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 | | From: | Sir Frederick | | Subject: | Are you in thrall with your "Person" mask? | | Date: | Sun, 23 Jan 2005 00:35:46 -0800 |
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 | >On 21 Jan 2005 12:28:24 -0800, "big macbeth" wrote:
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>>we tend to think of mask as a facade that conceals something--perhaps
>>the truth--within or behind itself.
>>for instance, the exterior of a house may conceal the desperate lives
>>within.
>>a grand cathedral may conceal a holy space or its tawdry
>>boy-butt-banging priests.
>>or smiling face may conceal an evil heart.
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>>as such, we think of masks as deceptive and dangerous.
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>>but, what of the interior mask? isn't that, in a way, more dangerous
>>than the exterior mask?
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>>the exterior mask can, at most, conceal the limited or enclosed reality
>>beneath, behind, or within itself. a face only conceals the heart
>>belonging to a single individual. even the grandest house conceals the
>>reality within a measurable amount of space.
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>>yet, if we define mask interiorally instead of just exteriorally, the
>>inner mask can be far more dangerous. the interior mask cosmeticizes
>>not an enclosed space but all of space.
>>if you see a cathedral from the outside, you may assume that what lies
>>within its walls is sanctified or hypocritical space. the world outside
>>the cathedral is not affected by the cathedral.
>>but within the cathedral, upon gazing at the arched ceiling and the lit
>>stained glass windows, you might believe that this is THE entire world,
>>that the whole world godly. the interior mask masks the whole
>>universe.
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>>similarly, when you see someone, you may not believe that his mask is
>>the mask of all reality but when you gaze out from yourself--from
>>within thru your interior psychological mask--you may unconsciously be
>>fooled into thinking that your reality is THE reality.
>>the tricky thing is we tend to think of mask only as a concealing
>>mechanism but never a projecting mechanism. we tend of think of truth
>>as being hidden behind a facade when in fact illusions are often
>>projected from the deepest core within.
>>interior mask is like cinema. it projects an illusion from within the
>>darkness of enclosed theater space.
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>>because interior mask operat subconsciously, we are almost totally
>>unaware of its deceptions and tricks. and so, we believe in ourselves
>>and our projections upon the world while we may not believe in outward
>>masks of others.
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>>we also think what we don't reveal is more truthful than what we
>>reveal. yet, the secrets of the soul may actually be even more bullshit
>>and more crucial in defining our false conception of the world.
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(My response)
>A classic good post!
>The transformation we each do from biological structure to
>person is a pragmatic mask, A mask from both sides. Nature
>has us each do this through inherited insanities or delusions.
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>This is a difficult issue as most of the "audience" is in thrall with their
>mask.
I am skeptical about this "person" mask. Perhaps it is time we at least
were honest about it. Otherwise we are each one a liar.
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Best,
Frederick Martin McNeill
Poway, California, United States of America
mmcneill@fuzzysys.com
http://www.fuzzysys.com
http://members.cox.net/fmmcneill/
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