What Is Integrity, Really?

What Is Integrity, Really?

I use the word Integrity a lot. Not casually, not performatively—but with precision.

Lately, I’ve felt the fire of truth rising within me, stoked by my Aries Moon and the current blaze of planetary energy. It’s becoming harder to stay quiet. I find myself naming what others feel but won’t say—perhaps because I’ve spent so much of my life silenced.

And now I ask myself: how much more must I sacrifice for the sake of silent peacekeeping, while my heart quietly breaks?

I’ve spent years turning the other cheek, walking on eggshells, and choosing silence to maintain peace. But there comes a point when silence becomes a form of self-abandonment, when acceptance morphs into enabling cruelty, when kindness becomes complicity.

So when I speak of Integrity, it’s not from a pedestal. It’s from a place of longing.

A hope that if I hold it, live it, and speak it—maybe it will echo outward.

Maybe it will take root in the world around me.

Maybe others will remember what it means, too.

Integrity, to me, is not just a word.

It’s a vow. A signal. A frequency I refuse to betray.

Integrity is rare in a world built on compromise, performance, and fragmentation. And when I speak of it, I’m not pointing to moral perfection or polished behaviour. I’m naming something much deeper. Much older. Much more costly.

I’m naming a state of wholeness.

Of internal coherence.

Of soul loyalty.

To me, Integrity is not a virtue—it’s a frequency.

It’s the energy of being unbroken. Unbought. Undivided.

It’s what remains when everything else has been stripped away.

So this is my definition.

This is what I mean when I speak of Integrity.

Not the surface shine—but the inner architecture. The unshakeable standard.

Not “I’m right”—but “I’m true.”

So, What Is Integrity?

The word comes from the Latin integritas,

meaning wholeness, completeness, entirety.

It shares a root with integer—a whole, unbroken number.

So at its core, Integrity is not about being good or perfect.

It’s about being whole. Undivided.

True to yourself.

Lexicon + Essence Breakdown:

Integrity (noun)

– The state of being whole and undivided.

– The quality of being honest and having strong moral principles.

– The alignment between one’s inner truth and outer actions.

In Context:

A bridge has structural Integrity if it can hold its weight without collapsing.

A person has Integrity when their words, choices, and values are coherent—there is no fracture between what they say and what they do.

Energetic / Spiritual Meaning:

In a frequency-based sense, Integrity means:

“I am in alignment with my own knowing.

I do not fragment myself to be palatable.

I do not barter my truth for belonging.

I stand in coherence—even if it costs me approval.”

Integrity stands for:

– Truth without compromise

– Clarity without performance

– Consistency, even when unseen

– Soul loyalty, above all else

So when I say I have and stand for Integrity, I’m not saying “I’m perfect.”

I’m saying “I’m unfractured.”

Even in loss.

Even in exile.

Even when no one is watching.

And this is rare—and priceless.

You won’t find it just anywhere.

And without sounding too dramatic—and speaking from experience—

I’ve known betrayal. Not once, but many times.

Because I trusted. Because I believed that truth meant something.

That the heart and soul mattered.

That people would keep their word.

I’ve since learned: most people’s word is just a wish.

A fleeting feeling, not a foundation.

But me?

I would rather lose my life than sell my Integrity.

Because the price of betrayal would leave scars that my conscience could never heal.

I’ve felt the cost of abandoning self.

And I will never pay it again.

I will not sell out to be accepted by a world that seems to have made deception the new normal.

We are not here to be all light, fluff, and rainbows.

Some of us are here to remember.

To recalibrate.

To stand for something.

We are here to illuminate what Integrity means.

What values mean.

What unconditional love actually means.

We walk this earth of shadow.

But what defines us is what we refuse to betray.

What we will not compromise—no matter the glitter, no matter the prize.

So I say:

My life is not for sale.

My essence is not a commodity.

If that means I walk alone while confronting the truth that no one cares about such matters, and I remain invisible to those who can not perceive the deeper soulful qualities, then so be it; for this is truly the only way I know how to be, for me.

Delahrose Roobie Myer

Astrologer - Alchemist - Author