Developing a Positive Personality

DEVELOPING A POSITIVE PERSONALITY layers of skin-like curtains. If these layers of skin are removed, the inner kernel of the onion will emerge. The same is true with man. Through conditioning, artificial curtains are placed over man’s actual being— curtains created by the external environment. If these curtains are removed, man’s true personality will emerge. Removing these external curtains over a person’s personality is called deconditioning. It is binding on the person who seeks the truth to remove the artificial curtains of conditioning that cloud his actual being so that his real nature may emerge again. Religion tells us that man is a unique creature of God. When a human being is born, he is born with a divine personality. In terms of his inner being, he is a true and perfect being. For a person’s lasting success, protecting his natural character is necessary. He must keep himself in the natural state his Creator has created him on. This struggle to remain in this natural state requires removing all that functions as the artificial veils over it. This is what is called deconditioning.