Why We Can’t See the Forest for the Trees
Why can’t we see the forest for the trees? Because we can’t see the qualia for the matter. We are materially focused. Evolution has made us that way — we notice qualia, but it sends us chasing after matter. But we do have the capacity NOT to chase matter, andContinue Reading
All Roads Lead to You, but Not to Your Happiness
Our traditions keep us somewhat balanced at the center of our individual landscape, just as an animal’s landmarks and pathways keep it at the center of his own. It is safe at the center of our landscapes. Just as all roads lead to Rome, all our landmarks and pathways leadContinue Reading
Emotional Intelligence and Qualia
Landscape intelligence is a measure of our ability to notice new qualia in the landscape when we need it. When our usual landmarks and pathways fall apart, when they fail to provide us with what we need, that is when we need to notice new qualia. A bird may noticeContinue Reading
Top of the Food Chain
Part of the reason we rose to “the top of the food chain” was that we didn’t simply react to the ecosystem’s gifts, but we held them in our mind. Thus, in addition to leading us to our material needs, qualia, in the form of both big gifts (like theContinue Reading
Looking In-Between
Every conscious ritual is an opportunity to experience the Way of inner consciousness. Every conscious ritual gives us a chance to look in-between the landmarks and pathways that we use habitually, to discover what they have been preventing us from experiencing. In this journey, we are neither returning to nature,Continue Reading