Where does our personality come from?

Answer Podcast

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So where does our personality come? Actually, what we call as our personality has two aspects to it. One is our spirituality, and then there is our psychophysical nature. So consciousness comes from the soul.
It’s like this. Light is there. That light is giving out a beam.
The bulb is giving out a beam. Now that beam comes out, and depending on what kind of covering is there on the beam, say if that bulb or that lamp has a red film around it, then red light will come out of it. Now it could be that the light itself originally is red, and then I have a reddish tint.
It will become even more red. So our personality comes from both these things. The soul is an individual.
So we all have our individuality. And around the soul is the mind and the body. Each of us is psychologically and physically also different.
So the consciousness of the soul comes out from the mind-body to the outer world. And when it is expressed in the outer world, that is what we call as our personality. And so within this personality, there is the individuality at the spiritual level, the individuality at the psychological level, and individuality at the physical level.
And all aspects of our personality may not be healthy. So what is at the mental level? Sometimes we may have some anger issues, somebody may have trust issues, somebody may have various kinds of issues. So those are all present in the covering of the mind.
And as we practice, have spiritual practices, they get cleansed. And then our pure personality comes out. So spirituality brings out the best within us.
Okay.