labels and identities

Within a system that claims to be social, offering the illusion of free will,

the illusion of choice, a person,beyond the labels and identities already placed upon them, creates new ones of their own.

They adopt the words, thoughts, ideas, and beliefs of other people.

They constantly sustain something outside themselves.

Something beyond their own direct experience.

Why?

There is already an identity, already a label.

Growth does not mean dressing differently the very things you need to let go of.

Why add instead of remove?

Why build an identity that distances you from unity and connection?

What is the point of filling a glass that is already full?

It will overflow — naturally and inevitably.

A container that constantly receives external material never remains empty long enough to understand itself,

or to realize what truly needs to be placed within it,if anything at all.

An empty container does not mean it has no value.

It does not mean it is useless.

It means it is simply what it is,

and understands the reason it exists.

So why would a person want to fill themselves up,

to take personally every idea, thought, perception, and belief that is not truly their own?

A foreign body, sooner or later, collapses,it is incompatible.

It does not fit with the essence, with the depth.

Instead, it settles for beautiful lies that provide comfort and defenses.

Protection from the uncomfortable truth,

the one that throws you into a temporary emptiness

until you discover your own truth.

Yes, whether we like it or not, there is no single shared truth.

None of us sees the same way, even if we are made from the same material.

There is nothing more difficult than being yourself,

your essence, your depth.

Difficult, but not impossible.

If you can endure the collapse of everything,

if you can bear to look behind the veil,

and finally, if you can face who you truly are

without identities, without labels, 

without anything foreign within you,you become free...