Zero to 1: Losing Yourself? When Your Life Falls Apart
6 INSIGHTS
I.
The light of truth is bound to pierce through our stories, and this happens in times of great change.
II.
When disaster strikes—when we lose something we were identified with like a job, a loved one, our health, or wealth—our world gets shaken.
When our life falls apart, the story of 'me' changes and we are devastated, questioning who we are now, what our value is, how we are going to go on, and why bother.
III.
Moments like this can be excruciatingly painful, yet this is the inevitable end to every story of who we are.
IV.
But this is not the disaster you think it is. It's an opportunity to discover what lies beyond your stories.
V.
It's a grace by fire that hints at a deeper truth: an identity is gone, yet you are still here.
VI.
Stories crumble, identities evaporate, and what was never real falls away.
The disappearance of an identity lets you glimpse the awareness that was always there beneath it, noticing all of this change.
5 Quotes
I.
"Everything that has a beginning has an ending. Make your peace with that and all will be well."
Buddha
II.
"The wound is the place where the Light enters you."
Rumi
III.
"The dark night of the soul comes just before revelation. When everything is lost, and all seems darkness, then comes the new life and all that is needed."
Joseph Campbell
IV.
"What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly."
Richard Bach
V.
"In the depth of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer."
Albert Camus
1 Question
Who are you beyond your stories?
Beautifully, and concisely stated.