Mescaline and Contemplation

The quote from last time was from Aldous Huxley (who I believe identified himself as agnostic, but I am sure someone will find something that contradicts that). It is from his famous book "The Doors of Perception" (which is where the band "the Doors" got their name). It describes his experience with Mescaline (a hallucinogenic drug) and how it supposedly opened the doors of perception so that he could see more clearly. I would assert that he was actually having his perception falsely altered, but who cares what I think... While I disagree with his method of discovering truth, I think he brings up a very interesting idea in this book by saying what he did in this quote. Essentially, he is saying that we must have activity to balance out and make affective our contemplation. So, for those of your prone to contemplation, put these thoughts into practice. For those who go, go, go, without processing and contemplating the bigger picture, slow down and think!!!!

GOOD NEWS:
I am going to stop putting up these obscure quotes for you to frustratingly make sense of. I think that it puts off an attitude of pseudo-intellectualism. I apologize for putting you through that. I am going to continue to put up quotes for discussion, but ones that have an evident meaning. Thanks for bearing with me thus far. I am gathering some great info to post on beauty and "Are the God of the Old and New Testament the same God?". Stay tuned for that. I am going to post on Christianity and the arts in the next few days. Thanks for stopping by. Feel free to leave a comment. I love to hear from you!!!