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

When you look at a stream, it is pure. It merely does what a stream does. It has a source, somewhere, and it goes, as gravity directs, towards the sea. It creates its path. When we note how rocks and dirt, trees and animals, and most especially humans, divert aContinue Reading

We don’t need to connect with the universe, but only with ecosystems. Enlightenment is not out there somewhere, it is right here on earth.

I was listening to Joe Dispenza on YouTube. I like Joe Dispenza. He teaches us to make the future so firmly present in the mind that we must live up to it. He gives hope to those who believe that who we are has been determined by our past. ItContinue Reading