446. Person Beyond Personality

The word Personality is used in many senses sanctioned by the language.  It is most commonly  heard in a sense language does not grant it.  A tall handsome, well built person is often mentioned as a good personality.  Any of us, or atleast most of us, have two sets of behaviour.  One is what we put up outside.  The other is what we are inside.  I call the first as outer personality and the other inner personality.  The PERSON lies beyond both of them.  The outer personality rises or falls with the outer circumstances.  The inner personality too does it,  but it does so privately.  We call people of more outer personality  shallow or even silly.  People of inner personality are described as serious people.  They give deep consideration to any thing,  plan with foresight and execute it with capacity.

Sometimes such serious personalities are gripped with a problem - e.g. depression - and the more they dwell on it, the more it grows.  We do not realise that our attention to a problem  is energy.  It energises the problem.  It never strikes us that if we stop worrying, the problem will vanish.  Someone  running a new school was not able to get electric connection for 2 years.  All the local efforts were in vain.  Suddenly a friend of the management rose to be a Member of the Electricity Board  in another state.  He took interest in the school and things began to move.  The management was fully relieved to see the poles, wire and work etc.  They were told in 2 months they will get the connection.  The person  incharge was so relieved and felt even two months is the shortest possible time.  He had to leave the country that week on a Tuesday.  On the same day we received news that all the work is nearing completion and the connection will be given on Monday.

If you are one who often meets with luck, please recall some events which were pleasant surprises.  Also recall, if possible, the state of mind you were in.  Invariably they would have been MOMENTS when you have gone beyond the outer and inner Personalities.  In life, such a moment brings luck.  In Spirit such moments bring GRACE.  The grace that comes to the person beyond the inner and outer personalities, brings happiness and success in life.  It is the human person.  Beyond that lies the spiritual Person.  What he receives is Spiritual realisation.