# Spiritual Awakening Has a Deadline...and It's 2040

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Podcast: [The Skeptic Metaphysicians | A Pragmatic Guide to Spiritual Awakening, Metaphysics & Enlightenment](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-skeptic-metaphysicians-a-pragmatic-guide-to-spiritual-awakening-metaphysics-enlightenment-1382483)
Published: 2026-04-22T06:00:04+00:00
Episode link: https://www.skepticmetaphysician.com/spiritual-awakening-by-2040
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## Resource

Is the belief that we're all separate from each other actually the root cause of everything going wrong in the world right now? Not metaphorically. Literally. That's the question Steve Farrell has spent 23 years...and one very dramatic exit from Silicon Valley...trying to answer. Steve co-founded Humanity's Team in 2003 alongside Conversations with God author Neale Donald Walsch. Today the organization spans 70 countries, 700,000 members, and a streaming platform housing over 300 masterclasses from some of the most respected voices in consciousness, science, and spiritual development. His latest initiative carries a deadline: make conscious living the planetary norm by 2040. He's not kidding. What we get into: Why Einstein called the sense of separation "a kind of prison", over a hundred years ago, and why the science has only gotten more uncomfortable since The specific moment Steve told his wife he might never earn another paycheck, and what she said back What walking away from rooms that included Gavin Newsom and Apple's marketing genius actually costs you socially, and how those conversations went How Steve got out of the market a full year before the 2008 crash, and what that story reveals about the practical dimension of spiritual guidance The 2040 tipping point: what "pervasive worldwide" actually means as a measurable condition, and why 800 million people is the number that matters The three-minute practice anyone can start today...no background required, no belief required Spiritual bypassing vs. sacred activism: how Humanity's Team draws a hard line between feeling good and doing the work What it actually feels like to join a global oneness movement when your whole life has been a solo spiritual practice Steve Farrell isn't here to sell you on a belief system…

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