I believe all of us have multiple personalities to some degree. I think most of us are even aware of these personalities at some level. We tend to think of them, though, as transitory and ephemeral. We think of a personality as no more than a collection of certain thoughts, emotions and behaviors, without any real substance. We think we can put them on and take them off as easily as we change our clothes.
What we fail to realize, many times, is just how physical these personalities are! There is a certain chemistry of the body that accompanies these other traits. There is a chemical action and reaction that occurs within our bodies when we think a thought, when we feel an emotion, and when we perform a behavior. And a certain collection of thoughts, emotions and behaviors, when repeated over time, can cause illness, and even death.
There are feelings of isolation and separation that go with these personalities. There is often a feeling of irritation when different personalities clash with one another. When people can't get along, we often say that it is due to a "personality conflict."
There are national personalities. There are also personalities associated with certain religions, and cultural backgrounds. When conflicts between nations and ethnic groups arise, it is often because of clashes between these various personalities. Personalities create conflicts at all levels, from interpersonal relationships, to family feuds, and even to wars.
These personalities come from very deep in the ancestral line. There is often a family pride, a sense of distinction that feeds this chemistry, keeping these personalities alive. There is a sense of identity that comes from these family personalities. In fact, a person often feels incomplete without them.
This is why it is so easy to go with a certain personality. It's so easy to go with a familiar chemistry, even if it is associated with a disease. There's something familiar about disease; there's something familiar about sickness; there's something familiar about experiencing mood swings and depressions. There's something familiar about all of this, because it comes from deep in the family structure.
For me, what I have discovered is that I cannot struggle to break my connection with a family tree. I cannot struggle to change my DNA. But what I can do is this: to be not conformed to that impulse - to be not conformed to that familiar program. Instead, I'm to be transformed by the renewing of my mind. I'm to be transformed by the mind of the body, the intelligence of every cell, with the brain serving as a conduit for this intelligence.
When this happens, we begin to wake up all over. And as we wake up, we have the power of choice. There is a new mind that begins to operate, and then we're not conformed to a past program. This renewing of our minds then brings about a perpetual state of transformation.
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