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To pray, I think, does not mean to think about God in contrast to thinking about other things, or to spend time with God instead of spending time with other people. Rather, it means to think and live in the presence of God. As soon as we begin to divide our thoughts about God and thoughts about people and events, we remove God from our daily life and put him into a pious little niche where we can think pious thoughts and experience pious feelings. ... Although it is important and even indispensable for the spiritual life to set apart time for God and God alone, prayer can only become unceasing prayer when all our thoughts -- beautiful or ugly, high or low, proud or shameful, sorrowful or joyful -- can be thought in the presence of God. ... Thus, converting our unceasing thinking into unceasing prayer moves us from a self-centered monologue to a God-centered dialogue. – Henri Nouwen
2007-10-19 15:22:25 · 9 answers · asked by voyager 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Nice 'ground of being' type quote.
as to your question - at its most simple level integrity is doing what you say you will do, when you say you will do it.
2007-10-19 15:26:25 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The first thing that came to mind was integrity means doing the right thing even when no one is watching. If we only do what we would if God were watching all the time, then we'll experience an integrity integration down to the core of our being. Trouble is, we sometimes tend to think that because we can't see Him, then he doesn't see us either.
2007-10-19 15:28:42 · answer #2 · answered by Squirrley Temple 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Integrity, in this case would mean that the person would have to admit that prayer to this being called god, is a waste of time and energy because this being called god does not exist. Believing in something and praying to that something of which there is absolutely no proof of existence shows a lack of integrity.
2007-10-19 15:30:14 · answer #3 · answered by Lionheart ® 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Integrity seems the more intense version of honesty. You can be honest and still get by with certain loopholes, or be bluntly honest in a way to hurt someone's feelings.
Integrity is to combine honesty, compassion, and honor, in my eyes. Not only to tell the truth, but to take care to tell it in kind and appropriate application, to never seek loopholes, and to maintain to the spirit of an agreement instead of the letter.
2007-10-19 15:31:12 · answer #4 · answered by Khana S 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Integrity is merely doing the right thing when nobody is looking. Why give it a religious connotation?
2007-10-19 15:27:11 · answer #5 · answered by Shawn B 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not necessarily an image but a person~Billy Graham
2007-10-19 15:39:04 · answer #6 · answered by sego lily 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I picture myself when I think of Honest and Integrity.
2007-10-19 15:25:55 · answer #7 · answered by Tom 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Apostle Paul put it this way......Phil 4:8 Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.
2007-10-19 15:28:23 · answer #8 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Insurance company advertisers and cheesy politicians.
2007-10-19 15:32:45 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