darlings
just pictures.
and a quote from Mr. Blake
“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.”
and Mr. Huxley:
The various “other worlds,” with which human beings erratically make contact are so many elements in the totality of the awareness belonging to Mind at Large. Most people, most of the time, know only what comes through the reducing valve and is consecrated as genuinely real by the local language. Certain persons, however, seem to be born with a kind of by-pass that circumvents the reducing valve. In others temporary by-passes may be acquired either spontaneously, or as the result of deliberate “spiritual exercises,” or through hypnosis, or by means of drugs. Through these permanent or temporary by-passes there flows, not indeed the perception “of everything that is happening everywhere in the universe” (for the by-pass does not abolish the reducing valve, which still excludes the total content of Mind at Large), but something more than, and above all something different from, the carefully selected utilitarian material which our narrowed, individual minds regard as a complete, or at least sufficient, picture of reality.”
-Adlous Huxley, The Doors of Perception
and now some doors (the occasional gate – and a sprinkling of always-welcome-blooms) to illustrate from our morning walks yesterday and Terribly Early today.
as you scroll down – look for the cat, the fly and Mr. E.T on a window sill – all lounging happily in the sunshine of southern california.
To be shaken out of the ruts of ordinary perception, to be shown for a few timeless hours the outer and inner world, not as they appear to an animal obsessed with survival or to a human being obsessed with words and notions, but as they are apprehended, directly and unconditionally, by Mind at Large this is an experience of inestimable value to everyone and especially to the intellectual.
and now we must return to our Study.
we’re helping who-we-are-in-RL as she reads up on dark matter, string theory and really-mind-blowing-advances-in-technology.
*seriousfaceon*
isn’t life delicious? – and s t r a n g e…..
Darling, as you know, I have Huxley’s electric razor – a lovely creamy white Bakelite affair in the shape of a large smooth stone, which comes in a zippered ox-blood red leather case. I like to hold it and think of Aldous in front of the mirror in the morning, shaving and letting his mind drift into the other realms. XXXXX
and probably cutting himself due to his poor eyesight ;-)
be careful.
My perception was excellent; fly, cat and ET were all spotted. I am disappointed in Fly for not perching on a window sill. Or is that I should be disappointed that ET and Cat were not stopping to smell the roses, like Fly?
we believe the cat had just gone inside after conferring with the fly on the windowsill with Mr. E.T during which a rose drifted by on a leaf-bound-carriage and left a beautiful scent in its wake.
or we may have been reading Too much Miss Alice in her Land of Wonder ;-)
Entirely possible but the world is full of curious, inexplicable happenings…..one never knows.
cue: s p o o k y m u s i c.
*giggles*
I hear the music!
May the force be with you Luke.
Xx
The Force is strong in that one. *strangehandmovement*
What a lot of bloody gorgeous roses!
It is definitely Autumn in England today, oh yes indeed.
I shall need a rug on my knees in the carriage no doubt. Xx
Do hope there’s also a Macintosh Square in the boot too…..