The Way of Integrity: Finding the path to your true self
Emotionally, we feel grumpy, sad, or numb. Physically, our immune systems and muscles weaken; we might get sick, and even if we don’t, our energy flattens. Mentally, we lose focus and clarity. That’s how it feels to be out of integrity.
Martha Beck • The Way of Integrity: Finding the path to your true self
listening to our inner teacher is the most important skill we need to follow the way of integrity.
Martha Beck • The Way of Integrity: Finding the path to your true self
The body’s reaction to recognizing truth is relaxation, a literal, involuntary release of muscle tension.
Martha Beck • The Way of Integrity: Finding the path to your true self
When we think, hear, or understand something that’s deeply true for us, our inner teachers rise in us as a delicious, lucid resonance.
Martha Beck • The Way of Integrity: Finding the path to your true self
As they say, the teacher appears when the student is ready. We make ourselves ready just by realizing we’re lost and committing to the way of integrity.
Martha Beck • The Way of Integrity: Finding the path to your true self
from my favorite book, the Tao te Ching,
Martha Beck • The Way of Integrity: Finding the path to your true self
That said, when we’re still wandering around the dark wood of error, knowing we’re lost but clueless about how to find ourselves, a teacher is essential.
Martha Beck • The Way of Integrity: Finding the path to your true self
Anything you do solely to influence others, rather than to express your true nature, is a hustle.
Martha Beck • The Way of Integrity: Finding the path to your true self
Our social definition of “success” is all about hustle.