Integrity within the Discipline

 

Integrity is a state of being whole and complete. Integrity is a base for workability – lack of integrity leads to a breakdown, high integrity leads to smooth manifestation and excellent results. Just like a machine, that is made of strong parts, which ell fitted together, will work smoothly and go along way, so will the individual, who is in integrity with himself, his life and his projects, will easily advance to the top of his game. Integrity is maintained when all aspects of a being are working harmoniously together. The success of any project depends solely on the integrity of it’s supporting elements. For example, if in a group of individuals, who are moving towards the same goal, one develops his own agenda, the integrity of the group will be compromised, and the goal may not be reached. Integrity of thought, word and action leads to a state of wholeness that gives one an immense power of creation. Impeccability is integrity on the level of being. Being impeccable is integrating all ways if being into a well directed power of intent. That kind of single pointed concentration of being yields results that can easily exceed all reason, as well as a presence of harmony and oneness that will move and inspire everyone it touches.

Building and maintaining integrity is a major aim of any discipline. Practically, it is pretty straight forward and can be applied to anything in life. For example, integrity of the body can be maintained through proper diet and exercise. Integrity of the mind is developed through concentration and purification of mental concepts. Integrity of the projects is upheld by being in action on those projects and doing the best you can do. Integrity with other individuals is rooted in our communication with each other. Being open, honest, with nothing to hide, creates a space of powerful relatedness. A large aspect of being in integrity is being your word – doing what you declared to do. As the integrity of your word grows, so will your power of manifesting in reality. Ultimately, the integrity of the spirit is maintained through aligning with the impersonal intent of evolution of our consciousness.

Proper awareness, with determination and understanding, allows one to transform conflicting and rampant energies within one’s structure into a harmonious flow of being. Raising the awareness to reach the thoughts and actions, with the intentions operating behind them, will naturally realign one’s being into a single harmonious unit – a clear example of an individual with integrity.

A proper discipline will constantly challenge one’s present levels of integrity, to expand. Like this, a breakdown of integrity is an opportunity to continue discovering habitual and outdated ways of being, which come from the conditioned programming of your past. With every breakdown, we are able to distinguish already running programs, or potential, sleeping programs and fill them with awareness, opening a possibility to raise our integrity to a higher level. As we peel back the layers of programming, we slowly grow in our integrity, but only through awareness and full acceptance of the self.

Note: The following article is copyright SpiritPath. The information above is partially taken from other sacred teachings that we are utilizing in our disciplines and during the retreats, as well as our personal experience. It is intended to be realized and practiced during the SpiritPath retreats.