Even those labels, while positive, places the individual in a box.
Alan Watts was once interviewed by the San Francisco Oracle, I’ll share a snippet:
Of course, we have to use these designations/labels in everyday conversation, otherwise we won’t be able to communicate.
But this is why zen is so refreshing, because zen masters say things like this:
Although Zhuangzi would be called a Daoist, if we insist on labeling him.
