What Ever Happened to Integrity?

"Success does not necessarily involve great intellect or great position or great wealth; it has to do with inner integrity. Remember that."

Seth by Jane Roberts

That sounds nice, but to be Mr. Cynical, it's not reality.

I'm not saying give up your integrity, I'm just saying don't pat yourself on the back too much either. Self-delusion is NOT a good trait.

integrity is more than just not lying.
its more than keeping your word.

Its doing the right thing "just because".

that, of course can be case specific, one persons idea of 'right'maybe differ from anothers.

and yes it starts with us, not what we project and expect from other people.

but its more than just telling the truth.

"Success does not necessarily involve great intellect or great position or great wealth; it has to do with inner integrity. Remember that."

Seth by Jane Roberts

Integrity is a concept of consistency of actions, values, methods, measures, principles, expectations, and outcomes. In ethics, integrity is regarded as the honesty and truthfulness or accuracy of one's actions. Integrity can be regarded as the opposite of hypocrisy,[1] in that integrity regards internal consistency as a virtue, and suggests that parties holding apparently conflicting values should account for the discrepancy or alter their beliefs.

The word "integrity" stems from the Latin adjective integer (whole, complete).[2] In this context, integrity is the inner sense of "wholeness" deriving from qualities such as honesty and consistency of character. As such, one may judge that others "have integrity" to the extent that they act according to the values, beliefs and principles they claim to hold.

A value system's abstraction depth and range of applicable interaction may also function as significant factors in identifying integrity due to their congruence or lack of congruence with observation. A value system may evolve over time[3] while retaining integrity if those who espouse the values account for and resolve inconsistencies.[4]

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EVERYONE does it. It has become global. It is not one side or the other. One side does not espouse truth. It is ALL twisted. The problem is not one side or the other. The problem is unaccountability and lack of transparency in our political system. Allow either of those to be prevalent within the political system, and the the political system would literally disintegrate.

Seriously. It is lost.
....
Do it.

Make a week out of it.

Make a month out of it.

.....Start fixing it with yourself.

can integrity exist within faith

i see no possibility

can integrity exist within faith

i see no possibility

integrity exists within trust which exists within reality

as in:
something must be real (exist/structure) for integrity to function

structure and function can never be separated

faith is believing something you possess no evidence to be true
is true

as in:
something must be real (exist/structure) for integrity to function

structure and function can never be separated

faith is believing something you possess no evidence to be true
is true

Seriously. It is lost.

Remember when someone's word was enough to bind them. A handshake.

Now, it is glazed eyes staring back at you. Rules that are put in place do not mean a thing if someone dislikes what you say.

Promises are fantasies espoused with deaf ears on the one's proclaiming them.

Integrity and its surrounding ideology are so lost in our world that we lie and twist words so often we have become accustom to it.

I made a promise to myself about 4 or so years ago to never tell a lie. It started as just an experiment to truly see how much I 'fibbed' and 'white-lied'. It was amazing. I found myself being disingenuous all the time. For my own pride (?). Among other things I suppose. But, to not make anyone think 'worse' of me or to not get in any 'trouble'. And, even to make sure my spouse or children wouldn't get angry with me. etc, etc.

Spend one week...no, spend one month not telling a lie, even a small one, and see what happens to yourself. Every time you tell one, even a small one, be AWARE of it and ask yourself why you had to lie, and if it was really worth it. And, WHY WAS IT WORTH IT?

I was finding out where all my faults lie, and I was on a pace to fix all those things, to be genuine, to show others who I am and not what I wanted them to see.

Then, about 2 years later, I find myself in a small corporate type environment. And, since I was wholly conscious of any 'lie' that came out of my mouth, I realize it was wholly necessary to lie in order to keep the job or do 'work'.

Integrity does NOT drive the system. The system thrives on disingenuity to prosper. It is inherent in our systems. Politicians, and business, commercial advertisements, loans, collections, elections, family stability and societal acceptance and keeping up with the Jones'.

Do it.

Make a week out of it.

Make a month out of it.

See how long your integrity lasts. Then, when you realize what I am saying is truth, don't point your damn finger at anyone. Instead, realize that we are all in this together, and start fixing it.

Start fixing it with yourself.

The whole country has been a LIE, since the Republic was taken over by the CORPORATE " United States of America", and the 'Federal' reserve, with compounding of the lies through parasitic politicians, banisters and corporate states and towns !

Even the schools were totally corrupted during the late sixties, by the corporate federal government, and I WITNESSED it. The colleges and universities were next, as the liberals took over chairmanship of all departments, and ousted any who didn't 'fit in/objected' to the curriculum changes they made; high schools, junior highs the SAME !

No REAL history was taught either. JUST what was controlled by the puppet masters in Washington, via MONEY allocations that the 'town fathers', once hooked on the extra money couldn't tell the truth to their consituents. Lies and half truths or NOTHING; i.e. you were forced to drop it, or you were fired !

EWagle

Resonates deeply
For integrity!!!

The more laws and rules the less trust
The more trust the less laws and rules needed

If we all treat each other and ourselves with honor, dignity, respect and compassion there are no need for regulation
Only inspiration
Co creation
Thus we may change the systems and the world, inside out, by pondering our own intentions, like you state it so beautifully

Thanks and lots of love

I think we lost integrity about the time our society became more mobile. It used to be that you "behaved" in order to bring to or to keep the honor of your family name. People lived in small towns and knew each other. You didn't want to be the low-life black sheep which brought shame to your name. Even those in cities tended to live in "neighborhoods" - Italian neighborhood, Polish neighborhood, Irish neighborhood.

As times changed, our economy began to require people to move away from their families and the home farm and to far-off cities/suburbs to work - places where nobody knows each other because they move often. It really doesn't matter if you lie or what anybody thinks of you - you'll move on soon enough so who cares?