L. Ron Hubbard wrote:

THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN CONTROL PEOPLE IS TO LIE TO THEM. You can write that down in your book in great big letters. The only way you can control anybody is to lie to them. When you find an individual is lying to you, you know that the individual is trying to control you. One way or another this individual is trying to control you. That is the mechanism of control. Conversely, if you see an impulse on the part of a human being to control you, you know very well that that human being is lying to you. Not is going to, but is lying to you. Check these facts, you will find they are always true. That person who is trying to control you is lying to you. He's got to tell you lies in order to continue control, because the second you start telling anybody close to the truth, you start releasing him and he gets tougher and tougher to control. So, you can't control somebody without telling them a bunch of lies.

If you have ever had this happen to you (above), you will understand why Hubbard wrote in this unusual fashion. For us, who have been treated this way and have fallen victim to lies, we don't want to believe it is happening. It is painfully hard to face the reality of lies. It leaves emotional scars that are near-impossible to get over. Personally, I don't know what is worse―physical abuse or emotional abuse.

If you have problems with control issues and lie to manipulate situations and people for your benefit, let's be honest about it. If you are habitually lying to your loved ones, you are abusing them. In time, the victims of lies find out. It's a horrible moment for everyone involved. From what I see, everybody gets hurt.

Debbie Jensen, Graphic Designer and Photographer http://www.debjensendesigns.com

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