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Henri Bergson.
"For a conscious being, to exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly."
"Henri-Louis Bergson (18 October 1859 – 4 January 1941) was a French philosopher who was influential in the tradition of continental philosophy, especially during the first half of the 20th century until the Second World War.
Bergson is known for his arguments that processes of immediate experience and intuition are more significant than abstract rationalism and science for understanding reality.
He was awarded the 1927 Nobel Prize in Literature "in recognition of his rich and vitalizing ideas and the brilliant skill with which they have been presented".
In 1930 France awarded him its highest honour, the Grand-Croix de la Legion d'honneur.
Bergson's great popularity created a controversy in France where his views were seen as opposing the secular and scientific attitude adopted by the Republic's officials..."
Creative Evolution (1907)
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Henri Bergson.
"For a conscious being, to exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly."
"Henri-Louis Bergson (18 October 1859 – 4 January 1941) was a French philosopher who was influential in the tradition of continental philosophy, especially during the first half of the 20th century until the Second World War.
Bergson is known for his arguments that processes of immediate experience and intuition are more significant than abstract rationalism and science for understanding reality.
He was awarded the 1927 Nobel Prize in Literature "in recognition of his rich and vitalizing ideas and the brilliant skill with which they have been presented".
In 1930 France awarded him its highest honour, the Grand-Croix de la Legion d'honneur.
Bergson's great popularity created a controversy in France where his views were seen as opposing the secular and scientific attitude adopted by the Republic's officials..."
Creative Evolution (1907)
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The 2007 Devaux MK III Coupe is a rare, hand-built Australian luxury grand tourer designed by David J. Clash.
Inspired by 1930s French Art Deco style (like Bugatti & Alfa Romeo), featuring a GM LS1 V8 engine, steel chassis, fiberglass body,
The Doors of Perception (1954) and its sequel, Heaven and Hell (1956), are landmark works of non-fiction by Aldous Huxley. They are not novels, but rather profound philosophical essays that chronicle and analyze his experiments with the psychedelic drug mescaline, and in doing so, launch a sweeping inquiry into the nature of the human mind, art, religion, and consciousness itself.
Huxley’s core argument is that the human brain and nervous system function primarily as a "reducing valve" or a biological filter. This filter screens out the overwhelming totality of raw perception, memory, and consciousness to allow us to survive and function in the everyday world by focusing on utilitarian, conceptual information. Psychoactive substances like mescaline, he posits, inhibit this filtering function. This opens what he famously called "the doors of perception" (a phrase borrowed from William Blake), allowing the individual to experience a flood of unmediated reality—what mystics and artists have accessed through other means throughout history.
The Doors of Perception is the account of Huxley’s first mescaline experience on a May afternoon in 1953. The narrative focuses on the qualitative shift in sensory and cognitive experience. He describes gazing at ordinary objects like a vase of flowers or garden furniture as possessing unimaginable beauty, significance, and "is-ness" (what he later termed "suchness" or Istigkeit). The world was stripped of its utilitarian meaning and revealed in its pure, divine presence. He reports a loss of ego and personal preoccupation, experiencing a direct, non-dual connection to his surroundings. He analyzes the visual arts, arguing that painters like Van Gogh and Cézanne succeeded in bypassing the reducing valve to convey this intense, un-filtered perception. He theorizes that what we call "mind" is only a small fraction of a potentially infinite "Mind at Large," and that psychedelics grant temporary access to this greater consciousness.
The sequel, Heaven and Hell, expands the analysis into a broader philosophical and cultural framework. It distinguishes between the "Heaven" of radiant, beautiful, blissful visions and the "Hell" of terrifying, grotesque, or pathological visions. Huxley argues that the same physiological and psychological mechanisms can produce both, depending on set, setting, and the individual's subconscious. He explores how artists and mystics throughout history have accessed these realms not only through drugs, but also via "the antipodes of the mind"—through fasting, sensory deprivation, chanting, and intense physiological stress. He connects the jeweled visions of saints to the patterns in Buddhist mandalas and Gothic stained glass. A major theme is the human experience of "preternatural light" and "preternatural significance" as the hallmarks of the visionary world, linking this to our deep biological and symbolic responses to light and color.
The books are a practical application of Huxley's interest in the Perennial Philosophy—the idea that a common, mystical core of wisdom underpins all major world religions, accessible through direct experience. They are a powerful critique of Western materialism and reductionism, arguing for a richer understanding of consciousness. Furthermore, they provided the intellectual and philosophical blueprint for the 1960s psychedelic movement; the title directly inspired the name of the rock band The Doors. In summary, these twin essays are rigorous, erudite attempts to map the geography of human consciousness, arguing that what we consider "reality" is only a narrow slice of what the mind is capable of perceiving. Huxley positions psychedelics as one key among many that can unlock the doors to the vast, awe-inspiring, and sometimes terrifying realms of Heaven and Hell that lie within.
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As you walk through the streets of Paris or a small village, you’ll find two types of bakeries: boulangeries and pâtisseries.
Both offer baked goods, but they are not the same.
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"It's a good day to dive". 🤿
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Proof of salt this morning with Amigo and Cypher to Whitesand and Bulabog Beach ⛱️
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🌴 Boracay Today – December 21, 2025
Bulabog Beach sunrise🌅🧡
Time in a Bottle
Jim Croce ‧ 1972
If I could save time in a bottle
The first thing that I'd like to do
Is to save every day
'Til eternity passes away
Just to spend them with you
If I could make days last forever
If words could make wishes come true
I'd save every day like a treasure and then
Again, I would spend them with you
But there never seems to be enough time
To do the things you want to do
Once you find them
I've looked around enough to know
That you're the one I want to go
Through time with
If I had a box just for wishes
And dreams that had never come true
The box would be empty
Except for the memory
Of how they were answered by you
But there never seems to be enough time
To do the things you want to do
Once you find them
I've looked around enough to know
That you're the one I want to go
Through time with
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