and integrity. But I wonder if we, ourselves, understand how we use masks to face the world. As rigsy said, the mask of a rebel can allow us to push against authority or each other. The mask of the warrior can allow us to defend a loved one when we are, at our core, peaceful people. The mask of a lover can allow us to say Olive you, when we are shy. I think the masks themselves allow us to try on and step into aspects of self that haven't been tried or aren't normally comfortable. At some point, if we find our comfort zone wearing the mask, we can take it off and integrate the aspect of being. This may be more along the line of what Joseph Campbell may have been thinking. We each go through our lives searching inwardly or externally for purpose or place in the world. The masks of God and masks we use all uncover the same thing eventually.
On May 14, 9:23 am, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > There is always a sense of comfort in knowing one can be truly oneself > when around others without having to use a mask. > > On May 14, 8:07 am, Molly Brogan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I think we can resurrect the mask discussion, rigsy. Ultimately, if > > we are feeling one thing and purposefully expressing another, we don a > > mask. Our reasons may be noble, as to protect a loved one, or self > > serving, as to drive our own agenda. But in the moment, we are > > choosing the mask instead of a legitimate feeling that allows us to > > connect with others that does not require a mask. We can choose our > > feelings and how we express them. > > > On May 13, 4:07 am, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Also costume denotes hierarchy and a wealth of material signals from > > > cars to homes to t-shirts and tatoos. A certain unassailable grace of > > > posture and poise to a slouch. We pick and choose from the infinite > > > variety. > > > > On May 11, 11:50 pm, Vamadevananda <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Deception implies intent. > > > > > The most inscrutable masks we wear are the ones we are not even aware > > > > of. > > > > > The Inscrutability Level of the masks we wear are in the following > > > > increasing order : > > > > > Body, Face, Apparent Expressions. > > > > > Emotions. > > > > > Thought. Intent. > > > > > Knowledge. Facts. > > > > > The Idea we have of ourself - Ego. > > > > > The series does not end here ! Only, I do not know how to express > > > > it ... Primordial ... perhaps. > > > > > On May 11, 8:28 pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > I would answer no he does not ware a mask, to all of those questions. > > > > > > Indeed it is this very idea that we put masks on that I am incliened > > > > > to disbelieve. What is meant by the word mask, do we mean only > > > > > deception? > > > > > > On 11 May, 16:17, Molly Brogan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > You tell me. If he is lying, and tells you he is lying, where is > > > > > > the > > > > > > mask? If he is presenting his lie as truth, but known as a liar, is > > > > > > there a mask? If he doesn't understand his compulsion to lie, is it > > > > > > just a mask he does not recognize? If he says I am a liar, is he > > > > > > trapped in a paradox (OK Deepak...) > > > > > > > On May 11, 10:56 am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > So then lying, or deception is really putting a mask on? > > > > > > > > What if the nature of the man is deception, then he wares no mask? > > > > > > > > On 11 May, 15:46, Molly Brogan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Well, is a rat capable of undying love? If so, then I would > > > > > > > > say no > > > > > > > > mask was worn. If not, then he was donning the mask of the > > > > > > > > lover. > > > > > > > > > On May 11, 10:35 am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Now it occoures to me that over the last few weeks my initial > > > > > > > > > posts in > > > > > > > > > response to the questions of others may have been seen to be > > > > > > > > > negative > > > > > > > > > or argumentative. > > > > > > > > > > Just to say that it is not my want to play devil's > > > > > > > > > advocate(in truth I > > > > > > > > > do this rarely), no it is simply because I find myself > > > > > > > > > disagreeing > > > > > > > > > with whatever particular premise I find myself reading. > > > > > > > > > > So bareing that in mind, I shall ask, are these masks we put > > > > > > > > > on or are > > > > > > > > > they just differant facets of who we are? > > > > > > > > > > Whenthe man pleads undying ,ove and then walks away after > > > > > > > > > getting what > > > > > > > > > he wants. Is he wearing a mask or can it be said that he is > > > > > > > > > simply > > > > > > > > > showing us that facet of himself that we may well call > > > > > > > > > rattish? > > > > > > > > > > On 11 May, 15:18, Molly Brogan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Joseph Campbell is probably our best known contemporary > > > > > > > > > > expert on the > > > > > > > > > > subject of masks, and his work including his massive > > > > > > > > > > studies, Masks of > > > > > > > > > > God and Masks of Eternity, offer his keen insight into our > > > > > > > > > > own > > > > > > > > > > abilities to don a mask and uncover the masks we find. > > > > > > > > > > > What is it about us that put on our masks? What about us > > > > > > > > > > creates the > > > > > > > > > > need for one? When do we confuse our mask with who we > > > > > > > > > > really are? > > > > > > > > > > When are masks useful and when do they become obstacles for > > > > > > > > > > us? > > > > > > > > > > > I’m not talking about the functional, physical mask such as > > > > > > > > > > theatrical, surgical, protect and disguise mask etc. I am > > > > > > > > > > talking > > > > > > > > > > about the mask of persona, the way we pretend to be one way > > > > > > > > > > and are > > > > > > > > > > really another. Politesse is a good example and can often > > > > > > > > > > be a > > > > > > > > > > cultural custom. When our words and mannerisms are polite, > > > > > > > > > > but our > > > > > > > > > > actions and innuendos aggressive, we are wearing a mask. > > > > > > > > > > When we > > > > > > > > > > profess undying love as a means to an end, and walk away in > > > > > > > > > > the > > > > > > > > > > morning light, we are wearing a mask. 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