The Perennial Philosophy Audio, Cassette – Audiobook Author: Visit Amazon's Aldous Huxley Page | Language: English | ISBN:
1879557290 | Format: EPUB
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About the Author
Aldous Huxley (1894-1963) is the author of the classic novels Brave New World, Island, Eyeless in Gaza, and The Genius and the Goddess, as well as such critically acclaimed nonfiction works as The Devils of Loudun, The Doors of Perception, and The Perennial Philosophy. Born in Surrey, England, and educated at Oxford,he died in Los Angeles, California.
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- Publisher: Audio Scholar (September 1995)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1879557290
- ISBN-13: 978-1879557291
- Product Dimensions: 0.8 x 5.2 x 7.2 inches
- Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
Simply stated the Perennial Philosophy is "Thou Essence is That Essence". Each of us is a unique iteration of the Spiritual Source of the Universe. A microcosm of the macrocosm. Created by God as a godlike being for it takes a god to worship God fully. When I use the word God I could just as easily use any of the other names for the ineffable source of existence. The tao that can be named is not the eternal Tao. We are gods, but not the God, lest any man or woman should boast. To fail to see that we are a part of God is an illusion, to think that we are God is a delusion. The seer is intimate with a peace that passeth understanding. God is not only within ourselves, but within all other people as well, even the rest of Creation, God is omnipresent. Pride is a tricky devil. I am an aspect of God, therefore I must be God. Wrong dear solipsist. I am here too. And so are others. God is not One, God is a unitive One. "Totality is a unitive one." Hui-Neng. The Kingdom of God is a family. We are each a part of that which has no separate parts.
God is a synergetic whole, more than one but less than two. An irrational, beyond rational, whole between one and two, a paradoxical number, a numberless number. God is ineffable. This reality we find ourselves in isn't your dream or mine, we are however links in the great dream chain of existence. Our material Universe is a simulation, a learning tool for spiritual beings. An illusion conceals, a simulation prepares. The glass is half full, or half empty, you decide. Are you an optimist or a pessimist? As Teilhard de Chardin once noted, "We are not human beings having a spiritual experience, we are spiritual beings having a human experience". Essence is prior to existence. Spirit is prior to matter. Wu is prior to the body/mind complex.
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