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"
A neuron senses neurochemicals released by another neuron. This is not mystical. It is chemical exchange — neurotransmitters crossing synaptic gaps, binding to receptors, altering electrical potentials. But consider this carefully: what is the neuron responding to? It responds to the “quality” of the chemical — its shape, its polarity,Continue Reading
Every habit has, and every ritual has, a beginning, middle, and end. So too, do both behaviors have a trigger, then a reaction, a response, and then a reward. The reaction is to dopamine (triggered by something in either our outer or inner landscape). The reward is returning to theContinue Reading
All rituals, religious, celebratory, or personal, have symbols, actions, and meanings that gather to them over time. Costumes, songs, chants, dances, and all sorts of qualiadelic paraphernalia cling to them, seemingly making the whole greater than the sum of its parts. But at the beginning, ritual doesn’t have all thatContinue Reading