LABELS

 

We are having a cool day. We have been flooded by some Arctic air. But hey, cool but not cold. It is 24.6 F now and is supposed to get to 30. The only day this week, it will stay below freezing. The cool temp belies how nice it is. It is calm, Sunny and beautiful. The chickens love it and swarmed out this Morning. However, they only have teeny patches of ground that is not covered with snow, that they can scratch in. It is supposed to get into the 50s this week; those patches of ground should get bigger.

I am getting a late start. I have been listening to some podcast and looking at various things on the internet; stuff about the war between the Cabal factions. When things get clearer, I will discuss it.

In the meantime, let us just observe, let us not enter the fray; we don't need to take sides. We don't see enough to really know what is going on. The conflict on the surface, does not adequately reflect, what is going on behind the scenes. I know, our strong opinions and beliefs are hard to back away from. I am not suggesting we suspend them, just allow for the fact, that there is much we don't know.

We have work to do, imagining a new world. A world where all are equal, all are free, all are valued and loved, all are free to create and express their gifts; no one is without the necessities, for a healthy, happy, fulfilling existence. What would our systems and institutions look like?

We will have a hard time imagining this world as long as we hang on to our labels. We have been herded into pens and labeled. We have talked about this before; we have professional, political, personality, ageist, sexist, and you name it labels. They may have began to describe something, but they gel into something else. We are not our labels. Yes, we are all wonderfully beautiful, unique beings. Our differences are great. When labels are used to describe those beautiful differences, they are fine. However, at this time, those labels only describe the pen we are from and the limitations in the scope of our thinking.

Labels have become very heavy judgements, as soon as we hear someone is a Liberal, Conservative, Protestant, Catholic, Muslim et. al. to ad nauseam, a part of our brain shuts down and a new part opens up. We don't see the person anymore, we perceive according to set of beliefs and expectations we have. Some of us are flexible, in our perception, and others of us, are more rigid. I am not sure any of us escape this completely. We can not see beyond the end of our nose as long as we hang on to judgements. What did the world look like, before we were imbued with the thoughts and biases, of those who raised us? Is it possible to see with fresh eyes? How do very young children see the world?

It may seem impossible to give up all the programming we endured since birth. We get pretty comfortable with our belief systems and are not about to question them. There may be a reason to question them- we do live in mad house- have we contributed to the craziness?

A good place to start is giving up our labels. Let us catch ourselves when we categorize others by their labels. Let us watch how we label ourselves. It is a good practice. It will help open the heart and the mind.

None of us are labels. We are all great spirits of light. Underneath this ego facade is love. That is all we are.

Love and Peace, Gregg