| Again, if we start from the premise that ideas, and all | | | | Punishment is a negative idea, and there is little reason |
| qualiadelia, are living, and that they have found in our | | | | why qualiadelia would want to come to the aid of a |
| human brains a fertile home, and that they extend far | | | | system of justice based on punishment. Punishment, |
| beyond our consciousness, then perhaps at times they | | | | research shows, diminishes precisely the fertile |
| may have wish to save one or another of us from | | | | environment - the brain - in which qualiadelia has an |
| disaster. | | | | interest. And it effectively creates a criminal |
| Alas, ideas and such have but little power to | | | | underclass. Ultimately, these are not the people who |
| manipulate the physical world without our help. | | | | will help ideas perpetuate and evolve. Punishment |
| Therefore, it is a rare occurrence for the qualiadelia out | | | | creates a culture of qualiadelic demons. |
| there to marshal its forces and intervene on behalf of | | | | On the other hand, education, job programs, and |
| some lucky individual here on this earth. When this | | | | encounter groups that help inmates examine and |
| happens it may even be nothing short of miraculous, | | | | rewire emotions such as anger, and such behaviors as |
| and hence the expression we have "angels watching | | | | violence, are proven to reduce the number of criminals |
| over us." | | | | who return to jail. Such healthy ritualing attracts positive |
| Our rituals create portals through which ideas can | | | | qualiadelia cultivating the mind and returning productive |
| exert their influence on us, and - through us - upon the | | | | people to our communities. Such "restorative" justice, |
| physical world. If we are to encourage the angels, then, | | | | which is common in traditional societies, creates portals |
| let's look to our ritualing. However, the portals by which | | | | for qualiadelic angels. |
| we move toward ideas, and they toward us - our | | | | Ideas have found a fertile environment in our brains, but |
| rituals - can also leave us at the mercy of demons. | | | | this doesn't mean they can (or they even desire) to |
| Not all ideas are good ideas, and whatever may | | | | help out individuals in our personal problems, much less |
| motivate qualiadelic life forms may not be at all in the | | | | the travails of entire communities. If most ideas are |
| best interests of human well-being. | | | | busy living out their existence in dimensions far outside |
| From individual to individual, and from community to | | | | our consciousness, we need to attract them. Perhaps |
| community, our customs and symbols invite qualiadelia | | | | they do desire to help us, but they may never even |
| into the world. When an individual becomes fixated on | | | | notice us unless we move toward them in our rituals. |
| an idea, it may act as a lightning rod for qualiadelia, and | | | | All ritualing is a move toward qualiadelia, but if we |
| the same is true for our communities. If the idea is | | | | continue to follow old routines, stale habits, and |
| negative, like fear or paranoia, then we and our culture | | | | monolithic traditions, no new ideas are going be |
| may find ourselves haunted by demons. | | | | attracted to us. Angels and demons are, perhaps, old |
| Take, for instance, the idea of criminal justice. Justice | | | | ideas, but they represent the potential energy waiting |
| usually relies on punishment, but it can also be based | | | | to pop up into our own world from the unknown |
| on the idea that offenders must try to repair, as far as | | | | dimensions beyond our consciousness. |
| possible, the harm they have caused others. | | | | |