How you manage your thoughts, words, actions, habits, character and destiny, is ultimately how you manage yourself. If you are mindless everything else that follows after thoughts, will be mindless, too. Your integrity relies upon your thoughts and if you possess no strong thoughts that amount to anything worthwhile then your life will be a mirror to exemplify that trait.

For example, you are what you eat, some say. The kind of thought you put into what you eat, directly relies on what you can physically manifest. Some people never really think about what they eat, what kind of “fuel” they burn to live, or anything else for that matter.

Sarah, if I may be so bold, you shared, “To say *I just acted with mindless integrity* does not sound quite right …” My response would be; a person who is not living or behaving out of consciousness will not have the brains, wit, or thought to make such a claim. Such a person walks, talks, eats, breathes, and does practically everything in blindness. This type of “consistency of actions and values” is empty habitual blindness birthed from mindlessness.

“Perhaps INactivity is a from of integrity? ie) Not acting on who U R and what U know?”
>> Inactivity is a form of laziness. Not acting on who you are and what you know consciously is cowardice and procrastination. If that is your integrity, that is what you value. I would add, such values are rooted in weakness.

“…But even that is INtegrity in waiting~ if integrity simply equates to action…”
>> How exactly is integrity in waiting, if we are either what we are or are not (with few exceptions as I clarified above)?? Transitional stages of life are this kind of exception, but you are either true or false, you are not waiting for anything. You can only be or not be. However, during transformation, behavior in alignment with values that represent your true soul are becoming more solid habits with practice.

“One thing is for sure….everything is equal under the heavens whatever we choose to do.”
>> It’d be a lovely thought to believe this– but if such a statement were true we would all be millionaires, win the Nobel Prize, and end up in the history books. Alas, we don’t all have these things nor do we all share the same attributes, or beliefs. The truth is, we are not all equal. A strong person realizes this and demands the courage and strength of himself/herself that is required in order to make something of his/her life, regardless. Otherwise, we are passing through, just like many others. Each of us are unique, and should have equal rights, but we are not all equal. Frankly, some people have put more effort into their existence and strive towards the higher things in life. Accordingly, some are entitled to knowledge, opportunities, things, etc. that others are not. No offense, but I do not regard the profession of a prostitute as equally valuable as the profession of a doctor.

To say *I just acted with mindless integrity* does not sound quite right …

Clearly *Consciousness* is the only word which admirably fits the action

Perhaps INactivity is a from of integrity? ie) Not acting on who U R and what U know?

…But even that is INtegrity in waiting~ if integrity simply equates to action…

One thing is for sure….everything is equal under the heavens whatever we choose to do.

We do what we do & in that respect we are always in INTegrity to the given moment ~ as you rightly say

Sometimes there is no other way & we have 2 B patient with ourselves, and our circumstances, acting in intergrity, whatever that may be for the next step forward.

Perhaps it is only moving BACKwards which scuppers the Intergrity quotient ~ then again a step back often comes before actions which hold the most significance.

Mm…Interesting & Curious #saidHolmestoWatson

Thank you Unmaskd for once again for bringing some light into something important enough, had I not recognized could have resulted in a loss with great regret.

Integrity

“Proverbs 10:9 – People with integrity walk safely; but those who follow crooked paths will slip and fall.”

Those are very wise words spoken and seen billions of times. They have been written in one book, the Bible, the holy word of God. This is a very, very important verse. One of the most important in my opinion. Even though it is probably the first time I heard it. I think other people will think the same.

Proverbs was in the old testament (B.C.) so it is older than the other quotes I could have chose. I really understand what this is saying. If you make right choices, it will give you a nice reputation, but if you make bad choices it will ruin your reputation.

One thing is that if you don’t follow this, you will have regrets. Regrets are like when you wish you didn’t do something. Like if you bullied someone and you got a referral. If you chose not to bully someone you would not get in trouble and not have regrets. See cause and effect. It’s that simple.

And the conclusion is… follow the integrity path! Which means for example be truthful and courageous. Do you get what I’m saying? If you made bad choices before, then think about consequences. That is the meaning of this great verse!
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Beyond thoughts and actions, I think one other factor in integrity is the importance of words with the actions because integrity also means doing what you say you’re going to do. If you use words whether written or spoken, you need to follow through. If you can’t or don’t intend on following through, learn to not use words by making empty promises trying to appease someone. I know this one all too well and am still learning what I am willing to commit to or not. Sometimes I have good intentions, but too much to do or a fun diversion of my attention and oops, didn’t get to it because I really deep down wanted to do something else instead. When being true to yourself, you have to make sure you don’t hurt or let down other people in the process. When people make empty promises, others cannot rely on them. Words used carelessly lead people to believe one thing and something either doesn’t occur or the opposite occurs and the person is then viewed without integrity by the person(s) something was promised to. Failure to follow through once or twice is not as big a deal in risking loss of integrity (depending on what it is), but several times and you’ve lost being viewed as having integrity by those affected by the unfuliflled promise(s). Many view the following words as something that will be followed through on: I’ll try, I’ll see, I can, I will, probably, maybe, etc. I have found it is best to learn to make few promises in life, but the few solid promises you do make let them be all encompassing with every ounce of integrity in it (or hang with people that go with the flow and are okay if everything is not completely structured with some wiggle room). The thing about promises is that they go hand in hand with integrity. We all know at the moment we are going to speak if the thought, word, intention is going to match the value and action. You know the saying in business: under promise and over deliver to keep customers happy. How much do you value integrity? I think integrity and honor/respect are synonymous and therefore we need to ask ourselves how important is it to us and how much we want to be respected in our home, career, society and what that looks like in our lives. Yes, I’m talking about visualizing what it looks like, what kind of words are used and learning to stick to the positive values that you do like about yourself, basing decisions on your core values. It begins with self-respect and knowing what you value then it branches out from there.

Passion is potent enough 2 lift us up,out,& away from its shadow #asyourightlyconclude