By Gurudevi Nirmalananda

Integrity is a wholeness that makes you invulnerable.

All the levels of your being and your life are fully aligned. What you say is also what you think and feel. What you do matches up to all your other levels.

No one can undermine you when you live in integrity with yourself. It’s an easy way to live because you’re always consistent, both with others as well as with yourself.

You gain this integrity by using your mind differently than most people do. They look outside for answers but, as a yogi, your mind always looks inward for guidance. Thus, you select your words and make decisions to do things that are in integrity with your own Divine Essence.

Transparency means you have nothing to hide. The old ditty bag that you carried around for so many lifetimes has been completely emptied out, so you have no grudges waiting to be fulfilled, no obsessions or aversions to limit your joy, no “gotta’s” that propel you in slavery to your animal instincts and no neediness to infect your relationships or your decisions.

The radiance of your own being shines through without impediment, allowing you to enjoy the perpetual sunshine inside plus share it with the others in your life…

Excerpt from A Yogic Lifestyle, page 32