Huxley- blog 5

Reading Huxley's book was a real eye opener, because he does something that our society has a hard time dealing with. We are so negative about drugs and even the unknown sometimes, about medical experimentation, learning new things; we have a severe resistance to change as human beings. I personally have a much easier time accepting natural drugs over chemically produced ones (of course I don't condone the use but is this because I've been told not to or because I've seen adverse affects of drugs?) It's something to ask ourselves. Wouldn't it be nice if we could expand our horizons and see what life is like outside the box by doing an experiment like Huxley? I guess through high school and college a lot of us do our own experimenting, living on our own, forging relationships, many times drinking, sometimes with drugs. I'm prone to think it's a natural part of growing up, finding yourself, questioning authority, etc. I think Huxley really took a chance, even if it was before every drug under the sun was made illegal. He didn't know what to expect, and for the good of society (as he thought), decided to try something scary and out of the norm, and to take notes and observations as he went to share with the rest of us. The Doors of Perception made what we've discussed so far in class truly real, seeing through the eyes of an actual participant, and watching him set out to do something with teaching/learning as the fundamental reason, and then finding it so difficult to even concentrate, not wanting to ruin his experience, etc. I find it brave when people will do such things, and in the case of experimentation (while knowing your limits and being quite careful), I wish I could see the things he did!