Integrity, as the dictionary meaning would suggest, simply means a state of being whole and undivided. This meaning can apply for both tangible or external state and an intangible or a mental or an internal state. In this week, we’re primarily concerned about the latter.
As a clearing, let us first put out what “integrity” does not mean. Integrity is not a moral act; it is not about being right or wrong. Integrity is also not about ethics. There is no conscience in it. Integrity is also not about commitment neither it is of value that one strives for or towards.
Morality, ethics, commitment, values or any such aspects are all outwardly bound. Meaning, that one is accountable to a promise or a vow made, and these aspects are those virtues against which we hold ourselves into accountability. That does not mean to suggest that in integrity, you lose complete accountability. But in integrity there is responsibility – an individual’s ability to respond, to respond aptly to a situation or a context.
Integrity is simply an act to keep one’s internal self in the state of whole and being complete.
Integrity is simply an act to keep one’s internal self in the state of whole and being complete. Every action of ours has a certain consequence to it. Integrity simply keeps us present to the responses that we take to situations and contexts by being fully aware of the consequences, and it goes beyond that to check that we are whole and complete about it. Being in integrity is not a virtue, it is a WAY OF being.
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