PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT — An Intellectual Process
Spirit of Islam, Nov 2014, p. 39
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
Maulana Wahiduddin Khan is named as the default author of the periodical; a piece that carries another writer’s byline is credited to that writer.
These day-to-day thoughts which appear in the human mind, develop his personality. As the thoughts are, so will be the personality. Positive thoughts will develop a positive personality, but if these thoughts are negative, then his personality will continue to develop negatively. Such being the case, a pertinent question arises as to how to develop a positive personality. The method of developing a positive personality is that when any negative thought emerges in the mind of man, he ought to eradicate it in the first instance itself. A specific process of converting the negative aspect into positive should be undertaken. The method of developing a positive personality is that when any negative thought emerges in the mind of man, he ought to eradicate it in the first instance itself. To consider a few examples: if a person is angry but forgives immediately, then the anger will not take the form of revenge. If the success of others above one creates a negativity, one should immediately convert it into acceptance; lest it turns into jealousy, becoming a part of one's personality. With every negative thought, this corrective process should be undertaken immediately. If there is a delay in this process, then it would soon happen that these thoughts will reach the subconscious mind and, after sometime, it will enter into the unconscious mind. When this happens, it will become such an integral part of the personality and even if man wants to detach it from his personality, he will not be able to do so. Generally people do not carry out this cleansing process. They pay the price in the form of carrying a negative personality hidden behind a civilized appearance. The negative personality is actually an evil personality. Any man or woman who wants to save himself or herself from such a dreadful fate must adopt the above-mentioned corrective process in their daily life. Besides this, there is no other solution to this problem. o

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