The discipline of thoughts

[Unbound]

Aren't we in the same boat now too?

We are, but this density is not very conducive for being completely honest.

Do you mean honesty in terms of always speaking your thoughts or honesty in terms of acknowledging the actual state of things? They are two very different things, in my opinion. "Speaking honestly" is not the same as "being honest". I have met individuals who have spoken perfectly honestly about their dishonest acts so that to me suggests that honesty is really more of a relationship you have with yourself first and then which is communicated to others rather than just being the fact of being blunt with one's thoughts.

Reasonably if one is being perfectly honest with themselves then it will be impossible for them to lie. That doesn't mean, however, that there is no such thing as tact.