Determining whether the landmarks we notice are leading us toward matter or qualia is an important consideration. For instance, hunger and coldness are landmarks in the body, and they lead us down pathways, to food and shelter. Both food and shelter are basic, material needs, but how much is enough? Why are we hungry at this moment?<\/p>\n
We can feel the sensations in our body. We can feel the anxiety in our neurolandscape. We can recognize habitual landmarks and pathways in our inner landscape, such as loneliness. Hunger or cold both separate us from our comfort zones.<\/p>\n
Normally, we might cruise the kitchen and get back to the television before the commercials are over, but let us be conscious ritualers, because that\u2019s what we do in crisis. So look into the fridge or the cupboard with our qualiantennae extended. Maybe we look behind the usual stuff in front. Maybe we remember something we bought with a recipe in mind. Maybe some entirely different idea, unrelated to food, comes floating into our thoughts.<\/p>\n
Is there any goodness to it \u2013 even just a slight, silver lining? Is it just feeding craving or does it improve us? Ideally it should remind us that we are part of ecosystems – the original source of all our gifts, of the qualia that leads us to what we need to satisfy our needs. We must protect the source.<\/p>\n
Maybe we just clean out the fridge and take all that junk out to the trash can.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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