Naked Existence

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Speaking of 'complex language,' here is a quote from Aldous Huxley describing his first 'Mescalin trip' (Mescaline):

"I took my pill at eleven. An hour and a half later, I was sitting in my study, looking intently at a small glass vase. The vase contained only three flowers-a full-blown Belie of Portugal rose, shell pink with a hint at every petal's base of a hotter, flamier hue; a large magenta and cream-colored carnation; and, pale purple at the end of its broken stalk, the bold heraldic blossom of an iris. Fortuitous and provisional, the little nosegay broke all the rules of traditional good taste. At breakfast that morning I had been struck by the lively dissonance of its colors. But that was no longer the point. I was not looking now at an unusual flower arrangement. I was seeing what Adam had seen on the morning of his creation - the miracle, moment by moment, of naked existence."

One of the most interesting aspects of Harris' book (The End of Faith) is that, having rejected Faith as viable method of knowing anything, he embraces Mysticism, specifically Eastern Mysticism as a method of learning about 'spiritual' matters. Harris likes the idea of meditative introspection (meditation) which has been used by the 'Eastern Paradigm' (my concoction) for millenia. This is counter-intuitive in American culture which is at once pragmatic and Pentecostal.

How could Harris have arrived at this unusual method? My guess is that Harris has done Acid. My guess is that Harris, being Jewish and logical simultaneously, concluded, while staring at his circumcised penis during an Acid trip, that The Holocaust of the 1940s demonstrated the futility of penile mutilation in the name of any sort of pact with the VOOT Diety.