Spirit of Islam, Nov 2014

EXPERIENCE shows that man is like an innocent flower bud in his childhood. But as he reaches the age of maturity, he develops various perversions in his personality. For example: stubbornness, egoism, defiance etc. To develop a true personality man needs to cleanse himself of such perversions. Personality development is done in two ways. Man should have either preserved his nature in which he was born or else the only other method is to remove one by one, the artificial layers that cover his personality until his true nature emerges in all its purity. This is in likeness to the way cattle chew cud. Research and experiments reveal that every experience or thought becomes a permanent part of the human mind and in turn shapes the human personality According to modern psychological research, it has come to knowledge that the human mind can be divided into three major systems. These three parts are found in every human being right from their birth. They are: 1. Conscious mind 2. Sub-conscious mind 3. Unconscious mind Research and experiments reveal that every experience or thought becomes a permanent part of the human mind and in turn shapes the human personality. Even if man tries to remove this thought or experience from his mind he will not be able to do so. When a thought comes in the human mind, either positive or negative, it first appears in the conscious mind. This can also be called living memory. After this when man sleeps at night, due to natural processes, the thought moves from the conscious mind to the sub-conscious mind. When this process takes place, man has only 50 percent of conscious control over this thought. The remaining 50 percent is beyond his control. When he sleeps the next night, this thought travels further and reaches his unconscious mind. At this stage, this thought is completely out of his conscious control. PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT An Intellectual Process