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ACQUISITION OF A NEW PERSONALITY
The human personality has six traits. These have been conceived in the light of the theory of karma. They are:
1. Geographical traits acquired from the geographical environment.
2. Heriditary traits.
3. Social traits.
4. Physical traits.
5. Psychological traits.
6. Para-psychological traits.
Geographical environment plays an important role in the formation of the human personality. Different geographical environments give different characteristics to it. We can infer the geographical environment in which a person has been born and brought up from the colour of his skin, the ways of his living, his dress etc.
We inherit the
characteristics of our parents. An offspring is the reproduction of its parents. It inherits three parts of its body from the mother and three parts from its father. An offspring of human parents will be a human being only and not an elephent. This is due to heridity. The form, muscles, bones, brain etc. of a human being are inherited from it parents. They are heridity. This is the heriditary personality. The third category, of traits is social traits. It is society which plays a part in the formation of human personality. No human being will be a human being if he or she was not born and if he or she did not live in a human society. Human communication is determined by social conventions. It will not be
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