Ecopsychology and the illusion on seperateness
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When we examine the psychological processes that bond us to the natural world or separate ‘us’ from ‘it;’ we may see ourselves as part of nature or separate. 

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Perceiving ourselves as separate from nature has led to many personal, community, cultural and planetary issues. When we view our planet as separate, we see our Earth as an 'it,' as a resource.  Nature-separated thinking and actions have resulted in an illusion of separation.  This separated belief has permitted our species to unconsciously and consciously damage, destroy and exploit nature. This has resulted in a severe imbalance in our planetary systems. ​The capitalist systems dominating our planet with an exploitative growth-model focus on power and profit, and is resulting in the highest rates of species extinction in recorded human history. We are now living in tour planet's 6th mass extinction. 

An ecopsychology perspective is that we are all intrinsically woven and interdependent, we reply on collaboration and our planet and universe are always evolving.  The integrated unified whole is the common thread of Ecopsychology, Sacred Ecology, Deep Ecology, Natural A