Barry Ritholz said, “Little white lies are told by humans all the time. Indeed, lying is often how we get through each day in a happy little bubble. We spend time and energy rationalizing our own behaviors, beliefs, and decision-making processes.” What is Creator’s perspective?

Having told you that there are times when a white lie is a lesser evil, we must also caution that whether an untruth is a white lie or something darker is in the eye of the beholder, and humans are often inaccurate in their assessment of moral imperatives and consequences. So this can be a slippery slope and become a habit that is an all too easy mode of operating, and before long a person who indulges in white lies to keep the peace and not ruffle feathers finds this is such a useful self-serving strategy they will lie about many, many things in order to look good and be accepted when that is not truly justified, but used to cover up their own shortcomings and mistakes. In a sense, we could teach a course in the Art of Lying, but this is something each person must figure out for themselves, given you are in charge and not us, and we cannot stop you from making a karmic misstep, only warn you that it will have a consequence. So it is wise to keep in mind that telling a white lie to serve another is a different matter than telling a white lie to serve the self, many times. That is not an absolute rule but a guide in how to think about the potential dilemma you create in deviating from the truth. A white lie that serves another person is more likely to be morally defensible than a white lie that serves the self, but that is, of course, a rule of thumb and has many possible situations where exceptions are needed because the self is not inferior, you are just as valuable as anyone else, and in a fair world all would consider one another as equals. The risk one takes is in realizing that when it comes to the self, you have an ego that wants to prevail, to excel, to be in control, and to be accepted and, if possible, respected and even cherished by others, and this is where problems will crop up. It is all too easy to find oneself lying to serve the ego more so than being a way to safeguard one's soul in a harsh environment where something lied about is truly not other people's business or will cause no harm to keep secret. This is a major source of complications and tension as you go about your day-to-day living. The farther you are away from divine alignment, the more the ego will have control of things, and this is why maintaining divine alignment is so very important, because things will become more and more distorted as you lose the divine perspective in living your life—the danger is you may not be able to find your way back again.