Self-perfection

The systematic improving of qualities and habits of behaviour, whether moral, physical or ethical, constitutes the activity of self-perfection. This will normally be in order to correspond with some determined ideal, depending on the social and historical conditions under which a person lives. Once an individual has reached a sufficiently high level of consciousness and self-knowledge he or she has the capacity both for self analysis and observation, and for understanding the actions of others. Motivated by the wish for acceptance and authority in a peer group, an individual develops personal qualities by self-perfecting. On a different level, the aim of an individual on a spiritual path such as yoga is also self-perfection.