Lies: A Social Necessity? || Acharya Prashant

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00:00The society has said, you know, if you tell others about your weaknesses and the rot and

00:05all the disease and everything, then that person will look unfavorably at you.

00:09So your social standing, your self-worth is gone.

00:12And that's the problem.

00:14The culture we are brought up in, it places too much value on the way people look at us.

00:19The reason why we become dishonest.

00:22Not that we are liars.

00:23An environment is created in which lying becomes necessary.

00:28If you just expose the fact, there will be disdain and discarding and disapproval.

00:33Whereas you are considered respectable and acceptable if you just keep presenting pleasant

00:40lies.

00:41One of the markers of good company is you don't have to lie there.

00:45Good company is where even your worst part is not frowned upon.