Tell the Truth and Shame the Devil

Tell the truth or vow to refrain from lies. Again the precept asks you directly, please vow to tell the truth...and more. It asks us to stop believing the lies wwe tell ourselves; the lies of the conditioned mind that we build our life on and live each day from...if you believe you are "bad" that is a lie; if you believe you are "good" that is a lie...we flip back and forth trying to protect these ideas about who we believe we are and they are at the root of not telling the truth...It's the me we hold onto and grasp that is at the bottom of the lies we live.