Sometime
we get lost in personality cult and loose our identity to be identified with
something and end up becoming person.
Person
is a collection of identities which help in identify as personality. Person
usually lacks clarity as it tries to protect its collection of identities. It's
usually an ingredient of what one is exposed to until current life tenure.
Individual
being is a quality that cannot be further broken down. It's is fundamental unit
within. It is in-divisible any more.
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Let’s analyze
with following famous story of Akbar and BeerBal:-
Akbar
as young infant was separated by his mother for period of time due to some
political reason. Hence they brought another women, she also had a boy few
month elder to Akbar. The women breast feed both Akbar as well as her own
child during that care period.
Later
Akbar mother came and at age of 12, Akbar was corona-ted as Emperor. By the
time he was 25 years of age, He was known all across the world as great
emperor.
Somewhere
on the way Akbar, gave few villages as gift to that carer lady's son, feeling
that we both drank the milk of same mother, hence we both were brother.
By the
time Akbar turned 30, his elder brother lost everything , again turned
penny-less. The man decided to visit Akbar so that something can be done about his poverty.
As
Akbar was deeply identified with this man as brother since they both had drank
milk of same mother, hence gave grand welcome honor that should be given to an
elder brother and brought him to his court. But his elder brother was fool, who
did not know anything from other. He gazed around in court and looked around
various happening in Akbar court.
Akbar
had gathered enormous talent of musicians, mathematician, and nearly all kind
of talent in his court.
Then
the time to leave was coming for this man. He turn around to Akbar and told
that reason why you are doing good in life is because you have got really smart
people around you.
If I
had such people around me, I too can become such as great emperor. Akbar
listened to his elder brother patiently. The man said especially due to this
smart man BeerBal. If I had the similar guy with me, I too can succeed like you.
Akbar
felt very guilty that his elder brother is feeling dishearten like this. Out of
attachment, Akbar told, if you want you can take BeerBal with you. The man felt
very encouraged and said YES.
Then
Akbar called BeerBal and commanded him to go with his elder brother and do
whatever with him. BeerBal rolled his eyeball and was thinking what I am going
to do with this fool.
BeerBal
said, Lord! Why me? If you re-consider, I can send my elder brother with your
elder brother.
Even
Akbar felt relieved as he too didn't wanted to loose BeerBal, so he asked the
fellow, if that is OK? The man thought as BeerBal is so smart then his elder
brother surely be super-smart. So he happily agreed to new proposal.
Next
day morning, in send-off party, BeerBal walked in the court with a BULL on
rope.
Akbar
looked at him & said: what is
this?
BeerBal
said Lord - you wanted my elder brother to go with your elder brother. Here is
my elder brother.
Akbar
got really angry: - Are you insulting my elder brother?
BeerBal
said: No my Lord. He is my elder brother as we both drank the milk of same
mother.
The
moment you get identified with something, your intelligence is wrapped around
that identity and web of complex identities is formed and we lose the main
point/focus.
Personality is that which society manages to make you!
Individuality is that which society is afraid of
Thank you!
Satender Kumar Mall
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