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The self-image and its defence.
There is the time a clock measures, and there is the distance between who you are and who you intend to become. One is a fact. The other is built by thought — and every hour spent crossing it is an hour spent building it higher.
Who are you when you remove your name, role, history and possessions? Not a riddle — an experiment you can run on yourself this afternoon.
Imagine a week in which no one saw you. Not hidden — simply unobserved. Notice what you would stop doing.
Every contemplative tradition gives some version of the same instruction. Read literally rather than poetically, it is far more practical than it sounds.