Deception

I read Ludlum's "The Bourne Deception" today and was struck by the author's (Van Lustbader) story line. Maybe not the story line itself as much as his sub-line; the real deception.

From Pages 128 and 129: "Human beings, it became clear to him, thrived on lies; they needed them in order to survive, be happy, even. Because the truth is often unpleasant, and people didn't care about that. Furthermore, it didn't suit many of them. They'd much rather lie to themselves, have those around them to lie to them to perserve the illusion of beauty. Realty wasn't pretty, that wasn'tthe truth."

Ponder that a bit.

There is more of this throughout this sometimes hard to follow read. Hard to follow because of the multiple plots that come together in the end. Sort of.

Though my intent was to just escape into a good novel this weekend, I really wanted it to be one that I couldn't remember when asked what I did this weekend. For sure something I wasn't looking for a pen to underline. Instead, I've been pondering how Van Lustbader's connectivity with deception, truth, and lies fits so well into my inside the box theory.

Think about it! Thriving on lies, thinking you/we have to lie to be happy or even survive is because we/they/you have to live outside the box we're all in. You/we don't want what we have, or rather, we want it, but more. You want something better

It goes all the way back to Genesis 3.

To that end.