Am I really me or?

[pljames]

 
What creates our personality? I am convinced the world and the people and the knowledge in it. Yet there's truth and delusions in that knowledge. I believe this you believe that. Our personality can change for the better or worse because of what we believe (truth/lies/delusions). Then comes the problem of doubts and questions. I see (my now personality) changing to one I like better.

Emotionally and rationally, it makes me happy. I am now getting into studying my emotions and asking myself (is this thought/emotion helping me or hurting me and why). I feel comfortable with my new personality and again I am analysing my past emotions and actions concerning them. I am a person of faith and humble pride to be part of this forum. A new me has emerged and I like him. Thoughts please. pl

[pert -5]

Here's something that I had written before that might be of interest:

The Ego comes from the mind, which is a product of the brain. From birth, the human mind is such that it sees all of this stuff and one day says, "oh, 'I' am seeing this." It forms this self-apprehension. Then the trials and travails of growing up form a structure, using the "glue" called memory. And this structure is our persona; it is what we are, who we are. "I am X. I was born on X/X/XX." The awareness is like a grain of sand within an oyster (the universe), and the oyster's secretions (experience) build it up into this big pearl (Ego).

[pljames]

pert-5,
 How scary to wake up sixty years later and find out the delusions of truth we believe. I was convinced and persuaded that my ego was me (without a shadow of a doubt) delusion come to mind. To know and belief (the truth) changes ones beliefs and explaining it to others who do not is hard but not impossible. Excellent post. pljames