person is a mask. the being is the memory, both internal and the memory that others store of that being.
what you are is an animal. who you are is a projection that is more or less disjoint.
same deal with God. he can project a person. that's how we are "created in His image" it's the projection. we are a lower dimensional, simpler version, with a smaller pattern.
we can embody a small piece of God. this is what righteous means.