We do not suffer from events; we suffer from our interpretation of events.
The first step in psychological sovereignty is learning to separate the data from the
drama.
The Camera Test
Imagine a camera recorded the event. The camera cannot record "he was angry" or "she ignored me because
she's mean." The camera only records physical actions and direct quotes.
The Event (Pure Data Only)
Describe exactly what happened. No motives, no
predictions, no adjectives.
The Shadow Story (The Drama)
Now, write the narrative you've been telling
yourself about it. Include the "because," the "always," and what it means about you.
Small Win: Notice how just separating the two creates a small gap of freedom. That gap is
where your sovereignty lives.
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The Master Blueprint Inquiry
Context & Purpose:
The preceding pages mapped the immediate surface. These next five questions are designed to dig past your immediate defenses and uncover the load-bearing logic of your patterns.
Do not rush them. If a question causes an immediate feeling of resistance, annoyance, or a sudden desire to "skip it"—that is the exact question where your deepest structural weakness lies. Answer clinically and honestly.
The Sterile Camera
If a security camera with no audio recorded the event that upset you, what factual actions would it show, completely devoid of your emotional narrative?
The Villain Draft
How did you embellish the other person's motives in your story to make yourself the absolute victim and them the calculating antagonist?
The Narrative Payload
What heavy, historical baggage did you load into this single, isolated event to make it feel catastrophic instead of merely annoying?
The Comfort of the Victim
What perverse comfort or lack of responsibility do you gain by clinging to the subjective "story" rather than the sterile "event"?
The Surgical Separation
Write down the objective event on one side of a line, and the subjective story on the other. Now, deliberately cross out the story.