There's a fable about a boy who was bored and cried wolf to the villagers to trick them into believing something that wasn't true. After several times of doing this, the villagers became indifferent to his cry of wolf and didn't show up. This led to a very serious consequence. A wolf had appeared and attacked the sheep. The boy learned a valuable and costly lesson that night.
The moral of the story was not to purposefully deceive people because they could become indifferent. When you want them to believe you, they won't.
You can read more about the fable at this link.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boy_Who_Cried_Wolf
The phrase, "cry wolf" was something I grew up remembering because it taught me that teasing with lies could bring about a serious negative situation.
I had a friend who was like that ... he even called me gullible. One day he said something serious and I didn't believe him. It made me realize how important this fable was due to experiencing it first hand. I had allowed myself to become indifferent without realizing it.
I'm just glad it didn't cost me my life.
This is what I see going on today with the making of false reports and videos on the internet. Some think it's funny to be deceptive. They, who are being mean spirited, place themselves on a pedestal because of their boredom without understanding the karmic reaction to their misdeeds.
I've begun to see the indifference in video comments. Things like: phoney, photoshopped, fake ... and those being the kinder words. Is it all of these things or are we becoming condition to not believing anything because we're tired of the continual regurgitation of fabrications?
Even in blogs the deceit continues. Some people in the media report without validation or accuracy expecting belief. I see knowledgeable comments, to negate the falsity, but others avoid the messages. The confusion becomes outrageous. The debates become heated and sometimes vulgar.
Is this due to the frustrations of dealing with deliberate lying? Is this the dummying down that so many speak of? Is this our gullibility being ridiculed or mocked to the point it's creating indifference, rebellion, or bullying because we're tired of being duped?
Where will it take us in the future?
Will it affect everyone when something major happens and our indifference negates the truth because of dealing with so many lies ... costing us dearly?
Will our ability to sense the truth be negated?
Will those of knowing do all they can to protect our ability to know?
Yes, I wonder where all this current insanity of "crying wolf" will karmically lead us. Time will tell ... because the future is not just their karma ... we're all part of it.
In the meantime, I'll continue with my ultimate question to the universe while asking for truth ... which could be SOMEONE'S truth but not necessarily THE truth.
Is it God's truth?
