I love what Osho says about conditioning, “Unless you drop your personality, you will not be able to find your individuality”.
Unless we dropped our personality, we are not able to find our individuality. Individuality is given by existence. Personality is imposed by society; it is social convenience. Society cannot tolerate individuality because individuality will not follow like a sheep. Individuality has the quality of a lion. The lion moves alone. The sheep are always in a crowd hoping that being in a crowd will feel cosy. Being in a crowd, one feels more protected, secure. If somebody attacks, there is every possibility in a crowd to save oneself. But if alone, only a lion would move.