Thoughts on Heaven and Hell

I have to say that I found Heaven and Hell to be quite an interesting read. It is sad but I never really thought how about how we take simple everyday things for granted, especially when there was a time when objects such as velvet or precious gems were not available to most people, basically only to the wealthy. Very few people possessed “vision inducing treasures” and here most of us sit surrounded by them not evening realizing it.

I found when Huxley was talking about the difference between mystical experience and visionary experience and how the mystical is beyond the realm of opposites and visionary is still within the realm of opposites to be very interesting. Especially when he said “Heaven entails hell, and “going to heaven” is no more liberation than is the descent into horror. Heaven is merely a vantage point, from which the divine Ground can be more clearly seen than on the level of ordinary individualized existence.” There was something about that statement that is so profound to me. I struck me immediately.

One last note, I also must agree with Mary Jane, I dream in color as well. Though, I don’t think believe it is all the time, I can remember some dreams vividly which were in color.