Was Aldous Huxley Awake?

[MrTelepath]

I don’t hear many mentioning the works and life of English Writer Aldous Huxley. His work has been influential and well known to many. I believe Terence McKenna spoke highly of his thoughts and ideas. One of the first books I read in my Spiritual Journey was “The Doors Of Perception” where Huxley details his experience with Mescaline.
 

 

I’ve come across some quotes by Huxley and they seem rather remarkable. 
 

Quotes

“The spiritual journey does not consist of arriving at a new destination where a person gains what he did not have, or becomes what he is not. It consists in the dissipation of one's own ignorance concerning oneself and life, and the gradual growth of that understanding which begins the spiritual awakening. The finding of God is a coming to oneself.” 
 

“The truth is paradoxical; but man’s passion for rational coherence is even stronger than his love of truth.”

“The man who comes back through the Door in the Wall will never be quite the same as the man who went out. He will be wiser but less sure, happier but less self-satisfied, humbler in acknowledging his ignorance yet better equipped to understand the relationship of words to things, of systematic reasoning to the unfathomable mystery which he tries, forever vainly, to comprehend.” 
 

I haven’t read any of his other books aside from “The Doors Of Perception.” I’ll say that his philosophy of life and ideas revolving around spirituality seem pretty advanced. Though, I can’t tell whether or not he was awake and I wanted to hear what others think.

Share any thoughts regarding the matter. Thanks!

 

[Yimpa]

Let’s be honest: anyone can be Awake if you believe it hard enough.

Donald Trump’s hardcore followers are 100% convinced that he is Awake.

[MrTelepath]

@Yimpa I highly doubt Trump is awake, lol.

[Breakingthewall]

6 hours ago, Shrooms_Alvarez said:

One of the first books I read in my Spiritual Journey was “The Doors Of Perception”

He took the title from a poem of William Blake, in 1790.

"If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is, Infinite. For man has closed himself up, till he sees all things thro' narrow chinks of his cavern" 

 

[Guest Bazooka Jesus]

You guys are way too preoccupied with how "awake" others are(n't). It's nothing more than a silly ego game.

The only awakening that counts is YOURS. What others say or do only matters as far as it can make you realize truth for yourself.

(And yes, The Doors Of Perception is a masterpiece and one of my top five books of all time.)

[CARDOZZO]

Island is a gem.

[Razard86]

Analyze what he says, compare it to your direct experience and you will have your answer.