Beware of Labels
Beware of labels. They exist to classify and separate. Sometimes, of course, this is necessary. If you want vanilla ice cream, you don't want to be served chocolate. But if you are talking about people, it can get tricky. People believe and live up to labels. This is why when I was a dance teacher, I never told my students that something was hard. If I made it look easy, and they believed it was easy, they'd just do it. If I said, "This is an advanced move," they'd struggle. What does this have to do with spirituality? Well, when we talk about being awakened or enlightened, we are generally saying that we have something special and other people do not. To that I said, "How do you know?" What is enlightenment? What...
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