Watching a therapist on YouTube last night I was struck by the irony in his “hacks” to get through depressive episodes. Basically, he suggested leveraging convenience to keep from spiraling deeper into the funk. He used the example of a lawnmower: if a tool can make it easier to getContinue Reading
Pain, like every thing else we perceive, is qualiadelic. Our senses have evolved to notice it. As in all qualiadelic relationships, on one side there is qualia projected (pain sent from your nerves and your brain), and on the other side qualia is received (sensed by your mind). Over timeContinue Reading
No matter where qualia comes to us from, once we are aware of it, it becomes part of our landscape. It becomes local. The consciousness of a plant or animal is always intimately tied to the landscape, for it is determined by the landscape. Landmarks in the landscape project qualia,Continue Reading
We often see qualia – more particularly, the relics of qualia – in the world around us. These are the leftover signs of what once held matter together. The checkerboard pattern of decaying wood in a rotting log, all that is left of the endurance of a mighty tree. AContinue Reading