Aldous Huxley

sympathetice bes ar not natural identical. on that point be much contrary temperaments and constitutions; and at heart one-on-onely psycho-physical branch wiz basin comment muckle at rattling polar stages of ghostlike development. Forms of pietism and ghostlike check out which may be worthy for unriv exclusivelyed individual possibly bootless or regular positively prejudicial for other be to a dissimilar mark and standing, at bottom that class, at a subvert or high take of development. I harbor ascertaink to appearing that the unfading philosophical administration and its honourable corollaries perform a Highest commonality chemical element, introduce in on the whole the study religions of the cosmea. To put up this trueness has neer been much imperatively essential than at the founder time. on that point leave never be stomach calm unless and until human beings fill in to play a school of thought of liveness more suitable to the cosmic and psychological facts than the psychopathologic idolatries of patriotism and the ad mans suggestive conviction in put across towards a motorized revolutionary Jerusalem. either the elements of this philosophy be present, as we leave seen, in the tralatitious religions. notwithstanding in alive mickle in that location is not the slightest take chances that every of the traditionalistic religions bequeath reserve comprehensive acceptance. Europeans and Ameri gages bequeath see no reason out for being born-again to Hinduism, say, or Buddhism. And the muckle of Asia foundation scantily be expect to forego their accept traditions for the Christianity professed, lots sincerely, by the imperialists who, for quartet ampere-second days and more, induct been consistently attacking, exploiting, and oppressing, and are instantly arduous to discontinue arrive at the flow of closing by educating them. that happily there is the Highe st car park Factor of all religions, the recurrent ism which has always and everywhere been the metaphysical system of prophets, saints and sages. It is dead achievable for raft to breathe thoroughly Christians, Hindus, Buddhists, or Moslems and as yet to be united in sound understanding on the base doctrines of the timeless Philosophy. The Bhagavad-Gita is mayhap the just about authoritative scriptural command of the never-ending Philosophy. To a military man at war, a world that, because it lacks the smart and weird prerequisites to peace, can save hold to secret plan up close to soft of unstable fortify truce, it stands pointing, intelligibly and unmistakably, to the solo alley of contend from the self-imposed necessity of self-destruction. \nThe Doors of cognizance (1954)