There are certain people here who understand that deception goes to the heart of existence. In Indian traditions, we have a couple of examples. The main one being:
The world is illusion, only Brahman is real, the world is Brahman. That is, everything is a lie through and through, and at the same time, truth. And from the Mahabharata: After King Drupada and King Virata were slain by Drona, Bhima, and Dhristadyumna fought him on the fifteenth day. Because Drona was very powerful and inconquerable having the irresistible brahmadanda, Krishna hinted to Yudhisthira that Drona would give up his arms if his son Ashwathama was dead. Bhima proceeded to kill an elephant named Ashwathama, and loudly proclaimed that Ashwathama was dead. Drona approached Yudhisthira to seek the truth of his son's death. Yudhisthira proclaimed 'Ashwathama Hatahath, naro va Kunjaro va', implying Ashwathama had died but he was nor sure whether it was a Drona's son or an elephant, The latter part of his proclamation (Naro va Kunjaro va) were drowned out by sound of the conch blown by Krishna intentionally (a different version of the story is that Yudhisthira pronounced the last words so feebly that Drona could not hear the word elephant). Prior to this incident, the chariot of Yudhisthira, proclaimed as Dharma raja (King of righteousness), hovered a few inches off the ground. After the event, the chariot landed on the ground as he lied. Goody goody spiritual types or crusaders try to ignore this and claim that this deception somehow does not spring from the eternal, which creates a logically unbalanced and delusionary version of existence by denying parity among the pairs of opposites such as good and evil; truth and falsehood. The peace that passes understanding is not a matter of good and evil or truth and lies, it is experiencing how these divergent characteristics are related within the entire range of experience.
