The Way of Integrity: Finding the path to your true self

“People say ‘Follow your passion,’ but I have no idea what mine is,”

It’s the way our instincts motivate us to regain our integrity. It’s the truth come to set us free.

Still, every time we make choices or assume appearances that don’t align with our integrity, we really do become more vulnerable to physical problems,

When we think, hear, or understand something that’s deeply true for us, our inner teachers rise in us as a delicious, lucid resonance.

Obviously, bad health can affect people who live in total integrity. Bodies break down for many reasons. But from what I’ve seen, it’s rare for someone who’s internally split not to develop some kind of health problem.

Of all the strategies and skills I’ve ever learned, the ones that actually work are those that help people see where they’ve abandoned their own deep sense of truth and followed some other set of directives.

Looking back at that experience and the stories of so many clients, I feel enormous gratitude for all our confusion, and despair. Those feelings meant that our internal guidance systems were working perfectly, signaling “WRONG WAY!” as the way of integrity clearly as they could.

We learn from our culture how a good person is supposed to behave, and we behave that way. Then we expect the promised rewards: happiness, health, prosperity, true love, solid self-esteem. But the equation fails to balance.

from my favorite book, the Tao te Ching,

My exhausted body was still dragged down by insomnia, pain, and illness.