So often it becomes difficult to recognize truth. I'm not entirely certain that truth is so easy to come by anymore these days. For me, truth is something that is essential to living. I cannot understand people who speak falsely. I don't understand why someone would choose to live their life based on falsehood. It frightens me to think that there are people in this world that are so convincingly false. Why can't the entire world tell the truth? Why is that such an arduous task for us? I'm wondering this because today, we had a speaker from an NGO. This NGO works in Sonagachi, and the person today was sharing with us the work that this NGO is doing. However, the statistics presented showing that there was a decline in the minors involved in sex work seemed extremely unlikely, and there were no sources to back the claims. Also, this NGO's main goal is to legalize sex work, because they believe that most of these women chose to work in Sonagachi.
I just truly struggled with this presentation, and it's been bothering me for some time today. I don't want to blame this NGO or accuse them of lying, but I can't seem to believe them. How could that many women choose to work in a large red light district. I've heard that so many of them were trafficked or that many of them did it by force due to poverty or because their mother did it. If these women were given the option, how many of them would choose to leave? I am sure that there are some women who chose it and want equal rights, but how many are there? It doesn't seem probable, especially given the information I've been given by other people and other organizations. My roommate, Rita, suggested a wonderful article from a man that had traveled to Sonagachi and had encountered this NGO, actually, and he too was skeptical of them.
This has happened numerous times in India with other subjects, and it obviously must happen in the United States, but I don't understand why it still exists. Why does lying occur? Who is it benefiting? You. It benefits you, because you don't want to tell the truth, because it may be too difficult or put you in an awkward position. Well guess what, you are not the only person that exists in this world. Think of the countless people you are harming by lying. Imagine a world without falsities, without lying. Can you even imagine such a place? People have become so skeptical about life due to lies that they've been told in the past. I don't want to seem cold and skeptical, but today I was really ruffled by this presentation. Of course, I can't prove that this NGO is speaking falsely, and I don't want to point fingers, but I do want to draw attention to the fact that lying is always going to harm someone.
The truth will set you free. It's a quote often used, but I would rather add more to it. The truth will set others free. Those that you interact with each day, the other human beings deserve the truth from you. Gandhi spoke of a tree and the leaves that fall from this tree. He said that we spend our entire lives picking up these leaves of truth, pieces of truth, trying to understand it all, but we will never reach the tree. We will never fully understand the truth of this world. I can accept that. As much of a know-it-all as I am, I can accept that I will never know every truth of this world, but I would rather spend my entire life picking up leaves, getting closer than being lied to or telling lies to others. Each person deserves to live in the light of truth, so they can be set free.
I just truly struggled with this presentation, and it's been bothering me for some time today. I don't want to blame this NGO or accuse them of lying, but I can't seem to believe them. How could that many women choose to work in a large red light district. I've heard that so many of them were trafficked or that many of them did it by force due to poverty or because their mother did it. If these women were given the option, how many of them would choose to leave? I am sure that there are some women who chose it and want equal rights, but how many are there? It doesn't seem probable, especially given the information I've been given by other people and other organizations. My roommate, Rita, suggested a wonderful article from a man that had traveled to Sonagachi and had encountered this NGO, actually, and he too was skeptical of them.
This has happened numerous times in India with other subjects, and it obviously must happen in the United States, but I don't understand why it still exists. Why does lying occur? Who is it benefiting? You. It benefits you, because you don't want to tell the truth, because it may be too difficult or put you in an awkward position. Well guess what, you are not the only person that exists in this world. Think of the countless people you are harming by lying. Imagine a world without falsities, without lying. Can you even imagine such a place? People have become so skeptical about life due to lies that they've been told in the past. I don't want to seem cold and skeptical, but today I was really ruffled by this presentation. Of course, I can't prove that this NGO is speaking falsely, and I don't want to point fingers, but I do want to draw attention to the fact that lying is always going to harm someone.
The truth will set you free. It's a quote often used, but I would rather add more to it. The truth will set others free. Those that you interact with each day, the other human beings deserve the truth from you. Gandhi spoke of a tree and the leaves that fall from this tree. He said that we spend our entire lives picking up these leaves of truth, pieces of truth, trying to understand it all, but we will never reach the tree. We will never fully understand the truth of this world. I can accept that. As much of a know-it-all as I am, I can accept that I will never know every truth of this world, but I would rather spend my entire life picking up leaves, getting closer than being lied to or telling lies to others. Each person deserves to live in the light of truth, so they can be set free.
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