In the past, our minds were only reflections of the landscapes outside of us, but no longer. Now, our minds are reflections of ecosystems. The qualia which once flowed into the mind through our distorted, outward-facing senses, now flows into the mind directly from ecosystems, pure and refreshing like theContinue Reading
Qualia, which is the infinite gift of the ecosystem, makes everything greater than the sum of its parts. Our visualization of the qualia within, the qualia around which matter forms itself, has wholeness (wholesomeness, or holiness); it makes everything and everyone around us better — greater than the sum of ourContinue Reading
Every evolutionary step is the result of qualiadelic relationships: as we ritual with qualia in the landscape, (redness, for instance), not only do our eyes evolve (to see red better), but so does the landscape (flowers display brighter reds). Landscapes would not exist at all if it were not forContinue Reading
Animals are not often torn between this or that qualia, the way we humans are. Animals don’t have to choose which cereal to buy, which career to choose, or which candidate to vote for. Depending upon the time of day, the season, and many other factors, they usually know exactlyContinue Reading
We, like all animals, have evolved to react to qualia in the outer landscape, but at some time in the last fifty-thousand years we began to pay attention to new qualia – the qualia of our inner landscape. The interest we pay to the qualia within forms it into somethingContinue Reading