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APPENDD(BPSYCHIC INFLUENCE1. Personalityln common parlance when one says that Dr. Tagore has agood personality, he means that Dr. Tagore has a strong, stialwart,tiallfigure, a beautifu! complexion, a fine nose, sharp andlustrous eyes, broad chest, a muscular body, symmetricallimbs, curly hair and so on. That which distinguishes one manfrom another is personality. ln reality, personality is somethingmore than this. It includes a man's character, intelligence, noblequalities, moral conduct, intellectual attainments, certainstriking faculties, special traits or characteristics, sweet powerfulvoice, etc. All these things put together constitute the personalityof Mr. So and so. The sum total of all these thingsmakes up the personality of a man. Mere physical characteristicscannot make up the personality.What you catl an umbrella is really a long stick plus a blackcloth and some thin iron pieces. Similady, what you call 'personality'isreally the external physical body, plus brain and thenervous system and the mind which has its seat in the brain.lf one man is able to influence many people, we say thatsuch and such a man has a magnetic personality. Afull-blownYogi or Jnani is the greatest personality in the world. He may beof a small stature. He may be ugly also. He may be clad in rags.And yet he is a mighty personality, a great Mahatma. Peopleflock to him in thousands and pay homage to him. A man whohas attained ethical perfection by the continued practice of rightconduct or Yama and Niyama has also got a magnetic personality.He can influence millions. But he is inferior to a Jnani or aYogi who has got full knowledge of the Self.Dr. Samuel Johnson had an awkward figure, a pot bellyand unsymmetrical limbs. But he was the greatest personalityof the age. He was neither a Yogi nor a Jnani. But he had intellectualattainments. He was a great essayist. He had good(206)