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When I reflect on those I've learned the most from, I find that they are very personal people. They tell of themselves, but in a subtle artful ways, and their motive shines through. In any case, I know it is not helpful to hide ourselves, to cloak ourselves in a concept of philosophic impersonality. We should not fear personality, but should be natural. I think there is a sense in which we must be very personal, that is, we should be honestly ourselves. And we should not imagine that this is not good enough for a current situation. If we fail in this, we do so because we are too personal in the wrong way.
What is impersonality? It is not non-personality. But if personality is to be renounced, it would be nice to have a actual one fully in place for the ceremony. And if renunciation is empowerment, then the personality will be strengthened, and the reflected light will be intense.
Perhaps a paradoxapersonality is in order. It might be the same personality, the veil of unearthly lights, that we see everywhere.
Impersonality
