An important concept this one and it is of course rather odd to be using a tool against its very self but that is the all pervasive nature of words and language, in that no real acknowledged alternative exists that can perfom the role of words and languages to anywhere near the same level.
However, we must realise as soon as we can that the very use of words leads us into a particular way of thinking. A word, especially a name for something, separates at once the very thing it is labelling. We then view our newly labelled item as a separate object essentially divorced from its surroundings and context.
When we have named someone or something, it allows us to specifically target that person or thing completely apart from everything else that could be said to constitute the very nature of all that makes the item or person.
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