(Forgive me for rambling. I am also sleep deprived.)
The enigmatic mystery of name, Form arising from name, Name is our creation/thought, but why should it just be online?
Your
true name is unspoken, but to everyone else it is
manifest as you wish it to be.
One amongst
millions, what is a
username?Is it something
we choose? or does
it choose us?
There is a saying:
"
What comes out of you is
what's inside you"
and
"When you open your
mouth, the depth of your
heart can be seen"
What is a username? It's like a custom word to describe ourselves in snapshot.
It is our single "word" that we use to encapsulate, identify, define and create our view of
ourselves and therefore our view of the world.
There are no rules, and it can be whatever you like. In a lot of ways it's wish-fulfilment for being whoever or whatever we like.
In another way, it's like a sigil, or personal rune.
When a name is spoken, it's like a poem that tells others who you are.
When a name is written, it's like a stamp that belongs to you.
When a name is thought of, it's like a dream of formlessness and being without name
Names have
magical significance. To know the name of something is to know
it. Knowing the name of
buddhas, for examples, buddhists do
praise and homage to countless buddhas by
meditating on their names and remembering them.People call on the name of the lord too, which is "his" description.
In Sikhi, the name of the lord is
"Sat Nam" "Truth is the name of God" and is explicitly stated in the core scripture
Japji Sahib - Mool Mantar in the second phrase.
Guru Gobind Singh, has said "I sow the
infinite names of God, I am not pleased with worldly descriptions"
In Islam and Judaism too, the names of God are revered as being GOD'S VERY ESSENCE.
In lots of religions, God's names are in the 100s. In Hinduism, Gods and Goddesses had even more names than that! Most of the major deities of Hinduism have at least 1000 names, that are still preserved in texts.
Dark magicians also use the names of demons, and call them by name. But all names are eventually one = NAMELESS OR UNNAMED
And, to think, we only have 1 username to make our entire existence on, when Kings have titles, Sheriffs have rank, but even a Husband is a kind of title, and sometimes so are insults and praise. Maybe we are shitheads. Maybe we are buddhas. Maybe we are all infinite parts of an infinite reality. Maybe there is nothing and just ZERO, like our world is an anomaly.
All we can be sure of is that we can choose one, or maybe more than one, but no matter what, we have to stick by it, because it's what comes out of us, what is in us, and what we want it to be, it a single word to describe everything.
"For a samurai, a simple word is important no matter where he may be. By just one single word martial valor can be made apparent. In peaceful times words show one's bravery. In troubled times, too, one knows that by a single word his strength or cowardice can be seen. This single word is the flower of one's heart. It is not something said simply with one's mouth."
Hagakure
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Topic: Is it possible to get your username changed on b12? (Read 758 times)