Everything Must Collapse For Something New to Arise

A Manifesto for the Turning of Our Time

What we are witnessing right now is not the end.

It is the undoing—the clearing—for something more true, more whole, to be born.

For life to regenerate, the old must decay.

What’s Falling Apart

When a house is built on unstable foundations, sooner or later it must fall.

And we are watching this collapse unfold before us -

As truth wavers,

As people rise with rage, 

As the planet bears the scars of our recklessness.

The very structures we have known—

those that shaped our lives, and the generations before us—

are approaching their expiry date.

And it feels like a great unraveling. Like the end.

But my friend, this is only the chapter of the Fall.

Nature’s Wisdom

Nature shows us—everything follows a cycle.

What is born must die.

And what dies—decomposes and disintegrates,

to feed the soil for what comes next.

This is how life continues.

Not in spite of decay, but because of it.

And We are no different.

We, too, are part of this cycle.

And we will bear witness to the reassembly—if we dare to pay attention.

The Choice We Must Make

But if we cling to the old—

if we resist the cry of change—

we only prolong the pain.

And prolonging may cost us more than we can yet see.

In times like these when everything is destabilising…

when the storm hits,

when chaos flies in every direction,

when the house begins to burn—

We do not cling to our possessions.

We let go of what’s already been lost.

And we turn toward the new.

We surrender—not in defeat,

but in devotion to what’s trying to emerge.

A Vision For The New Way

We turn away from the grandiose leaders who provoke aggression.

The prolific entertainment that distracts our dreams.

The lies of the media that distort beauty.

The tall grey jungles that splinter communities.

The pesticide-ridden food that disrupts our bodies.

The self-indulgent diagnoses that fracture our minds.

The intoxication of technology that numbs our curiosity.

The fear-mongering news that infects our hearts and dampens our spirit. 

And we dare to seek a new way.

A way of union.

Of community.

Of expression.

Of clean food, clean air, clean water—for all.

A vibrant planet where all life thrives.

Where innovation serves our evolution.

Where neighbourhoods are shaped by care.

Where leadership is rooted in integrity—not ego.

Where beauty is cultivated from the inside out.

Where minds are celebrated for their unique realities.

Where curiosity returns to its childlike wonder.

Where wild dreams are nurtured into fruition.

Where our bodies are honoured as walking temples.

Where our hearts and spirits find rest.

This isn’t a fantasy. It’s a remembering.

Inner Shifts Create Collective Change

To navigate the chaos of collapse out there,

we must meet the chaos within.

As above, so below.

As within, so without.

The more we learn to hold ourselves in the storm,

the more we can help rebuild the world beyond it.

This is the work now—

to meet the noise, the fear,

the fragmentation inside of us, 

with courage and care.

So that we may become participants, not victims,

in the turning of this age.

Surely, there is no greater cause to live for.

The Power of Our Attention

In the midst of collapse,

our attention may be the only thing we truly own.

And yet, we give it away—

to fear, distraction, and destruction.

But attention is not only a currency.

It is a creative power.

What we feed with our focus grows.

And right now, that power is needed more than ever.

If we pour it into the chaos, we will multiply collapse.

But if we turn it toward the cracks—

toward the teachers, the artists, the visionaries,

toward healing,

toward hope—

we might just find the fertile ground beneath,

where something new can grow.

The Earth Has Never Left Us

Beneath our feet, She has always been here.

The Earth. Our home.

No matter how we’ve dismissed her,

pillaged her lands,

poisoned her oceans—

She has not abandoned us.

This was the way of the old world.

The old human.

The one who grunted violence,

who chose dominance over harmony,

destruction over life.

But the Earth,

She still calls to us.

She reminds us: we are not separate from nature.

We are nature.

That we are made of life, designed to create more life—

Not destroy it.

A Call To Become

This challenge we face?

We were made for it.

To meet the edge of our world, 

and step beyond into new horizons—

This is what we came here for.

Have we forgotten?

This is what our ancestors, 

and their ancestors before them,

carried in their bones.

We are—and have always been—Pioneers.

And this is what our Earth,

our story,

calls us into now.

If we set our sights low,

we’ll fall even lower.

But if we dare to aim high—

we just might fly.

So while it may look like destruction is all around, know this:

It is only a chapter.

One that calls us into the depths—

so that we might remember what it is to soar.