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We live in a world on fire. Everywhere we turn, there's discord, strife, violence. It feels like everything is falling apart, and the global suffering never seems to end. What can we do? Some say, we must eradicate separation and experience Unity, in order to step back from the brink of destruction. We must come together As One, and embrace a sense of universal connection. The only problem is, separation is central to our human experience. We are separate beings, distinct from each other. And we constantly seek to distinguish ourselves from others, as part of our community-building work. This book explores how we can embrace separation and distance as a vital part of our human lives. It asks us to look within - to the very structure of our cells - to find answers... and ultimately meaning... in the way we're built, and the way we are built to connect. Separation is what we are. Connection is what we do. Join this journey into the innermost workings of the amazing human body, and let it change your ideas about the outermost workings of the human species. IN DEPTH In this work, I explore an alternative view: namely, that rather than being our enemy, Separation - or Distance - from a perceived Other is at once endemic to our human nature and an invaluable bridge to the connection we hungrily seek. And only by accepting the fact of our separation can we truly learn to creatively navigate the spaces that divide us. Separation and Distance is, in fact, a fundamental component of our participation in this thought-form theater we term "reality", beginning at the most basic of our sensory functions and extending throughout our entire human infrastructure. Experience of Distance from Others is not due to inferior design or devolved consciousness. Quite the contrary - it's part and parcel of who we are, how we're built. In this work, I propose that our acceptance of an