Addictive internet landscapes — video, games, pornography, e-stores, social media, etc. — affect our perception of color, music, relationships, and everything. It seems ludicrous to let someone else, some unknown person (with, no doubt, greedy motives), choose the qualia we see. Imagine a child who begins to buy stuff onContinue Reading
Consciousness is created by the landscape, whether the landscape is within or without. That is One. As we evolve through landscapes of the senses, and then cognition, we ritual with the landscape, transforming it. New landscapes supercede the old; that is Two. Old landscapes remains in the background, like wallpaper;Continue Reading
Throughout evolution, qualia has come to animals, plants, and all beings, from the outside. Qualia has been the gift of ecosystem — the colors, sounds, smells, tastes and textures — which leads us to the matter we need for survival. We might say (and we shall) that consciousness was impressedContinue Reading
Most of us only pay attention to what our bodies have to say when they start yelling at us. We only notice that we have an infection when we feel sick; we only notice that we must be still when we feel pain. But the body is speaking to usContinue Reading
It is easy to put our faith in qualia, yet it is hard to put our faith in ideals. This should not discourage us. We have eons of evolutionary success placing our faith in qualia. Ideals, on the other hand, only came along when we started paying attention to the innerContinue Reading