The statement "To be in the world and not of it' is extremely important to me, and I think of it in reading Richard Lang's essay. Being a Seer involves integrating the external persona, which is being in the world, and one's faceless identity, which is not of the world. For me, it is critically important that the faceless identity be priority and to not forget or lose the faceless self. Personally there was a significant fork in the road time when I was painfully torn between expectations and my real self. I chose real me, I am happy and alive to say. For me, that inner conflict continues to occur but never so profoundly as the time I just referred to. What helps me cultivate the habit of embracing my facelessness is being very aware that the face me is mask me, and faceless me is real me. Very much of faceless me can be in my face living, but the two are different.
On Sep 19, 2025 David Doane wrote :