Inner Integrity = The Art of Being Truthful To Yourself

Posted on June 28, 2011 by Julia Desmond

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How many lies do you tell yourself, about yourself? Inner Integrity equals “seeing” these lies and “seeing” them for what they are: the “sense of I” creating stories,  creating falsehoods.

What are some of the major falsehoods being told to one’s self, thus creating the greatest hindrances to Awakening and God-Realization?

THE STORIES OF THE “SPIRITUAL EGO” =

• The story of “how spiritual I am”.
• The story of “how awake I am”.
• The story of “how I am YOUR spiritual teacher” because I am much more awake and spiritual than you.
• The list goes on and on…

Other common stories (thus lies to one’s self) are:

• The story of “how happy I am”.

• The story of “how independent I am”, I can do all this on my own.

• The story that “I only focus on the positive”.

So the art of Inner Integrity is “seeing” these stories for what they are, JUST stories ~ All it takes is Awareness through grace.

The problems arise because the “I” is attached to these stories, which really equals creating one’s “self-identity”. This IS a major rope that holds up the ego. The one and only thing able to cut this rope is GRACE and AWARENESS. We are very fortunate to have Avataric consciousness (Oneness) which delivers this GRACE and AWARENESS. The frequency of Avataric consciousness through Deeksha resonates so very high, and generates such enormous amount of light, that the rope literally dissolves when contemplating “Inner Integrity”, or better yet, the lack of Inner Integrity. That is why one “must do the work”. One must examine self, for this and only this, will bring self-realization through the hand of grace.

The spiritual ego blocks divine grace from coming in. It is like a cement wall ~ the stronger the spiritual ego, the thicker the wall blocking the awakening grace. Of course the ego, the sense of “I”, says: “I am so spiritual because: I meditate; I go to India; I do yoga; I give Deeksha; I lead groups; I read all the spiritual books; I have been to numerous spiritual workshops; I have studied so many of the spiritual traditions; I have been on the spiritual path for 30+ years…” (and the list goes on and on and on). This “identity” and attachment to this list actually blocks the divine grace from streaming in. Why? Because the “I” is not spiritual at all, however, it puts on a pretty good act! Only divine grace is spiritual.

So, how does one start to “see” Inner Integrity in one’s life, especially concerning the spiritual ego?

1.)         “SEE” the lies you tell yourself, about yourself. Ask grace to bring you the awareness to “see”, through self-realization.

2.)         Do the work, of “seeing”, for IT does take effort. Remember maximum external effort = maximum response from the divine.

3.)         Call out to the divine to bring you these revelations, for only the divine can bring these.

4.)         When grace brings you revelations, you must then PRAISE the divine. Say the actual words “thank you divine for …..”. The divine will deliver more of the same for this is how the Universe works.

The actual act of  “looking at your own Inner Integrity”, or lack thereof, IS for spiritual warriors ~ for the real challenge in life is “seeing” self, “facing” self, then “surrendering” to self. This takes enormous amounts of courage, perseverance, faith, and trust. To see “self” with grace’s help is to realize self.

Remember, grace cannot awaken a individual until one surrenders to “what is”. Surrendering to one’s lack of Inner Integrity will bring the awakening gifts of the divine, in an accelerated way. In closing~ BE THE SPIRITUAL WARRIOR, and do the work! Grace will deliver accordingly, the rewards are infinite ~

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