Qualiens is my pen name. If we were all more qualiadelic we could be a new species: Homo qualiens. Not that I consider myself to be so evolved; I'm just happy to have received so many qualiadelic ideas. I think we will be seeing some really qualiadelic people come along. Soon.
My real name is Tony Brussat. I have an app called "BeQualiadelic"
Here’s a novel definition of God. Being God allows you to murder, manipulate, maim, and bully without a conscience, all in the name of some grand plan. So it is that do-gooders and scientists and everybody who wants to make the world a better place is playing at God. ButContinue Reading
One of the ironies of watching animals gear up for the war against humans is that although we are their model for military conflict, they are our model for tolerance and cooperation. In ecosystems, different species are mostly focused on different qualia – their everyday paths are different, so theyContinue Reading
We are all so ready to see ourselves individually as more noble, as less harmful than other people around us. This is wrong. Aside from the obvious damage that we all participate in – the exploitation of Earth – the mere weight of our bodies affects the ground beneath us.Continue Reading
The three stages of a conscious ritual mirror a hero’s journey. Separating from our familiar landscapes can reconnect us with ecosystems, where the magic comes in. The magic is in the qualia that ecosystems reveal to us – but these gifts many a would-be hero fails to receive. All tooContinue Reading
Emotions represent an initial moments of recognition – of patterns of some sort. The challenge lies in that we sometimes don’t really know what the pattern is. None of us are blank slates, and the question then becomes: should we try to figure out the emotion or the pattern. Often,Continue Reading