Don't Call Names

There are countless ways to classify a person but I don’t believe that any of them are positive.

To label someone creates an alternate perception of them, one separate to their True, momentous Self. Doing such allows broader, more distanced communities to feel more comfortable in thinking that they understand how people truly are when, in actuality, only a new name was created, a new word for our vocabulary.

Self-confidence comes cheap these days, in speaking of the confidence of the community. Somewhere in the loop, it was impressed upon mankind to disconnect himself with his Actual Self and connect with other humans. As this change occurred, complexities took effect upon the human mind. These complexities were distractions, at least in regards to True Self. It took our metaphysical focus and disassociated it with our Selves onto something else.

While to think negatively of this outward social communication would seem entirely selfish and cynical, it did separate us with a powerful, personal connection. This previous connection may be the reason for the ever-present conscious belief that there is something better beyond or before Now. It was absolute peace and perfection. There perhaps were no further desires when peace came from within. Contentedness was ever-present. But, with these outward reaches to connect with others, new complexities clouded our pure focus and hushed us away from truly understanding the nature of someone, our individual selves as well.

The want to connect outwardly is a reciprocating pattern. First, we connect, and grow. Then, we are grown and do not want to connect anymore. This lack of wanting to truly understand plants the seed of labels. Labeling is a simple way to feel as though something is understood. This brings forth the laziness of man. To retort an open, public label, when used in a discriminating manner would only be a clash of ego, which embodies the outward thoughtlessness that went into it to begin with. The make-up of this existence is self-destructing in nature. It offers no true forward progression.

Labeling is perceived from the individual perspective as negative while it makes society’s perception seem clearer. This is actually just a projection of laziness which above most of all, I percieve to be negative.

Labeling is good for nothing. To openly label someone impresses the horridly built up stereotypical perceptions of what is, and projects it into reality. To label someone changes them. Depending on the consciousness of what is actually taking place, the individual may be deeply changed by being labeled, or understand the reasons behind the label and agree with reasons against it for the purpose of self-awareness. This does not make one mind higher than another, it simply displays a different thought pattern. The change inflicted could be quite grand or seemingly unnoticed, but, regardless of recognition, a change always exists, and a cheap one at that. And on the simple subject of right and wrong, if one is labeled, the implication that they are what has been expressed is impressed upon them to be looped in a cycle endlessly.

To be told that one is wrong is a powerful expression. It will come with a high rate of change. The change could go either way, for good or bad, in the eyes of the expresser. One could feel as though, by influence of others, that he is deviant, bad, and make constant efforts to right himself in the perception of others. Others could just accept their categorizations and mold themselves to it, which is socially unacceptable by the prescribing standards.

Life has many things happening at once and it may be impossible to change the perceptions of others on the self. Then, the previous labeling that was impressed upon the self cycles through the conscious and then into the subconscious and eventually emerges back at the surface in the act of something that was earlier prescribed as deviant. It’s a vicious cycle.

To avoid this viciousness, the simple act of not labeling will suffice. Leave preconceptions at the door. We can learn based on momentous experience, not prior experience. The only True moment is Now. If one sees something they dislike, talking about it, especially shallow talk consisting of labels and catch phrases, will only telescope one's problem. Associating with the problem in a simple, honest, natural manner will influence it into a process of more natural change.

Influence is inevitable, and its power depends on what the intentions of the influence are, if any at all. It all resides in what kind of influence is impressed.