INTEGRITY – WHAT IT MEANS
by Dr. Lawrence Wilson
©
January 2020, LDWilson Consultants, Inc.
All information in this article is for
educational purposes only. It is
not for the diagnosis, treatment, prescription or cure of any disease or health
condition.
DEFINITIONS
1. Integrity, compared to
honesty, is a quality in which all parts of oneÕs life fit together and work
together in an integrated way.
2. Integrity includes honesty, truth-seeking, reliability, and authenticity.
3. The word integrity can mean whole or complete. The word is related to the word integer,
which means a whole number, not a fraction or partial number.
4. An energetic definition. A certain integrity occurs or is
reached when the seven physical energy centers of the body all spin and
function in a harmonious way. For
details about these, read The Energy Centers.
5. Integrated, rather than fragmented. Integrity as a way of living has to do
with having all parts
of oneÕs life flow smoothly together.
6. Universal integrity.
This is another kind of integrity in which you move beyond your own
integrity and understand others at a very deep level. Men learn to understand women deeply, for example, and women
come to understand men at a deep level.
One also learns to understand sick people deeply, as well as dying
people and others whom one would normally not associated with.
Light-skinned people can come to
deeply understand darker-skinned people and vice versa, those of one race can
come to understand deeply those of other races.
This leads to an integrity that
is far greater than just integrity with oneself.
WHY ARE HONESTY AND CONSISTENCY ASSOCIATED WITH INTEGRITY?
The answer is that without basic
honesty and consistency with yourself and with all
others, oneÕs life will simply not flow smoothly in an integrated and
coordinated fashion. The man and
woman of integrity knows this. As a result, a person of high integrity
will tend to be very reliable, honest and consistent in speech and behavior.
However, a person of integrity
may not always be fully honest if to do so would threaten his or anotherÕs
life. For example, if a person
comes to the door and wants to harm your child, a person of integrity might say
the child is not at home, even if this is not true. This is not a lack of integrity, but rather a sign of
integrity because one puts oneÕs family above just telling others whatever they
want to know.
Another example is that if
brutal honesty would be tactless and harmful, one may soften it so as to
communicate better. This is not a
lack of integrity when done properly.
It is part of the integrity needed to live successfully in the world.
In summary, integrity is about
honesty, but it must serve the higher purpose of an integrated and safe life.
This quality of integrity
– that behavior and thought must serve the whole personÕs higher good – pervades all behavior of the person of
integrity.
For example, to live in
integrity may mean to seem unusual or strange because most people do not live
in integrity. For example, one may
not use a cell phone. This is not
a lack of integrity, but an understanding that cell phones emit harmful
radiation and allow government authorities to track your movements and your
phone calls, and this is out of integrity, even if living without a cell phone
is inconvenient and unusual.
Another example is the story in
the New Testament of the Bible when Jesus turned over the tables of the
moneychangers in the Hebrew temple.
One could say this was an illegal and violent act.
However, he probably knew what
he was doing and did it for a particular effect or reason that was in integrity
with his view that the temple should not be defiled by the presence of money
changers.
WHY IS INTEGRITY OFTEN ASSOCIATED WITH BIBLICAL PRINCIPLES SUCH
AS THE TEN COMMANDMENTS AND THE GOLDEN RULE?
The reason is that these
principles promote integrity. They
are sensible, simple rules that keep life orderly and whole. They are universal principles, in fact,
and not religious, in and of themselves.
One can be a so-called
Òreligious personÓ, and yet live very much out of integrity. Some go to church on Sunday, but cheat
people in business or other ways all week long.
Others do not follow all the
Ôchurch rulesÕ, but they live with great integrity because they follow the
basic Biblical principles such as the Ten Commandments Of Moses.
WHY IS INTEGRITY ASSOCIATED WITH A SEARCH FOR TRUTH?
The reasons are:
- Truth, of itself, is an integrity.
This means it fits together in a scientific way and it is
consistent. If it is not, then it
is not the complete truth, and this is common.
- Seeking the truth in all
things at all times promotes and supports integrity.
DO PEOPLE OF INTEGRITY BECOME MARTYRS
People of integrity are not
usually martyrs and do not willingly submit themselves to any type of physical
or other type of torture. Harming
the body or mind, or allowing others to do so, is not a wholesome and
integrated way to live. Rarely, a
person of integrity might decide to die for a cause, but this is very unlikely.
However, a person of integrity
tends to live in a truthful manner as much as possible, even if it never brings
great financial or other worldly rewards, and even if instead it brings scorn
and humiliation.
CAN A PERSON LIVE IN INTEGRITY IN ONE AREA SUCH AS FAMILY LIFE,
BUT BE OUT OF INTEGRITY IN OTHERS?
Yes
and no. Part of oneÕs life can be
in integrity, such as parenting oneÕs children, while another area, such as
oneÕs business affairs might be out of integrity. However, at a higher level, living this way is out of
integrity. The only exception
might be if, for example, cheating in business is the only way for the person
to make ends meet. This is
theoretically possible.
