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Question: What is the “constitution of man” and what is the “personality” referred to in the Ageless Wisdom Teachings?

Answer: This is a question that is often asked, and in response, I have presented a series of lectures on the topic of the “constitution of man.” Here is a brief explanation to help you get started. (See below for a video clip link)

The entire life — including the mineral, animal, vegetable, and human kingdoms — has the physical aspect as well as the subtle aspects. In reference to the human being, the subtle mechanism is often referred to as the “constitution of man”.

The “constitution of man” is the sum total of the seven bodies that a human being is capable of forming. They are, from the densest to the most subtle, the physical/etheric, emotional, mental, intuitional, atmic, monadic, and divine bodies. As we form each body, it becomes an important tool of communication with corresponding levels of life. For example, when the physical body is formed, we are able to contact the physical life and communicate with the physical existence. When the emotional body is formed, we are able to communicate with people and all of life with our emotions; we are able to register emotions from people and are able to communicate our emotions to others. The same applies to all our bodies.

The personality is the physical/etheric, emotional, and mental bodies. In well disciplined and integrated people, these three bodies are firmly organized and are disciplined to behave as one organism. In such a person, the total personality is moving in the same direction, and we do not see the person doing one thing, feeling another, and thinking otherwise.

In the next level of integration, the person is not only “together” in the personality bodies, but the whole of his or her life is influenced by his or her soul. This is referred to as a soul integrated personality. The person is then operating within the values, virtues, and principles of the soul. These are also called “higher principles” which include goodness, righteousness, forgiveness, and so on. These principles are not mere religious principles, but are the principles of the soul, the inner spirit that guides each human being. There is a still higher level of integration often called “Soul Infusion” wherein our integrated and disciplined personality that is soul centered is then fused with the Solar Angel or Guardian Angel. This is also called the “Marriage in Heaven”.

An integrated personality is not necessarily a spiritually mature person, one who is principled or has higher values. There are many people who are well educated, sophisticated, well traveled and disciplined and are totally materially conscious or operate through many levels of cruelty and irrationality. Such people can be highly toxic, separative, and blind to the suffering of others and are, at the same time, able to put forth sophisticated arguments for their divisive and ugly behaviors.

The spiritually mature personality is one whose three bodies are under the command of his or her soul so that the bodies operate under the guidance of higher values. Here we see a person whose physical, emotional, and mental expressions are for the good of others, for the upliftment and healing and serving of others. We do not see, (or we see less) expressions that are self serving, divisive, ugly, or made to hurt and belittle and demonize others.

Our personality vehicles are capable of expressing who we are and they do every minute of our life. What we express depends completely on our level of adaptation to the higher values of life, on how much we have evolved spiritually.

Here is a brief YouTube clip from my lecture titled “The Constitution of Man”:



Here is a second link to the YouTube clip.

Enjoy!

Gita
www.gitasaraydarian.org
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Note to Readers:
- The Q/A Forum is a collection of questions asked from people around the world and my responses. Names and places are removed for confidentiality. If you have any questions that may be useful to others, please send them to me and I will attempt to answer them. I reserve the right to choose or disregard any question.
- These articles are not meant as medical or psychological advice but are my opinions on life as I see it.
- Gita Saraydarian is the Founder and President of TSG Foundation, an organization dedicated to the Ageless Wisdom Teachings. See the complete list of past blogs on the TSG Foundation website and also on Gita's new website www.gitasaraydarian.org
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- Details on what are the Ageless Wisdom Teachings, and other topics on what is the Teaching are found on www.gitasraydarian.org
- The Constitution of Man series of lectures is part of the 12-part series on the Science of Becoming Your True Self. The lectures may be purchased individually on DVD, CD, or MP3.