Miracles don’t have to be big. The cells in our bodies, and the things they accomplish, are miraculous. A fleeting thought is often miraculous — far more often than we realize. Miracles excite surprise and wonder, and consequently, when we are aware of them, they trigger the dopamine survival mechanismContinue Reading
Our relationships, like our economic systems, are material – they are a risky balance of giving and taking, buying and selling, extorting and cheating, where everything has its price. But the strongest, most lasting relationships, are based upon cooperation. Cooperation is qualiadelic. Qualiadelic relationships are not based upon shared matter,Continue Reading
Culture, despite its refinements, is all about pleasure. All the energy of the world seems to be spent, either on satisfying cravings, or creating new or better ones. As soon as our Participation Levels catch up, our Interest Levels go bounding off ahead. We are like a mountain goat whoContinue Reading
For millennia after millennia, the consciousness of plants, animals, and people was determined solely by qualia on surface of things. But it is the qualia within things which makes them greater than the sum of their parts. Green leaves, acorns, bark, roots make up a tree; but tree-ness is somethingContinue Reading
Compare the passion of teenagers to the love between husband and wife. The one swiftly passes like a burnt-out match, while the other endures through a long series of life events. Teenage love is Big Dopamine love. Neurotransmitter flooding. Over time, love becomes a Little Dopamine phenom. Conscious ritualing withContinue Reading