If you’re a fan of fairy tales, this might be the first time I read a chart like this that I’d use in marketing. The element of the chart is the “levels” of self-awareness. The lower the number the greater the awareness.
It’s a simple chart, but I think it captures the idea that we can be more aware of the parts of our lives that we don’t know how to be aware of. In that way it is a very meta chart that tells you what level of awareness you have. My friend, the artist, was doing an installation with some black ink on watercolor paper, which gave off the lightest and most subtle colors.
You can see the lightest color at the bottom of the chart as a reference for the second, second level: “I’m aware of the parts of my life I dont know how to be aware of.” The second level, which is the darker color, is when we are aware of only a small portion of our lives. This level is so called because it is the only one where we can see our true capacities.
The second-level Im aware of our true capacities is called the Im aware of the parts of my life that I don’t know how to be aware of. This is the darker color. It is where we are most open to learning and growing. It is where we are most vulnerable.
The dark color of the second level is because it is the one time we are most vulnerable. Our greatest fears and desires are discovered in the dark of the second level. Things like our deepest fear, pride and shame, and the things that make us feel unworthy of a beautiful life.
The truth of the dark color is our greatest strength. Our greatest strength is not how well we can hide this dark color (because we’re all born dark) but how well we can expose it and let it shine. The second level is our greatest weakness. It is where we are most alone and vulnerable. It is where we are most afraid. It is where our worst fear is.
I’ve always been really fond of the idea that the darker you go in life, the more you realize you have to be careful what you wish for. Our first level is the darkest we’ve ever seen in video games. But, it’s not that dark and it’s not that scary.
This is the point where a lot of people will get it wrong. This idea is based on the idea that there are no good or bad things in life. That evil is only an illusion that we create in our heads to avoid responsibility. But that is not true. There are good and bad things in life that we can control. And our first level is where we do control it.
With so many fantasy games there are certain things that seem to be “fairy tales” to many people. For instance, we can say that a scene in The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past is a fairy tale, because Link can only transform into his true form (and it is a great transformation) and only in battle.
