We often use metaphors to frame our understanding: a revolutionary metaphor, an erotic metaphor, an economic metaphor, or a religious metaphor. Problems arise when metaphors are mixed, as people struggle to reconcile them. How can you claim the mother of the messiah was a virgin? How can the son ofContinue Reading
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