Perception

The Huxley book was a very interesting read. The way he described the different colors, how he felt, and the difference of the spatial relationships between certain objects was very interesting. I liked the way he described the objects, colors, and his emotions in a way, after being on mescalin, most people would not. He recognized the beauty of the colors of certain objects, the relationships between different everyday objects; the chairs, the books, etc. I liked how he described the his books in his study on page 19: "The books, for example, with which my study walls were lined. Like the flowers, they glowed, when I looked at them, with brighter colors, a profounder significance. Red books, like rubies; emerald books; books bound in white jade; books of agate; of aquamarine, of yellow topaz; lapis lazuli books whose color was so intense, so intrinsically meaningful, that they seemed to be on the point of leaving them shelves to thrust themselves more insistently on my attention."

A few days later after thinking about the class discussion and remembering Dr. Kearney's story about her injury, and explaining her experience with feeling other people's energy, it helped me remember a book that I've read that is very similar to her experience. It's about a man who travels from the U.S. to Peru in search of historical scrolls that contain 10 important Insights. It is a slightly spiritual, slightly philosophical, however, extremely interesting book to read. Anyway, in this book, he meets several individuals. These individuals explain to him about the concept of feeling people's energy and how they interact with each other. These people that are educated about these scrolls know how to exchange positive energy and can feel when there is negative energy around. They can also feel if someone is trying to give or take this energy. This is probably one of my favorite books I've read. The title is The Celestine Prophecy by James Redfield. I highly recommend it.