Integrity

INTRODUCTION

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Integrity is you fulfilling the word
and thoughts you give to yourself
and others. In honesty you only
have to maintain the word,
honour the words you give to
others. In integrity you have to
honour even word you give to
yourself. Honesty is not integrity,
integrity is honesty as well.

It is very unfortunate society teaches that you have to honour the word you give to others but society forgets to teach that you have to honour the word you give it to yourself also. Society treats you more like a utility, that is why they teach you to honour the word you give to others but they do not teach you to honour the word you give to yourself.

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The word you give to yourself is as important or more important than the word you give to others. Because life, the flow of your life, the amount of contentment you feel in your life, the degree of fulfilment you feel in your life, and the experience of fulfilment you feel in your life all depends on the words you give to yourself and whether you honour them. The word you give to you forms the bone structure of your life.

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Just like how when you break the words you give to others take it away their confidence in you, when you break the words you give to yourself you lose confidence in yourself.

Every time you honour the words you
give to yourself, your self-confidence
starts oozing in your muscle and bio-
memory. When you honour the words
you give to others confidence starts
oozing out in your relationship. Others
losing confidence in you takes away all
the wealth in your life. You losing
confidence in you takes away life itself
from you.

A portrait of Sri Nithyananda Paramashivam sitting on a throne.