| Twelfth Query: Integrity and Simplicity |
What
does our Meeting understand to be the meaning and implication of our testimonies
on simplicity and integrity?
How
do our Meeting's actions demonstrate this understanding?
As
a Meeting, what are we doing to encourage members to embody integrity
and simplicity in their everyday lives?
How
do I strive to maintain the integrity of my inner and outer lives- in
my spiritual journey, my work, and my family responsibilities? How do
I manage my commitments so that over commitment, worry, and stress do
not diminish my integrity?
Am
I temperate in all things? Am I open to counsel and advice on overindulgence
and addictive behavior such as gambling? Do I take seriously the hazards
associated with addictive and mood-altering substances?
Am
I careful to speak truth as I know it and am I open to truth spoken to
me? Am I mindful that judicial oaths imply a double standard of truth?
Do
I refrain from membership in organizations whose purposes and methods
compromise our testimonies?
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