Huxley

I dont see how a person can take a drug, record his expieences, write a book on it and get an award for it. I do find it intersting that he could "discover" another world and look in on reality. What i dont understand is he stares a t a bamboo chair for 5 pages because hes high, not because hes making these great insights and people love him for it. It seems the world that Huxley is in is so peaceful and sureal compared to our busy and hectic world of reality. It seems Huxley is saying the other world is where humans should be and that its our job to get into that other world where everythung is calm. As a class we were speaking about living in the present, I say its impossible to live in the present but when Huxley is on Mecaline he says time is no factor and the whole expierence of the drug is to live in the present.Huxley states, "we live in our own created world and thoughts, and society tells us there is no exit. We try to create exits with drugs, alcohol and orgasms". There is only one problem with that statement, there is no exit theres not supossed to be one. Humans are designed to take alot of stress and pressure, why would anyone want to leave this life? I say Humans have pretty good lives i dont know about anyone else but i love the stress and pressure of life its what makes a person stronger. I found a critique on doors of perception, "Even his extatic description of the Other World cannot do justice to what he has witnessed since it is impossible to put an experience into writing. He is crystal clear in describing the absurdity, arrogance and craziness of our world. He has mixed up the notions "I" and "Self" several times. But, where he really goes astray is in the elaboration of his insights. The book contains a fair bit of contradictions and prejudices, but inbetween it contains beauties of clarity and insight". I think this quote sums my argument up very nicely.