Plague of Lies

"What a cruel act to be untruthful," German theologian and monk Meister Eckhart once wrote in a poem that contrasts relationships built on trust and honesty with those damaged by lies. He described truthful, loving words as "wonderful spices mixed into the days." But lies, he emphasized, are like earthquakes in the mind and poison to the soul: "Havoc is created in the mind that can no longer trust…