In Toaism it is the weak, the water, the Yin, that has the real power. Curiously, this is the earth, the matter, the female, the valley, as opposed to heaven, the male, the mountain, and the creative.
The inventiveness of the human race has taken us further and further away from the natural contentment which ecosystems and qualia provide. The human landscape is distorted, warped, and full of pain and suffering.
Fortunately, with every step away from ecosystems the mind has developed greater powers of reflection, and every glimpse of what we have lost is a finer pleasure.