what name is he?

[chris-da-fur]

lol I just saw a video of a young kid catch his first fish. One of the first things he asked was "what name is he"? made me stop and think.

[Ramai]

He IS Ali.

[Mr Monkey]

Originally Posted by chris-da-fur

lol I just saw a video of a young kid catch his first fish. One of the first things he asked was "what name is he"? made me stop and think.

Hi Chris,

Looks like the little kid got both of us thinking .

For me, this is a good example of how the mind just wants to label everything. I still find it a bit odd that a tree is not actually a tree, that’s just the name/label someone gave it.

I can remember the first time I heard Eckhart Tolle say something like:

“Your name is just a container for you past experiences and future expectations”
and
“Imagine if you had no name”

I found both of these comments fairly powerful but also liberating. I can remember thinking that if I had no name it was almost if I had no past and the future was totally free. Maybe the comments impacted me more than they will others, but an interesting couple of things to ponder none the less.

Paul

[Hazelkay]

Hi Paul,

Just stopped to consider if I wasn't 'Hazel' what name would I give to this just now

answer

headache!

[Mr Monkey]

Hi HazelKay,

I found my mind blew a gasket too



Paul

[meryem]

Originally Posted by chris-da-fur

lol I just saw a video of a young kid catch his first fish. One of the first things he asked was "what name is he"? made me stop and think.

I guess answer to this question can be given by his(fish) family only. Otherwise its name could have been just another fish.

[MetaCognition]

Originally Posted by Mr Monkey

Hi Chris,

Looks like the little kid got both of us thinking .

For me, this is a good example of how the mind just wants to label everything. I still find it a bit odd that a tree is not actually a tree, that’s just the name/label someone gave it.

I can remember the first time I heard Eckhart Tolle say something like:

“Your name is just a container for you past experiences and future expectations”
and
“Imagine if you had no name”

I found both of these comments fairly powerful but also liberating. I can remember thinking that if I had no name it was almost if I had no past and the future was totally free. Maybe the comments impacted me more than they will others, but an interesting couple of things to ponder none the less.

Paul

Ah, but a tree is a tree and the past is real. The labels might not be the whole truth, but truth still remains in the label.

[brozen]

“Imagine if you had no name”

ha, this made me think what if you had no sight. to me that is very liberating.
it would almost be like living a life in text i would imagine. I find it easier to be extremely open when typing or writing on paper, as long as I know it can't be traced back to my physical identification (real name/real appearance). I wonder if by having no sight it would almost be like not identifying with the outside world. Never forming the same kind of separation from objects that we form with our sight.

Time to find a blind person and question them!

[Mr Monkey]

Originally Posted by MetaCognition

The labels might not be the whole truth, but truth still remains in the label.

Can you expand on this a little, I'm intrigued but can't grasp what your pointing to.

[MetaCognition]

The labels we give things are just as (if not even more so) real than the object by itself. Without the label we cannot communicate, without communication there is nothing. So yes, imagine if you had no name for a minute or two, and then be in even more amazement when you realize you do have a name after all. Its a far more miraculous discovery.