Why would you want to deceive your friends? More pain and harm comes from from friends than enemies and that always has been and always will be true.
“I can fight my enemies, but Lord protect me from my friends” -Voltaire
“Life truly is a single-player game. Nobody stays by your side forever.” Naval
“I have never seen anyone get away with anything ever” -Jordan Peterson
Before you deceive your friends, take into consideration that once trust is broken, it can never be restored. Never.
This article is not here for you to do evil with. Instead it is for you to have a better outlook at who you are dealing with. Don’t turn a naive eye, or even worse, a trustful eye to a suspicious friend.
Deception is as old as humans, and if you can’t see the game being played, you take the short side of the stick. Every. Single. Time.
Depths Of Deception
When you set about to deceive someone, your simple suggestions of how you wish them to perceive you are fleeting.
The truth is, we all wear masks and have built up an avatar of who we wish to present to the world.
The simple deception of saying one thing while thinking another is only for shallow situations. In fact, we often do this with each other, simply to be kind. Sometimes you do it with ill intentions. And other times to avoid a deeper conversation. But it is the shortest tactic. While it can be powerful, it can equally ruin your reputation quickly.
Make A Suggestion
Suggestions to others to make it “their idea” is another often used tactic. You see this in many forms. Imagine when you were a child and you said to your sibling, loud enough for your parents to hear “Wouldn’t it be fun to go do this fun activity,” hoping your parents would take the clue?
Don’t overlook the likelihood that people will use this tactic in business or to use you.
The biggest problem with this one is that if you make a suggestion that is too far from something you would do yourself, you become highly suspicious. If someone can’t trust you in one area, why should they at all?
This tactic can also be used in many forms. People telling you an exciting plan, hoping you will adopt it. Or including you on a trip and letting you overhear a conversation that you assume they think you cannot hear.
Most of all, when you feel short term excitement ask yourself why. Remember that those things that are worthwhile take time and effort. Be a bit more suspicious and avoid taking the bait. Think through and avoid the rush of taking the credit.
Embodied Deception
Embodied deception is the most real, and the most dangerous type of deception.
If I wanted to convince people of a cause I did not believe in, I would find someone that did believe in it. Their authenticity sales better than anything I could ever do.
But you can do this yourself if you practice. It is one of the most unique experiences, because it requires you to feel and think like your enemies or friends that you disagree with. And that is hard because you have to go against your feelings sometimes.
And if you do it too long, you will start to believe it yourself.
Transform yourself to fit in exactly and totally believe, feelings and all, in the deception you seek. People will not be able to tell, because they can feel your authenticity.
If you cannot be open minded, this is impossible. Because you need to accept the validity and spiritual reality of the deception you seek, and entirely embody it, feeling the good and bad of being that person.
Embodied deception is not for little flings. It has to be taken seriously. You will know you can fully embody a deception when you are perfectly comfortable with it to the degree nothing will surprise you.
Dangers Of Embodied Deception
Take on that lie long enough and you will become it. It is way too close within. That is why it works so well.
You have probably heard that if people lie long enough, they believe those lies.
Embodied deception is embracing that and accelerating the process to the point that you can recognize it for a period of time and leave it.
Embodied deception gives you a chance to truly feel how others feel and occupy that space. You could entirely change your mind about the situations after you try it.
You Will Never Get Away With Lying
Not you. Not me. And not the devil. If you lie, you will face the consequences. It is not simply a religious or spiritual view. I believe it is scientific.
The foundation of every relationship is honesty, take that away, snakes are all that is left.
Most likely, lying will hurt you worse than it will hurt anyone you are deceiving. If you lie, you build up a web of entanglement. Such individuals can never lean into their spiritual and emotional selves without cutting through that entanglement of lies.
It makes it impossible to truly connect with anyone. Because the most relieving thing us humans can to is say what we feel. If you can never do that, you can never entirely connect with others.
I Have Snakes, So Do You
We must embrace that we all have snakes. You do, and I do. And relationships are best when everyone in them understands that and strives to be honorable.
Robert Green often says something like: Those who understand the laws of power are able to have far better relationships.
It is not evil to investigate and acknowledge the snakes within ourselves and others. Nor should we fear a deceiver, because they will inevitably hurt themselves.
Best to be aware of them.
Honorable people understand that the fastest way to achieve meaningful relationships, long term wealth, and have peace within and without is to take the difficult path of telling the truth. Possibly the most difficult path in the short term, and the most beautiful in the long.
Because every time you take the path of deceit, you string up another web of entanglement.
And every time you tell the truth and face the consequences, you open up a brighter future and build the bond between yourself, God, and all other humans.
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