Comments on: The Masquerade Play Of Life

By: Linkables « Aesthetic Thoughts

Linkables « Aesthetic Thoughts — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 11:47:16 +0000

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By: Monica

Monica — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 04:41:10 +0000

This is a very thought provoking post Evelyn and I love how you communicated it so simply.
I’m not sure if this is a mask in the way that you speak of but I know I am more reserved with people I have just met. I am not “myself” until I tend to know them a little better. I assume it has to do with acceptance as opposed to rejection, or to not put people off by being too “me” I believe this was a big contributing factor in my social anxiety years ago.
I write this and it sounds silly to not be me all the time!
I know it will take more awareness in the moment to drop the mask. I also laugh at myself more. Not taking myself so seriously helps me to loosen up and be myself.
Thanks for this article, I’ll be watching for my masks more closely!

By: Evelyn

Evelyn — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 06:54:10 +0000

Hello Chania Girl,

Thank you for visiting my blog.

Wearing masks can sometimes be helpful as you have shared. In my post, I wrote that it only becomes a problem when you are overly identified with a persona that is very separate from who you are deep down inside. The risk is inauthenticity. You may also lose your ability to feel, to be intimately connected with who you are.

If you have every awareness that you are wearing a mask and that you have a choice in wearing it or not, or when to take it off, then there is no issue at all.

Love and light,
Evelyn

By: Chania Girl

Chania Girl — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 05:46:28 +0000

While I was reading this post, I kept thinking about a Twilight Zone episode I saw years ago. In it the main characters were all forced to wear hideous masks (I think in order to receive some part of a dead man’s inheritance?). All of the characters were loathe to take on their masks at first but also greedy enough to give in. At the end of the episode, they are finally allowed to remove their masks and, as each one peels it off, the face that greets him in the mirror is identical to the grotesque mask he wore.

I agree that the masks we wear frequently hide our true selves and can become a barrier behind which we hide. But what of this idea that the mask we wear may also shape who we are over time?

I wonder, Is it wrong that I put on a smile today even though I’m feeling really blue? Won’t wearing this smile potentially help “turn my frown upside down”? Where is the happy medium?

Thank you for sharing this post. It definitely got me thinking. Any thoughts?

By: Evelyn

Evelyn — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 00:30:07 +0000

Hello Dot,

Noted about the word that should be used for facade, rather than facade device; for easy understanding. I’m glad that “masks” was used to help you understand things better in your reading. In akashic record readings, we were taught with the word “shell” or “facade device”.

Discovering who-is behind the masks is, for most of us, not a one-time event. It is a journey. It may also well be that one fine day on a park, like in Eckhart Tolle’s experience, you have a major breakthrough and can suddenly see your true self in total clarity.

I wish you much peace, love and light!

Evelyn

By: Sparkle Roundup! | Sparkle and Glitter

Sparkle Roundup! | Sparkle and Glitter — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 07:04:09 +0000

[...] Attraction Mind Map features a very insightful post entitled “The Masquerade Play of Life“, regarding the masks we wear as we go about our everyday lives and when and how to removed [...]

By: Dot

Dot — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 17:30:57 +0000

I agree that working with the here and now is more important to most people than theorizing about 2012. I like the term mask far more than facade device. We would say facade, but not facade device. In my reading that I blogged about, I was told that my soul was wearing masks, and that they’ve been removed. However, I also wear masks. I not only wear a mask that tries to convince the world that everything’s fine, but at times I also wear a mask of the poor victim who has been through so much. I have a little knowledge of what is behind those masks, but not enough.

By: Evelyn

Evelyn — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 08:56:44 +0000

@Stacey, thank you for your nice feedback. Except for enlightened Beings, I think no one will expect a person to be “perfect, together and sane”. I’m imperfect in a lot of ways too but the question is how close am I to being fully authentic.

@Robin, you’ve provided me a great insight into what I’ve been doing too. Like you, I’ve been spending less time with people with whom I need to put on a mask; that is far removed from who I really am. I’m glad that the only “boss” I need to answer to now is my Higher or Better Self.

By: Robin

Robin — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 07:58:53 +0000

What a great article, Evelyn – and what great images!

Personally, I think I have gone through a process of learning to wear masks to cope with being in the world, then dropping them in an attempt to be more authentic, to learning to wear then selectively when needing to deal with certain people. And today I work towards having little to do with anyone I might need to put that mask on for e.g. I don’t have an employer I need to please, or if I did, it wouldn’t be someone who I couldn’t be authentic with.

I guess the important thing is to be aware that we are not the mask we wear.

By: Stacey / Create a Balance

Stacey / Create a Balance — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 02:36:29 +0000

Your writing is simply beautiful today Evelyn. I hope no one mistakes my appearance as being perfect, together, and sane. I hope there are holes in my mask(s) that let light in and let my light shine out. I hope I am “found out”. Sure, being found out is scary, but it is when I feel fully alive.