Thanks for the advice. I shall certainly put this into practice.Rui Sousa wrote:If you pay close attention to the exact moment when lying occurs, the causes and consequences will become very visible. Natural disgust will follow, and then the habit is a thing of the past.
My advice is to just pay attention to what happens in your mind when you lie. Which mental states preceded the lie ? Which mental states followed the lie ? What was the motor of the lie ?
The precepts are a training, you will fail. And when you believe you got rid of one level of defilement, you will see another perspective to the precept and realize there is still work to be done.
Coyote