means is sex all you ever think about. The kitchen is so inconvenient means I want a new |
| 1:55.9 | house. Do you love me? Means I'm going to ask for something expensive. How much do you love me? |
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