The One Truth

Chapter 2The One Truth Applied

A New Lens

To understand the One Truth at a deeper level, it's helpful to see how it applies to our lives at a practical level. Once you see how oneness and separateness, inside to outside, knowing to searching, and positive to negative impacts you, your team, your relationships, and every aspect of your life, you won't be able to unsee it. It will be a new lens for you to see the world and how you and others interact with it. As I share a number of common topics, scenarios, and issues that are part of our everyday life experience through the One Truth lens, my goal is that you'll realize what's happening at a deeper level, within yourself and others, and with this knowledge and understanding you will live more powerfully in this world.

The Narcissist Feels Separate

Psychology considers narcissism a psychological condition called narcissistic personality disorder, which usually arises because of emotional injury and trauma from shame, loss, deprivation, and painful experiences in childhood. Research and brain scans show that the narcissist's brain actually blocks off parts to protect itself based on traumatic experiences and painful memories. The brain literally creates separation and division at the neurological level, which I believe is a manifestation of the separation that a narcissist experiences. At a deeper level the narcissist has moved from oneness to separateness. They feel separate, isolated, and alone so they focus solely on protecting ...