Comments on: Aldous Huxley: Don’t Mistake The Trickle For Ultimate Reality http://www.ianmack.com/aldous-huxley-dont-mistake-the-trickle-for-ultimate-reality/ writer, filmmaker, traveler Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:57:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Ian MacKenzie http://www.ianmack.com/aldous-huxley-dont-mistake-the-trickle-for-ultimate-reality/comment-page-1/#comment-139 Ian MacKenzie Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:07:07 +0000 http://www.ianmack.com/?p=18#comment-139 "Knowledge is often faulty but wisdom is usually trustworthy." great quote Brian, thanks for sharing your thoughts. “Knowledge is often faulty but wisdom is usually trustworthy.” great quote Brian, thanks for sharing your thoughts.

]]> By: Brian http://www.ianmack.com/aldous-huxley-dont-mistake-the-trickle-for-ultimate-reality/comment-page-1/#comment-54 Brian Fri, 06 Jun 2008 16:43:04 +0000 http://www.ianmack.com/?p=18#comment-54 I've met many people who were self-aware but perhaps not enlightened. Are babies born self-aware and gradually lose it? Alan Watts is largely discredited now but he thought that language is inherently limiting. And that we have to lose ourselves in order to find ourselves. A tree stops being a tree the moment you call it a tree. And so we can say what reality is not, rather than what it is. Though I followed Rinzai Zen for many years, I think many roads lead to Rome if you're allowed to think for yourself. Not all religions are happy with free thinkers and warn of devils leading you astray which is ironic since many of them work avidly at keeping you in the dark. The most glorious thing to me is to see someone feeling his way along a path all on his own, finding truths that are his, not something he read from a magazine. Even if I think he is misguided, who's to say that I'm right? Knowledge is often faulty but wisdom is usually trustworthy. I’ve met many people who were self-aware but perhaps not enlightened. Are babies born self-aware and gradually lose it? Alan Watts is largely discredited now but he thought that language is inherently limiting. And that we have to lose ourselves in order to find ourselves. A tree stops being a tree the moment you call it a tree. And so we can say what reality is not, rather than what it is.

Though I followed Rinzai Zen for many years, I think many roads lead to Rome if you’re allowed to think for yourself. Not all religions are happy with free thinkers and warn of devils leading you astray which is ironic since many of them work avidly at keeping you in the dark. The most glorious thing to me is to see someone feeling his way along a path all on his own, finding truths that are his, not something he read from a magazine. Even if I think he is misguided, who’s to say that I’m right? Knowledge is often faulty but wisdom is usually trustworthy.

]]> By: Ian MacKenzie http://www.ianmack.com/aldous-huxley-dont-mistake-the-trickle-for-ultimate-reality/comment-page-1/#comment-45 Ian MacKenzie Thu, 05 Jun 2008 20:45:45 +0000 http://www.ianmack.com/?p=18#comment-45 Brian - I'd read that tidbit about Jim Morrison on Wikipedia. Makes a lot of sense. Brian – I’d read that tidbit about Jim Morrison on Wikipedia. Makes a lot of sense.

]]> By: Brian http://www.ianmack.com/aldous-huxley-dont-mistake-the-trickle-for-ultimate-reality/comment-page-1/#comment-44 Brian Thu, 05 Jun 2008 20:21:53 +0000 http://www.ianmack.com/?p=18#comment-44 Jim Morrison took the Doors name from Huxley's Doors of Perception and Break on Through may have been his satori though he never said. The Who's Break The Mirror from 'Tommy' was also along the same lines, that deaf, dumb and blind kid (now who does that remind me of?) who sees again. Jim Morrison took the Doors name from Huxley’s Doors of Perception and Break on Through may have been his satori though he never said. The Who’s Break The Mirror from ‘Tommy’ was also along the same lines, that deaf, dumb and blind kid (now who does that remind me of?) who sees again.

]]> By: Nomadic Matt http://www.ianmack.com/aldous-huxley-dont-mistake-the-trickle-for-ultimate-reality/comment-page-1/#comment-38 Nomadic Matt Tue, 03 Jun 2008 19:13:52 +0000 http://www.ianmack.com/?p=18#comment-38 Conrgats on such a popular article. Stumble is great! Anyways, this reminds of a lot of zen buddhist stuff i've read. There is nothing. it's all a product of the mind. I don't go that. Conrgats on such a popular article. Stumble is great!

Anyways, this reminds of a lot of zen buddhist stuff i’ve read. There is nothing. it’s all a product of the mind. I don’t go that.

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