Spiritual Integrity is being true to the truth of Self, being who you are. Ultimately, being as Truth means telling the truth to yourself in the present moment. Initially, this means that we must admit that we do not know who or what we are. Admitting that we do not know is opening to truth. The ego self, the mind-identified person, believes in a concept of self, ranging from the very bad to the very good. As long as this believing persists, there is very little chance that such a mentality will desire more. If the truth of Self is to be realized we must be graced by a desire to look within our essence. However, looking to the mind, the giver of pat answers is just a beginning. Deeper than belief is feeling, the intuitive knowing that the mind's ideas of peace, love and joy aren't real. Going deeper within ourselves, we discover inconsistencies, contradictions and unconscious lies. Discovery of the latter, challenge the egoic self to its core and so it may be difficult for us to admit that we have witnessed a selfish motive in the center of our giving or fear in our attempts to express love to another being. Yet to realize the truth, we must be open to its revelation and accept the false as false when we become aware of it as such. Why?...because then we might stop being untrue and this stopping is the very action of Self being true. Sometimes by talking about love, by talking or thinking about enlightenment, we miss the presence of truth right up to the very instant that we intuit our mistake. The truth is within us and always available. By honoring our ability to feel the false and surrender it, we open. This opening cannot be labelled or controlled, as being truly open right now is being free. Simply Being is Absolutely True. Blessings, Sundance.
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Love's Child
Integrity is being true to who you really are at the core of your being; the open Heart of all Loving. Small children express their feelings openly and honestly. They are deeply empathetic with others. In fact, if two small children are playing together and one begins to cry, often the other child will also sense the sadness and cry as well. They feel the emotion as though it was their own and offer gentle comfort. Children move through their life complications quickly and readily regain their center of balance, without a thought of looking back. Then, we begin conditioning them into a separate sense of self that is identified primarily with their thoughts. In this transition, the way of the Heart becomes the life of the mind. As the concept of “me” grows stronger, they lose much of their sensitivity. Their innate compassion and kindness become the manipulation and control of the ego as anger, aggression, and sadness creep in. We have all been conditioned in the same manner and the world is the result of the conditioned child. Through still watching, we can awaken from the dream of the mind, its time, and its false ideas. My invitation is to come home to the Heart. Only This Love ~ Katie
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