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The Separation Pulse
The civilizational story beneath today’s planetary crises
There are times in human history when it feels as if we are caught inside a great wave. A force bigger than any one nation, corporation, or ideology — bigger than politics or markets. A force deeper even than climate change or AI disruption.
It is not just that things are changing. The very story of who we are and how we relate to life is unraveling — and trying to reweave itself into something new.
This is one of those times.
I call it The Separation Pulse.
A global phase — centuries in the making — where humanity has pulsed itself apart from the web of life.
And the pulse is quickening.
We see it in planetary boundaries being breached. In soil, oceans, and forests collapsing. In rising mental illness and loneliness. In governance gridlock and social polarization. In our very language fracturing under the weight of complexity.
But there is an even deeper dissonance: a mismatch between the consciousness that created this civilization and the emerging patterns of life that are now demanding to be honored.
For over twenty years, I have been researching this question. First through…
