The world just knocked you flat. Maybe it was the career-ending layoff, the sudden loss of a loved one, or the relationship that dissolved into dust. In that hollow space, you whisper the question every spiritual person asks: If I am divine, if I am truly loved, why am I broken? Why do I hurt so much? Here is the answer your Ego doesn't want you to hear: The pain isn't coming from the loss; it's coming from the roles that loss just ripped away. The Core Shift (The "Mask" Conc