Labeling

We begin to see that everything is as it is. It has no name other than the name we give it. It is we who call it something; we give it a value.

We say this thing is good, or it’s bad, but in itself, the thing is only as it is. It’s not absolute; it’s just as it is. People are just as they are. We can
give them names and we can describe them. We can decide whether we like them or don’t like them, whether we are attracted to them or
repelled by them.

That’s something we add or project onto the moment because of our habits, fears and desires.

That’s why it is very important to contemplate the way things are in the moment. It’s through this experience that we can be aware of what we
project onto it.

~Ajahn Sumedho