The so-called "cave monk" is an active participant in creative liberation. One need not be "in _your_ face" in order to directly face what's already in one's own, as it is, wisely navigating the existential realities of modernity, casting ripples of influence in every direction.
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The cold trail thaws as those with warm blood tread its winding paths. In this sense, practice is very much alive, in the world but not _of_ the world.
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The nature perhaps only slightly. What can change is ones being which I will tentatively define for this discussion as "sustained strength of presence". The exercise "Doors" point directly at my definition.
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1/2 It of course depends on how we're approaching and conceiving of the terms. But many contemplative traditions suggest our original nature is more a thing to be uncovered, always already there, and realized when we step out from under the impress of "adventitious defilements."
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