Anything which we can sense is qualia: the colors we see with our eyes, the sounds we hear with our ears, the smells we smell, the textures we feel. There are inner sensations, too – proprioceptions – our sense of balance and motion and the relative position of different parts of our body.Continue Reading
Ecosystems do not stop at civilization’s doorstep. Ecosystems inform everything that is good about mankind. Ecosystems do not judge us even though we have lost our way. Ecosystems will keep on giving gifts to us right to our dying breath, and beyond. Ecosystems are like music. Music never stops giving,Continue Reading
How we determine the landmarks and pathways of our inner landscape — of our own mind — necessitates a re-understanding of what it means to chase ideals. Thinking for ourselves is an ideal. Self-determination is an ideal. Individualism is an ideal. The re-understanding we must have is that, unlike idealsContinue Reading