Defined by Name?

Magnus Staar wrote:

Aharon wrote: Sometimes a name can define you. My name is Aharon, brother of Moses, meaning "Lofty; exalted; high mountain". I was born with this name.

I can only hope to live up to it.

Born in a latinamerican country, I was very close to being named "Jesus". Now how the hell am I supposed to live up to THAT name? :laugh:

Simple, you would have to be imaginary! :evil:

double post??:dry:

Kyrin Wyldstar wrote: double post??:dry:

That's two. Post a third time and Jesus will appear behind you in the bathroom and strangle you with a rosary. :laugh:

It's like synchronicity, you only think it works that way because you're thinking about it. It's all the brain trying to find patterns (even if there are none).

The effect of a name depends on the wearer of that name being conscious of the meaning and BELIEVING it to have power/influence over their personality or life.

Anything can become programming. Believing it makes the mind create the reality.

I don't believe this is magic at all, of course, only the mind's ability to accept a reality similar to an organism living in a new environment. The mind reacts to that new environment by adapting to it. Therefore if the environment you give your children is one that pushes them to be their greatest self, that's more likely to happen.

But there can be unintended consequences. If your child becomes aware that the name belonged to a demon and someone provides a negative perspective of that character, the child may adopt a negative view of themselves (like reverse projection).

Also, people who know (external stimuli) the meaning and have a negative opinion can always, consciously or subconsciously, treat your child differently based on THEIR experience/reaction/interpretation with the name. They may not be able to help it because it is also a source of programming for their own mind.

So choosing a controversial name, ideally, would just be about the child and the name. But considering where that child lives and the human organisms invading their space, you also have to consider the unenlightened who will make that child's life unnecessarily more difficult. That could provide challenges that make your child stronger or it could create obstacles that block your child's progression and limit opportunity similar to black parents giving their child a name that is so ethnic or "urban"... that employers biases are activated. While it would be nice not to worry about these things we do not yet live in a world without bias and without prejudice.

What you could do is name your child "Lilly". To you, it can be short for Lilith and anyone who you debated would know, but everyone else would only see a flower and the name, that is symbolic, would be hidden by another symbol; a layer of encryption around your actual meaning.

Considering that I was named after 60's pop star Ricky Nelson, I would say that it has no relevance to me because I can't carry a tune in a wheel barrow.......

Rick D wrote: Considering that I was named after 60's pop star Ricky Nelson, I would say that it has no relevance to me because I can't carry a tune in a wheel barrow.......

I think you miss the point of the thread. It's not in who you were named after that is significant. Rather it's the meaning of the name in its origins. Rickie is a derivative of Richard , meaning strong or ruler. Do you consider yourself capable of strong rule? That would be the question.

My name means pretty rose, but it is also the name of my mother and grandmother. I had the good fortune of not meeting them until I had already come into my own as a person some what (although at 12 a self concept is a bit shaky). But it means now, as I look at them, and look at the roads they travelled down I do not have to be like them.

Its why I dont allow others to call me my full name, even though I write it on applications. I prefer to use my nickname

Rickie is a derivative of Richard , meaning strong or ruler. Do you consider yourself capable of strong rule?

Why does Richard mean strong or ruler?

As far as Rick D's parents are concerned, Ricky means something to do with pop music.

JamesSand wrote:

Rickie is a derivative of Richard , meaning strong or ruler. Do you consider yourself capable of strong rule?

Why does Richard mean strong or ruler?

As far as Rick D's parents are concerned, Ricky means something to do with pop music.

Because that's the origin of that names meaning. Not pop music star.