DAY, NIGHT, AND THE MASK OF REALITY

 ​The cycle of day and night is one of life’s few constants. We understand that the sun allows us to see clearly, while the darkness of night requires us to find our own light. Both are essential, yet we have a deep-seated, instinctual fear of the dark simply because we cannot see what is happening around us. This natural fear is often exploited.

​In society, certain individuals and groups use the concepts of "dark" and "light" to target others. They manipulate these terms to label people as scary, evil, or "bright" and "good." Those who misuse these natural cycles are the same people who would metaphorically blindfold others to keep them in the dark.

​It is to their benefit that the public remains blind to the reality behind their masks.

​This manipulation often goes beyond simple metaphors and enters the territory of dangerous social labeling:

• ​Geopolitics: Using "day" and "night" to align people with specific countries or political ideologies. ​
• False Dichotomies: Using White to represent peace and Black to represent war, which misleads the public into believing a person's intent based on a label rather than their actions.
• ​Racism and Prejudice: These labels feed the fire of racism, convincing people that one race is superior or that another is a threat to be feared. It can even lead to the public supporting a guilty person or condemning an innocent one based solely on skin color, age, or "labels."

​Labels do not change facts. Calling a war-monger "peaceful" doesn't change the reality of their demands, just as labeling someone "dark" doesn't make them evil.

​We see this misuse everywhere: in the separation of men and women, in the "switching" of words to hide theft, and in the religious or moral labeling of "angels" versus "evils." These are often just tools used to insert wrong ideas into the public consciousness.

It is time to stop those who use these words as weapons. We must look past the labels of night and day, white and black, or young and old. To find the truth, we must remove the blindfolds and judge individuals by their reality, not the "colors" others use to describe them.