HOLISTIC APPROACH TO PERSONALITY
Qualities required for development of a personality (Sarvangi Vikas or Sarvatomukhi Pratibha) are :
1. Atmavishwas (self Confidence): Self-confidence is a must in each and every individual. “Can do” attitude must be developed in every individual.
2. Para Samman (Reverence for all creation): An individual must have reverence for nature, man, animal, etc.
3. Sahas (Daring): An individual must have the daring to face challenges and accept everything that is new and sudden whether it is a new thought or a sudden circumstance etc.
4. Dhairya (Patience): ‘Slow and steady wins the race’. The attitude of “wait” must be developed. Results always take time. A person must have patience. He must not do things in a hurry, as ‘Haste is Waste’.
5. Nischaytmakta (Decisiveness): An individual must be decisive and not indecisive. A person must have Nirnay Shakti and Nischayatmak Buddhi.
6. Abhyasu Vrutti (Readiness to learn): Readiness to learn and curiosity to learn go hand-in-hand. They help an individual gain knowledge, resulting in the development of the indivdual.
7. Straightforwardness and simplicity: A person should be straightforward and simple in life if he wants to develop. A person must know how to adjust in any situation.
8. Satata (Continuity): He must be a constant and consistent learner.
9. Perseverance: He must have perseverance and deep-thinking.
10. Sportsman spirit: He must learn to accept failures just as he accepts success.
11. Audarya ()Generosity): A person must have a big heart and not a narrow one.
12. Sahanshilta (Tolerance): He must have the quality of tolerating any human being and any situation.
13. Tyagi (sacrificing): He must be a tyagi. He must learn to sacrifice his personal interests for a cause.
14. Compassionate: He must have love and compassion for all.
15. Appreciation: A person must learn to appreciate others.
16. Alertness and Awareness: He must be alert about good and bad and must know how to carry his duties and responsibilities.
17. Tanmavta: He must be completely engrossed in his work.
In order to inculcate these values in an individual an ideal must be placed in front of them; from whom they can learn these qualities themselves.
a. The ideal of Aristotal was Abraham Lincoln.
b. Vivekanand’s ideal was his guru Ramkrishna Paramhansa.
c. The ideal of Shankaracharya was his guru Gaudpadacharya.
The developed the qualities of their ideals in themselves and build up their personality.
Hence we can say that the above mentioned people are great examples of Holistic approach to personality since all the above mentioned values are imbibed in them.
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