To have no personality

[Honza]

Am I right in my understanding of the I AM teachings that I AM has no personality?

I would have assumed that God is FULL of personality. That He is ALL personalities rather than NO personality.

How could anyone actually WANT to have no personality? It sounds crazy. Don't you respect your personality? Or the personality of others?

Here again is a big difference between the East and the West. The West reveres personality and individual personalities. I'm not sure that the East holds much respect for it.

Don't throw out the baby with the bath water. Your personality may be important. It certainly is to your friends and family.

Does I AM have personality or not? That is the question. God actually DOES! God has a great personality to those who know Him. So does Christ if I'm not mistaken.

But as for the Eastern Gods I'm not sure.....

[andrew g]

I think there is a balance to be found. Yes there is individuality and uniqueness, but then there is also a lot of pretense, falsity and trying to BE someone. If we were all just able to relax I think the individualness and uniqueness would naturally shine.

I'm not sure how your last thought/question about eastern Gods having no personality is relevant to I AM since I AM isn't about Gods?
I think you have an idea of God being something or someone with a personality.
I AM is not a particular being, it's all that is.. the world/universe/life is it's personality.

[Perspective]

I'm thinking similar to Elijah.
Also, if you believe in some kind of pre & post existence (ie reincarnation) then you probably believe that although our personalities may change, our essence... maybe more like our character - doesn't change, besides the learning/evolving process. So maybe that is with God... except on a much larger scale?

[psychoslice]

Personality as such is false. The word "personality" has to be understood. It comes from persona; persona means mask. In ancient drama the actors used to wear masks. Those masks were called personae - personae because the sound was coming from behind the mask. Sona means sound. The masks were apparent to the audience and from behind the mask the sound was coming. From that word persona has come the word "personality."

All personality is false. Good personality, bad personality, the personality of a sinner and the personality of a saint - all are false. You can wear a beautiful mask or an ugly mask, it doesn't make a difference.

It may appear that when we all live in the egoless now, that we all behave similarly. Leading to the natural conclusion that a loss of personality is responsible. But this is not true.

We all do math the same way (well we should), because it is a process. I AM is a process of living, so if we are all following that process, we should all be living the same way. However everyone is still surrounded by a unique ever-changing environment specific to them. It shapes them and dictates what sort of life they will lead.

So instead of searching for pop-culture inspired personalities, search for environment inspired personalities instead. Or better yet, just let your own naturally come about, and nothing else matters (like metallica said:) )

[hybrid]

Originally Posted by Honza

Am I right in my understanding of the I AM teachings that I AM has no personality?

I would have assumed that God is FULL of personality. That He is ALL personalities rather than NO personality.

How could anyone actually WANT to have no personality? It sounds crazy. Don't you respect your personality? Or the personality of others?

Here again is a big difference between the East and the West. The West reveres personality and individual personalities. I'm not sure that the East holds much respect for it.

Don't throw out the baby with the bath water. Your personality may be important. It certainly is to your friends and family.

Does I AM have personality or not? That is the question. God actually DOES! God has a great personality to those who know Him. So does Christ if I'm not mistaken.

But as for the Eastern Gods I'm not sure.....

personality is a quality trait.
god has no quality or quantity to speak of.
it doesn't mean that god does not exist.
it simply means he doesn't exist in a way existence as we know it.

all the things we know about quality and quantity is then related to this qualityless god.

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[Honza]

Originally Posted by psychoslice

Personality as such is false. The word "personality" has to be understood. It comes from persona; persona means mask. In ancient drama the actors used to wear masks. Those masks were called personae - personae because the sound was coming from behind the mask. Sona means sound. The masks were apparent to the audience and from behind the mask the sound was coming. From that word persona has come the word "personality."

All personality is false. Good personality, bad personality, the personality of a sinner and the personality of a saint - all are false. You can wear a beautiful mask or an ugly mask, it doesn't make a difference.

I'm sorry Robert, but I find that idea or concept very cold and clinical. You are conceptualising yourself into a big fat zero!

[Honza]

Originally Posted by hybrid

personality is a quality trait.
god has no quality or quantity to speak of.
it doesn't mean that god does not exist.
it simply means he doesn't exist in a way existence as we know it.

all the things we know about quality and quantity is then related to this qualityless god.

.

These are all intellectualisations and concepts. You people don't seem to understand your own minds. You are tricking yourselves in believing you are free from concepts, but you are not. Your minds are very active.

Originally Posted by Honza

These are all intellectualisations and concepts.
You people don't seem to understand your own minds.
You are tricking yourselves in believing you are free from concepts, but you are not. Your minds are very active.

Was Hybrid even talking about a still mind, or a mind free of concepts?
I think he was just offering a concept about your question on God.