{"id":2536,"date":"2025-09-06T07:26:26","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T14:26:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/planetqualia.com\/?p=2536"},"modified":"2025-09-06T07:26:27","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T14:26:27","slug":"who-are-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetqualia.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/06\/who-are-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Are You?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Scientists have revealed that quarks and bosons and subatomic stuff are matter, popping in and out of existence. Sometimes they endure: as evidenced by some <a href=\"https:\/\/planetqualia.com\/index.php\/videos\/miscellany\/\">pattern<\/a> that helps them exist for a bit. That pattern is qualia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Matter is manifested in patterns, patterns around which the matter forms; the patterns<em> <\/em>literally<em> inform<\/em> matter (it is inside as well as on the surface). Depending on the pattern, some matter endures for a long time, like stars and planets and rocks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So too, has qualia informed the matter of life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our senses evolved and the world became manifest to us as patterns that we know and interpret. Our interpretation makes qualia manifest as landscapes, filled with landmarks and pathways. We discover and invent meaningful things. Qualia informs matter, but matter forms around qualia, too!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So I ask: Are you the matter that forms around qualia, or the qualia that informs matter? You might think you are your body. But you<em> are thinking<\/em>, and, qualiadelically speaking, <a href=\"https:\/\/planetqualia.com\/index.php\/videos\/mind\/\">mind<\/a> is something apart from body. The mind is qualia and the brain is matter. So who are you?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The mind is qualiadelic; at its most ideal, it is a mirror of ecosystems. So, if you are a reflection of ecosystems you are a qualiadelic being. However, the body is an ecosystem too. It is filled with living cells, and every organ a specialized niche!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So, who are you?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Let me suggest that your body is like the planet, filled with both landscapes (matter) and ecosystems (qualia). To exploit our planet is to exploit yourself; but to take care of both is to take care of yourself. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So, who are you?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scientists have revealed that quarks and bosons and subatomic stuff are matter, popping in and out of existence. Sometimes they endure: as evidenced by some pattern that helps them exist for a bit. That pattern is qualia. 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