A philosophical framework for making sense of reality.
We don’t live in reality. We live in Quadality.
Why are we creating a movement?
People have always called some things impossible to judge. We think you can learn to judge them.
We want to give context to ideas that usually feel abstract. We want to help each person grow their own consciousness and their own philosophy.
A more open-minded world
Organized religion gave answers that could never be questioned. Philosophy asks questions that may never be answered.
We are not trying to remove organized religion. We are offering another path for people who think for themselves, want another way to express themselves, and want to keep developing their thinking. Quadality is for 21st-century humanitarians who want the tools to make the changes they’re looking for.
What is reality?
Quadality came from one question: what is reality?
A wine glass is objectively a wine glass. That’s the part everyone can agree on.
But the glass only means something to you because of how you perceive it, what you feel about it, and what you remember. Take away the objective world and your subjective world disappears. Take away your subjective world and you can’t perceive the objective one.
Both exist at the same time. Reality is subjective and objective.
So we don’t live in reality. We live in our own mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual worlds, all at once. That’s Quadality.
The four realities
Quadality describes four realities that exist at the same time, with equal weight. None of them can be turned off. You can ignore one, but it still exists and still affects the others.
Mental
What goes on inside your head. You can recall the past, expand your awareness, and change the thought patterns that keep coming back.
Mental
What goes on inside your head. You can recall the past, expand your awareness, and change the thought patterns that keep coming back.
Physical
Your body and the world around it. Exercise, nutrition, and rest shape how your body runs. Your environment shapes how it responds, moment to moment.
Emotional
Your interpretations and beliefs about the other three. Emotion means energy in motion. Emotions turn your inner world into how you express yourself.
Spiritual
Your connection to other beings and to the collective consciousness. You don’t have to be religious to be spiritual.
Presence sits in the middle of every model. We can reach outside our current reality, but we can’t step out of the time, space, and matter we’re in.
Alignment and misalignment
When all four realities agree, your thoughts, feelings, and actions line up. You feel guided. Decisions feel clear.
When one reality pulls the others off, emotional blocks and inner conflict start to wear you down.
Alignment is the goal, and it’s never finished. Life throws a curve ball and you slip again. What matters is noticing the misalignment, dealing with it, and going after the next version of yourself.
The three primary gaps
Every problem or opportunity in your life is a gap. A gap is the distance between where you are and where you want to be. The three primary gaps show why you aren’t getting there yet.
The distance between who you are and who you think you should be. Your identity is everything that’s happened to you so far. Your nature. Your upbringing. The choices you’ve made. Your name is only a small part of it.
The distance between what you want and what serves your highest good, and the highest good of everyone. Intentions built only on personal gain lead to isolation. People work best together, and shared intentions are how movements start.
The distance between what you do and what you should have done to stay aligned with your identity and intentions. Implementation decides whether you grow, feel happy, and succeed. When you don’t act, the negative feelings that follow start to change who you are.
Identity
The distance between who you are and who you think you should be. Your identity is everything that’s happened to you so far. Your nature. Your upbringing. The choices you’ve made. Your name is only a small part of it.
Intentions
The distance between what you want and what serves your highest good, and the highest good of everyone. Intentions built only on personal gain lead to isolation. People work best together, and shared intentions are how movements start.
Implementation
The distance between what you do and what you should have done to stay aligned with your identity and intentions. Implementation decides whether you grow, feel happy, and succeed. When you don’t act, the negative feelings that follow start to change who you are.
The six secondary gaps
Each primary gap splits into two. Think of the first as the input and the second as the output.
The short version. Find the gap. Change the input that feeds it. Check the output. If you’re still misaligned, go back to the gaps.
Identity
- Input
- Perspective. What’s been communicated to you, and how you communicate with others.
- Output
- Awareness. How well you see what’s happening inside you and around you.
Intentions
- Input
- Expectation. Positive or negative energy, based on the meaning you give things.
- Output
- Engagement. How much action you take.
Implementation
- Input
- Efficiency. How well you perform, and where you can improve.
- Output
- Communication. Sharing what isn’t working, so you can shift your perspective.
Intersections
These charts are not scientific. They aren’t peer reviewed. They’re maps I made to understand how the world works, from my limited perspective.
Each chart puts two concepts on one graph, which makes four quadrants. These concepts can’t be measured directly, so every result depends on where it sits relative to the others on the map.
I want your feedback on changes and additions. Together we can make these maps more useful and more accurate.
All we really want are emotional states. We say we want to lose 20 pounds or make a million dollars, but what we want is how those things make us feel: confident, free, secure, valued.
You can reach those feelings in many ways. Emotions are patterns. Once you can recognize the pattern, you can change it.
Thoughts become words. Words become things.
Quadality is the thinking. ALT LABS is where that thinking goes to work.
I’m the CEO of ALT LABS. We work on sustainable thoughts, words, and things.
Questions people ask
What is Quadality?
A philosophical framework for making sense of reality. We don’t live in reality. We live in Quadality.
What are the four realities?
Mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual. They exist at the same time, with equal weight. None of them can be turned off.
What are the three primary gaps?
Identity, intentions, and implementation. A gap is the distance between where you are and where you want to be. The three primary gaps show why you aren’t getting there yet.
Are the Quadality charts scientific?
No. They are not scientific and they are not peer reviewed. They are maps made to understand how the world works, from a limited perspective. Feedback on changes and additions is welcome.
Who created Quadality?
Jesse Henry, CEO of ALT LABS. ALT LABS works on sustainable thoughts, words, and things.