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his or her duties—the family, the civic community, and the state. The state is the highest expression of both the spirit of the world and the individual. The right conduct of the individual would then be to pursue the common purpose of the state.
Ayurveda termed ethical conduct as a sort of medicine (rasayana). A person develops love for an object he likes and hatred for one he dislikes. Even when he gets the object which is dear to him, it only adds fuel to his desire for more. The mentally insatiate person takes to crime. Theft, deception, falsehood, treachery and greed ruin a person's conduct. A person who is not gratified or satiated indulges in forbidden action. He takes recourse to lying in order to preserve the object he is infatuated with. Before he tells a lie, he draws a net of guileful tactics, which results in tension. While lying, he experiences an inner tension. And after he has lied, he remains under tension to hide it. A vicious circle of tension is thus created.
Lies can be categorized in many different ways, but a widely held view is that there are four types of lies: Prosocial-lying to help someone else; Self-enhancement-lying to make yourself look better while not hurting another; Selfish-lying to personally benefit at the expense of another; and Anti-social-lying to deliberately damage another. Psychologists have concluded that there are four signs of someone lying: Avoidance of eye contact-usually someone makes eye contact at least half the time they are talking to you. If you notice them avoiding eye contact or looking down during a specific part of a conversation, they may well be lying; Change of voice-a variation in pitch of voice or rate of speech can be a sign of lying. People also use irrelevant words and sounds while lying; Body language-turning your body away, covering your face or mouth, a lot of fidgeting of hands or legs can indicate deception. Contradicting yourself
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