WHAT IS THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF LIVING A LIFE
IN INTEGRITY?
Some people are simply unhappy
if they do not live in integrity.
We wish more people felt this way.
Living in integrity also tends
to promote health in a powerful way and greatly helps a person develop. For details about this, read Introduction To Development.
II. LIVING OUT OF INTEGRITY
This means living in some way or
other that does not harmonize with oneÕs highest purposes or understanding of
the truth about life. It is a life
out of balance, and usually a life of secret dishonesty, cheating and/or
lying. Examples of areas in which
people live out of integrity, according to the 7 system,
are:
1.
NOT CARING CORRECTLY FOR THE BODY. This may
include areas such as the diet, drinking water, exercise, rest and sleep,
keeping the body and home clean, staying warm, comfortable and happy as much as
possible.
Other ways to be out of
integrity physically are too much or not enough exercise or activity and other
physical activities that are not best for the body.
2.
EMOTIONAL AND SEXUAL IMBALANCES. These include sentimentality, excessive emotion, and no
emotional expression. We also
believe that becoming mired in fear, anger, resentment or guilt are out of integrity if they become habitual. We realize that at times these will occur,
but one needs to move out of them as fast as possible.
Sexual imbalances include too
much sex with fluid loss, but Down Sex is fine as
often as you wish. On this
website, we also consider seduction of women to be very out of integrity. We also consider pornography and
certainly molestation of others to be out of integrity. We also consider homosexuality,
transgender sex, bisexuality, bestiality, and sodomy to be out of integrity
with the true energetic nature of a human being. For more details, read Homosexuality.
3.
MENTAL IMBALANCES. These
may include being egotistical, narcissistic, power-hungry, controlling,
prideful, selfish or self-centered, giving away too much power, putting oneself
down, dishonoring the self, and taking advantage of others mentally.
Mental dullness due to oneÕs
diet or other errors of living is also out of integrity. If oneÕs mind does not work well due to
ill health, a person of integrity will attempt to correct the problem, such as
by embarking upon a development program.
For details, read Get A Brain.
4.
SOCIAL IMBALANCES. These include isolating oneself, being
a social butterfly or superficial, and being a vampire in various ways. This means stealing energy from others
through your thoughts, words or actions.
5.
EXPRESSION AND WORK IMBALANCES. These include
work that is stupid or harmful in some way. It could be obscene, illegal, pornographic, exhausting,
trashy or very wasteful.
It also includes idleness, and
possibly other work and expression problems such as incorrect or inappropriate
work for a particular person.
6.
KNOWLEDGE AND WISDOM IMBLANCES. These include holding on to false knowledge, false beliefs
and ideas. It includes
unwillingness to learn. It also
includes arrogance – believing that one knows a lot when one does not
know very much.
It can also include confusion
about knowledge and wisdom, memory problems or inability to think logically,
clearly and thoroughly.
7.
SPIRITUAL AND RELIGIOUS IMBALANCES. This includes
living without good principles or with the wrong guiding or spiritual
principles such as wishing evil for others or wishing to harm others.
Also, the correct way to live is
that the mind must control the body.
If this is reversed, one is out of integrity. This is called being ÒupÓ or Òupside downÓ.
Our language has many words to
describe this common condition.
They include mixed up, screwed up, messed up, knocked up, upset, uptight, beaten up,
given up, hyped up, puffed up, and roughed up.
HOW TO MOVE INTO INTEGRITY
This requires constant re-examination
of all aspects of oneÕs life. One
must look for incongruent or unwholesome ideas, beliefs or behaviors that have
entered your life, and then purge them.
Also,
one must look at oneÕs past in a rather critical, though not punishing
way. Just because the family
seemed happy or successful does not mean they lived in integrity. If one clings to old friends, old ways
of doing things, old ideas, and so on, it is always more difficult or
impossible to live in integrity as one moves on in life.
To
live in integrity, one must also listen to many sources of news, including
conservative talk radio today.
This is because the mainstream media often lie.
One must also pray often for
guidance, wisdom and truth.
Otherwise, it is easy to get out of touch with reality and with truth.
Doing the Pulling
Down Exercise every day is necessary to move into integrity and remain
there. This exercise is not like
other mental exercises or meditations.
It alone moves energy properly through the body.
In most instances, moving into
integrity requires a development program of the type we offer on this
website. The reason is that many
people do not think clearly, so they cannot examine their ideas and life very
well.
Moving into integrity also requires
some courage. It often means
Ògoing against the grain of societyÓ in some ways. It is not just about being a rebel, however, or about just
conforming to a new ideology or religion.
The latter can seem like integrity, so be careful.
Not always
pleasant. Moving into integrity can be upsetting
and even frightening, at times.
One may realize that oneÕs ideas, oneÕs friends, and perhaps oneÕs
entire lifestyle may be faulty and needs a lot of correction.
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