The new intro to Personas, Roles, And Personality Types:
A "personality" is partially a chosen and partially a conditioned way of being, thinking, and behaving, largely believed by oneself as the best way to get what one wants in life and/or to avoid what one does not want.
A good portion of the base of it is initially created in a murky, low understanding condition of unthinkingness and insufficient knowledge. The raw materials that are digested into it are that which is "suggested" (or input) by others, supplemented with our own unthought out interpretation and made-ups about what we believe to be true and workable (although it is seldom adequately tested).
It is not an actual part of us, not an arm nor a leg nor any other part, though we often choose to keep it or a modified version of it throughout our lives. It is not the actual "who I am", for I have the capability of so altering my knowledge and understanding and questioning and replacing all of the elements that it would serve me to change. It is only something I've adopted, no more permanent nor no more a part of me than barnacles on a ship's underside. However, I will not choose well if I choose in ignorance, so, to accomplish what I want in my life, I must attain "sufficient knowing" to be able to make a good choice.
The bottom line is that I can choose and I can change my personality to whatever serves me.
Of course, this will take some time and well-directed effort, but the payoff is in life itself, in being able to live out my life at a higher level of existence and in true, deep, enduring happiness.
What personality we choose to keep or take in is a choice - and in no way is it a given! In no way is it "me"! I am not stuck with it; I only stick with it - or I don't stick with it if it does not serve me.
Now, if we are to have the life we want to live, we must begin, with commitment of time and resources, the journey of learning what is needed and learning about life itself.
Starting, And Continuing, Great Momentum On Improving Life, Reaping Huge Benefits As We Go And Even More As We Hit Our Goas. Any living being, unless hugely mentally handicapped, is capable of this!
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And a few extra bits of "wisdom" from our favorite guru:
We "assume", and live into, ways of being, in the form of "personas" and personalities, all of which we have constructed artificially and unusefully. Which we "take on" and live into determines the quality of our lives and ultimately our happiness.
You are not stuck with any predetermined way of being. You get to choose.
Choose wisely. This IS your life.
The BuddhaKahuna
Will you choose to take on the Child (and Victimhood) persona? Or the Rational, Loving Adult (100% Responsible) persona?
The myth of a "child within" or any other mysterious entities is purely fictional - and a bit "nuts."
The BuddhaKahuna
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