“Neti, Neti or Not This, Not This”
Blog #15
If I am a yogi, then I must practice yoga. If a vegetarian, I cannot eat meat. If I tout Christianity, what good am I when I judge and gossip? If I say to you that I am spiritual, what will you think of my spirituality when I become angry? If I drink a glass of champagne, am I somehow unhealthy? And, when I dislike something, does this mean I am too intolerant?
Hmm… I do not like these adjectives that bind and constrict. They too often lend themselves to condemnation and critical judgement.
I am stripping myself of all labels. So, do not call me a yogi or a spiritual person. Do not attempt to put me in the box of being a Christian or a lover of champagne or meat. Do not affix to me the qualifier of healthy or unhealthy.
When you see me and I you, let us just meet without the wrapping and ribbons and name tags.
Let us just keep it simple, and then I can be me and you can be you and we do not have to pretend to be anything at all.