Standing, balanced, on a seesaw, we can see beyond. It is like playing a musical duet with another, there is a moment of perfect time and pitch when, playing the same note or melody, you can’t hear the other’s notes – or perhaps it is your own that you don’tContinue Reading
Qualia is always a clue of that which is beyond our landscape: it suggests a new pathway into other niches and the bounty of ecosystems. Qualia always carries the potential for expanding local consciousness.
Like a tree breathing in CO2 and out O2, Tonglen teaches us to breathe in misfortune and breathe out goodness. But, you object, the tree evolved to breathe in CO2 – CO2 is good for the tree. To which I respond: when plants were first evolving all they had wasContinue Reading