The awe in Truth and Integrity

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Author: Biljana

Many of us believe having truth and integrity is being able to agree and defend what society has taught us to believe is right and wrong. To some significance this has a value to it which is undeniable however, it seems of little substance to how each individual understands it to be.

We were conditioned to accept the word truth meant we are not allowed to lie to each other and the word integrity meant we ought to be honest with each other however, we discovered most of us decided to lie and be dishonest in spite of this.

This is purely because we were conditioned regarding to what we should and should not do. The great majority of us did not understand why this was important for each other as there was no profound explanation offered or given. In essence the way in which we learned truth and integrity was really negate and is naturally arguable that we were simply expected to understand the wisdom hidden intuitively.

To some measure perhaps we did. We knew that it begins on the inside and we were trying to resolve this when we decided to first tell a lie and be dishonest. We came to understand the incongruity however we also began to create barriers of mistrust between each other during the process. Inplace of hearing, “Tell me how you honestly feel?” we were hearing, “Don't you lie to me.”

Having truth and integrity is being able to be honestly truthful with ourself in all that we do. Reflect deeply for a moment and consider if we were having a troubling situation at present how may the situation be different if we decided we were going to be true to ourself?

We may gain a whole new perspective and find necessary clarity which was simply not apparent before. We may discover there may be things we need to let go of and release so that the situation can begin to heal. We can look forward to wonderful options and occurances when we decide to be truthfuly honest with ourself and others.

When we have troubling situations in our life, be this; our job/career, relationships or health, by simply willing to open our hearts and speak our truths is all that is necessary in making positive and loving changes. We can begin to understand what having our own truth and integrity truly means in our life.

"The road to truth is dotted with many tempting parking spaces" - axiom

The great majority love in others only what they lend them, their version of themselves. Feeling happiness is when we think, what we say, and what we do are all in harmony. Allowing the opportunity to feel free to be in ways that are in harmony with our personal values. To be loved and accepted for what we are is the greatest exception and the personal life deeply lived always expands into truths beyond itself.