1308 and completed in 1320, a year before his death in 1321).īeck uses Dante’s classic hero’s journey as a framework to break down the process of attaining personal integrity into small, manageable steps. Inspired by The Divine Comedy (The Divine Comedy is an Italian narrative poem by Dante Alighieri, begun c. Much of what haunts & plagues us in today’s world is-people pleasing, staying in stale relationships, negative habits, and not being true to ourselves - they all point to what happens when we are out of touch with what truly makes us feel whole. In her book The Way of Integrity, Beck presents a four-stage process that anyone can use to find integrity, and with it, a sense of purpose, emotional healing, and a life free of mental suffering. Have you ever felt so lost, abandoned in the lonely messy and intimidating dark woods…Īnd in that, you realized you could not find your way home.īestselling author, life coach, and sociologist Martha Beck explains why “integrity”- meaning being in harmony with ourselves-is the key to a meaningful and joyful life. No way, to lead you out of the leafy long stumps and shrubs, to take you through a new way back to a peaceful you. Have you ever been through a time in your life when you could not see past the frightening dark woods of error in your life?Ī time when you were unable to see past the gigantic dense tree stumps surrounding you.Ī time when you could not see past, tall dark branches and trees obscuring your view.Ī time when you were unable to see through the countless barky thick layers of timber that obscured your vision and stifled your movement forward.Ī time when you felt overcome & engulfed by dark and thick leafy shrubs in your way, unable to move.Ī time when you could not move beyond the messy, moist, and muddy ground beneath your feet.Ī time when you were unable to see the warm sun through the towering upstream river of leaves above, and over ahead.Ī time where you could not see a way out, no trail, nor path for you to tread on… Can’t see the trees from the woods…? Have you ever experienced a time in your life, when you could not see past the dark and frightening woods of error in your life?
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