Planet Qualia

All rituals, religious, celebratory, or personal, have symbols, actions, and meanings that gather to them over time. Costumes, songs, chants, dances, and all sorts of qualiadelic paraphernalia cling to them, seemingly making the whole greater than the sum of its parts.  But at the beginning, ritual doesn’t have all thatContinue Reading

Qualia is both philosophical and spiritual.  It’s philosophical because it has to do with consciousness, how we perceive the world and who or what we are, and how to live a good life.  And it’s spiritual because it pertains to the unseen part of the world, to the part ofContinue Reading

So the whole world is arguing. There is no common moral compass, no North Star.  Why do we argue so? You can’t defend your point of view from your own point of view if your source, or your bible, is not respected by the person you are trying to convince.Continue Reading