Not a Description of the World

The qualiadelic patterns which hold all things (including ourselves) in some sort of alignment, can be described, but their purpose is to tell us how to act. Gravity and the laws of physics tell atoms and planets how to act; and our interpretation of what we sense tells us how to act.

Most animals and living beings have evolved to act just the way they act and perhaps not much more – it would seem they do not have a whole lot of choice. Plants move toward light, squirrels eat acorns, etc. Animals fall into patterns of behavior. They follow certain types of landmarks and follow particular pathways because they have evolved to notice them – to answer for their basic needs. They may have preferences, but they can’t consciously change the world.

Consciously changing the world is a gift we humans have received, which we appear to have squandered (abused). So, let’s be qualiadelic and pay attention to the little dopamine in the world, notice our interpretation of advertisments (in nature as well as in the human world), and, perhaps most importantly, choose wisely. This way we can help ourselves, we can serve others, and we can save the planet.

In an age when people are highly skeptical of facts – scientific, religious or some other wise “truth” – we nonetheless are all still searching to know how to act in the world. Well, then, know that qualia that reveals itself to us isn’t a description but an act of faith. Qualia, as evolution and experience proves, comes to us, and we receive it, as a gift from ecosystems. Although there might be a season of famine, evolution gives us faith that the famine will come to an end. It might not, of course, but more often than not it does, often enough that non-human beings don’t freak out like addicts at the thought of going without; and so animals and plants endure, perhaps rather contentedly.