So here is a short essay published in Aeon by a lady who appreciates the Little Dopamine, Qualiadelic experiences in her life (my lingo, not hers). https://aeon.co/essays/flat-places-are-the-ground-that-my-mind-is-built-upon She attributes her insight to traumatic events, but that should dissuade any of us – the addictive, Big Dopamine, human landscape leaves aContinue Reading

On the surface, everything in the world seems to be made of qualia – for that is what our senses perceive. However, it is our mind – our interpretation of what our senses perceive – that shows us how qualia really gives form to all matter. It is our imaginationContinue Reading

In a moment of wonder the qualia that is revealed to us may be just what we are looking for. Even if it seems beyond us, or painful to accept, we can practice Tonglen in that moment, breathing in our ignorance and breathing out our wonder.