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Originally Posted by evrgrn3  Do you think people can be basically patterned and consistent in their lying and then stop? Can a person be chronic in their dishonesty and then stop that behavior? |
Yes. Well at least that was my case. I was lying, it was a pattern, consistent, and chronic. Then I got Angela's coaching, and this gave me the possibility to stop. (Even though the coaching was about something completely different, this was merely a side effect of it)
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That leads to an additional question. If a person can stop, is lying a choice?
Does this basically mean that a person chooses to lie?
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In my opinion, yes. Sometimes it's not a conscious choice. When I was doing it, it didn't feel like I had a choice at all. It just happened to me. The coaching gave me the choice, enabled me to choose consciously. Given the choice, I prefer not to lie. So I think for some people some internal work may be necessary before they can see it as a choice and stop. Still, in my opinion it is a choice, conscious or subconscious, like just everything else we do or feel. The point is to make the choice conscious.