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Interesting questions.
Presumably the seeker is simultaneously a believer because the seeker believes that there is something to be sought.
Where people have different streams of belief then conflict can arise - just look at the varying opinions on this forum. Many people are very attached to their beliefs, and they confuse what they believe with what they actually know. The spiritual journey is often a process of unlearning our beliefs and realising how little we know.
Does believing in something preclude discovering the truth? There are those who insist that seeking gets in the way of finding. Their argument is that the seeker has some future goal of attainment, and so they miss the present moment which is when finding happens. Or they say that the seeker gets fixated on particular practices which they do in order to attain something, whereas they should let go of all practices and simply be present with what is.
I think that all finders go through the stages of believing and seeking to reach the point where they let go of believing and seeking and they then surrender to the present moment. But believing and seeking are necessary steps on the way.
Peace.
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