Break the Illusion Blog by Davey Wavey

I’m so over labels.

The spirit is free and fluid, and when you try to pin it down, you limit yourself. It’s like putting yourself in a box. Labels nail you down.

Someone once asked the famous poet Rumi, “who are you?” and he replied:
“I do not know who I am. I am in astounding lucid confusion! If you label me and define me, you will starve yourself of yourself. If you box me down with labels and definitions, that box will be your coffin. I am your own voice echoing off the walls of God!”

I am 23. I am a male. I am gay. I am a gymnast. I am many things. But really, I am none of those things. These are all words of a self-image or ego. As Deepak says, the world of the ego is temporary, time-bound, and self-centered. These things aren’t really who I am. But, as soon as I bound my spirit to a label, i.e., I’m a male, I begin to limit myself. This body may be male, but in spirit, I am everything. The world of the spirit is the world of love and it is limitless and undivided.

So, I’m going to think less in terms of labels. I will define people less often. Instead of thinking of limits and barriers, I will think of boundless potentials and infinite possibilities.