Finding Truth In The Mirror Of Integrity

Hello Hedge Schoolers,<br/><br/>Integrity has been the area of my life that I have done the most work over the past few years. It is easy to project a veneer that looks one way from the outside and another from the inside but integrity is what stares back at us in the mirror when we gaze deep into our eyes. Deep enough to see the life that is breathed alive in us. We may justify or rationalise with story but deep down, we know when we are living with integrity. This is shadow work of the deepest level. Being in integrity is freedom. For the truth is freedom. <br/><br/>What is integrity?<br/><br/>Integrity is our inner truth. A truth that provides the most robust platform to build a life of character and honour upon. Dictionaries define integrity as "the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles" but there is more to integrity than this. Integrity comes from the word "integer", which means wholeness. Being in integrity is to be whole. A whole shape. <br/><br/>Humans are a complete system and part of a larger system. Our shape (or form) allows us to have an inner experience and engage with the larger system we are situated in. Our shape is our wholeness. All of it. Not just the bits that we wish to put on display. This unique shape is only ever known by us. We can influence how the world perceives us but we can never hide from the integrity of our own inner experience. <br/><br/>Nature's Integral Shape<br/><br/>In nature, the tetrahedron is considered the "minimum integral system in the Universe." It is the smallest whole that we can learn from. Buckminster Fuller learned this by studying how nature created integral structures. He discovered that the tetrahedron is nature's preferred Lego block and he used this shape to create powerful physical design models that held their integrity. Christine McDougall is my proxy to the teaching of Buckminster Fuller so I'll stand on her shoulders to share why the tetrahedron is so valuable to integrity <br/><br/>In order for us to see otherness, we need an insi