When we reflect on them, the fragments from our lives are like quotes from a book, or phrases from a piece of music; they recall for us the spirit of something greater \u2013 the whole work or our entire life \u2013 which we can\u2019t possibly keep in our mind all at once. This sense for the wholeness of things allows us to feel the meaning in our lives (or the lack of it).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is this feeling that we seek in ritualing, when we return to it consciously<\/em> in our search for the deeper significance hidden within ordinary things. Our sense of connection to something greater than ourselves becomes clear when we return again and again to our conscious ritualing. The forms and patterns that are revealed attract us, and improve our focus and concentration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Qualia attracts<\/em> matter \u2013 qualia attracted cosmic matter, earthly matter, and brain matter. Matter manifests<\/em> qualia \u2013 matter manifested the laws of physics, geology, and biology. Together, matter and qualia evolve<\/em> in qualiadelic relationships \u2013 matter evolves, and qualia evolves, too. Out of material brains came qualiadelic minds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Human beings are something greater than our bodies and our brains \u2013 we have a higher consciousness, an inner landscape, a mind. The mind is to the brain what ecosystems are to landscapes, and as we are materially connected to landscapes, we are qualiadelically connected to ecosystems. Ecosystems are the highest form of mind, of qualia; they are the pattern which gives ultimate meaning and purpose to human life on our planet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"