Any description of something as a “matter” is nothing more than a simplistic interpretation of it. We call a tree, a tree because it looks the way it does and feels the way it does, et cetera, because of its evolution. But we don’t know what a tree really is, only how we perceive it. We can call a tree “an ecosystem,” and it wouldn’t be any less of a valid description.
Indeed, calling a tree an ecosystem, in a sense, is a far more valid description than “tree” – less vivid, but more valid. It makes it more meaningful, for us personally, for our communities, for our race, and for all the beings on the planet. Calling a tree an ecosystem, calling your own body an ecosystem, or calling the community you live in an ecosystem posits godlike qualities within it. Seeing the divine in the world around us is essential to being qualiadelc.
A distinction here is necessary: although spirituality is a state of being, religion is a state of action. Being qualiadelic is definitely spiritual, but it also has an element of religiousity to it, because it is filled with imperatives.
We must act like ecosystems, and strive to create a human niche on this planet that doesn’t exploit all its resources. In ecosystems, when an invasive species robs the landscape of its bounty for others, ecosystems reveal qualia to the displaced. Those who notice new qualia, and have the nerve to get to know it, to ritual with it, survive.
Other beings on this planet, then, have learned to put their faith in ecosystems, but we have lost that. Because of us, other beings are going extinct in such high numbers that whole ecosystems are being lost. But God is not dead…yet. There is still new qualia for the lost souls. We have a moral obligation to act like ecosystems – to let ecosystems act through us.
Ecosystems, as a concept, is new qualia, and we must be ritual with it. It is a rich word, and we must get to know it. We must describe ecosystems – they have still not been described! All these musts, all the imperatives!
Just what ecosystems are is not something we can really know the answer to. Just the way an animal, cast into an unfamiliar landscape, must experiment and play with new qualia, as a supplicant prays to god, so we must pray to ecosystems!
We ought to be wary of those who would exploit the definition of ecosystems for personal gain. It is doubtful that those who label human products as ecosystems have any idea about the imperatives that belong to this word. To them, “ecosystems” is merely a descriptive word, but calling a city an ecosystem, or a computer software an ecosystem, adds a moral element to it. If they only knew.
Wherefore, the moment is coming: it is time to fully define ecosystems, and to put our faith in the qualia they send our way. Now!