Showing posts with label honesty. Show all posts
Showing posts with label honesty. Show all posts

Wednesday 27 June 2018

Philosophical Freedom


Jean-Paul Sartre, French philosopher 

Written by Mathew Naismith


Philosophies of Lies and deceit
A vacant space
In the absence of truth
A spaceless space
No direction within
Simply vacant of truth and honesty
In this lays vacancy
A vacancy of mind
For in this vacancy
Truth is unable to exist
There is simply no substance
For without substance
Where is truth and honesty to abide
For in this vacant space
Honesty needs substance
A substance of truth and honesty
This is within itself
Is its beginning

MG Naismith

What this poem of mine refers to, is that truth and honesty are unable to be recognised thus often misunderstood in a philosophy of lies and deceit. Often quite deceptively to protect and harvest what comes from philosophies of lies.

I wrote the following to the questioning, is courage needed to express intellectual honesty? I was interacting on a philosophy forum and received hostility against proven truths and honesty, to me, the reason this occurred was obvious.    

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Thinking about this more; the courage to see the lies and deception within ones own philosophies, is courageous no matter what the ism or ideology one follows.

Take note of the people who slam, for example, religion and its philosophies, you will note that they are themselves most likely of the philosophies of lies and deception. Example: When did truths and honesty supported by evidence become abuse and disdainful? When did facts and figures become of abuse and disdainful?

The answer seems to be when of and the protection of known lies and deceit. Any truth, especially proven truths to be true and of fact, will always be disdainful to any philosophies based on lies and deceit. Example: An OP can be noticeably deceptive within its intent but still be supported!!

Are facts and figures disdainful to the people of philosophies based on truth and honesty? Unlikely to any great extent.   

I have noticed the more facts and figures you support the truths you speak of, the more hostile some people get. Also notice that not all the people become hostile, why? They simply don't live by philosophies based on lies and deceit. It is very possible they may not know this themselves, actually, most often this is the case it would seem.

There is a lot of courage needed to tell the truth in ways other people don't want to hear them. If your philosophies are based on truth and honesty, you will always get a hostile rebuttal from the opposing camp.

Should an intellectual honesty take courage to express? It shouldn't but it does in today's reality.
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Never chase truth and honesty within anything, for truth will come without effort once the philosophies of lies and deceit are put to rest.....MG Naismith

I chased truth and honesty in philosophy, there was little obvious truth and self-honesty to be found but in a few. Most people of the philosophies of truth and honesty will stay hidden, for they know what would occur otherwise. The reason I chased the truth in this manner, was to observe and become aware of the truth within the truth that philosophical lies and deceit exist within every corner of man, no matter of the isms or ideology followed.

A bit of self-honesty and truth goes a long way, to freeing ourselves from the bondages and limitations of the philosophies of lies and deceit.......MG Naismith

Sunday 25 May 2014

Honesty within Spirituality



Written by Mathew Naismith

Honesty is making a comeback it would seem, well in the spiritual arena anyway.  Recently I have had the pleasure in being in conversation with a number of people on numerous topics even when in disagreement.  Quite recently, people of the names of Pier & Windsong, have instilled this belief in me that honesty is making a comeback.

Going by various studies, most people accept lying & deception as a normal part of everyday life these days so finding truth within people is a big deal.  Pier & I for example have agreed on very little within our quite lengthy discussions but honesty & true virtue still withheld.  I utterly adore people who aren’t just honest with everybody else but within themselves, I suppose this is due to you can’t be honest with others until you are honest within yourself.

It is funny to think our human self will deceive itself but that is what it does if we are not aware. Becoming spiritually aware should subdue this but this of course depends on our beliefs & how fixated we are on them while being purposely ignorant to all else.  I find myself honest, maybe too honest for a lot of people mainly because I do at times come out with some strange concepts which, at times, can bring others to question their own beliefs.  This is when lies & deception can seep into a discussion but recently, while in discussion with others, this hasn’t been the case.

Windsong for example said he is addicted to the ego, how many spiritually aware people would admit this?

If you are eating to keep healthy that is ego, if you are working to keep a roof over your family’s head that is ego and so on. In everyday life we are addicted to the ego to sustain some sort of a pleasurable life. Some people might argue keeping a roof over our heads and healthy isn’t of the ego but a necessity of life. These necessities are really of desire and or need and desires & needs denotes ego.  Try living without an ego, would you care if you didn’t eat or had a roof over your head?  I’ve been there and no you don’t even live for a need because you have no needs.  Ego, as opposed to egotism, is a necessity so without lying to ourselves we realise we are all addicted to the ego because we are addicted to life!!  


Dishonesty comes in many forms, some deliberate, some through our closed mindedness brought on by our beliefs but most often dishonesty, especially to ourselves, unknowingly brought on by our own unfamiliarity of ourselves and our environment.   This is why it’s a good idea to listen and learn from others even if you disagree with them & their views like Pier and I have ensured recently.