“I saw the books, but was not at all concerned with their positions in space. What I noticed, what impressed itself upon my mind was the fact that all of them glowed with living light and that in some the glory was more manifest than in others.”—Aldous Huxley, The Doors of Perception

  I love that: “…in some the glory was more manifest than in others.” 

  Aldous was tripping on LSD when he made this observation. 

  Reading the above quote again I was immediately reminded of my imaginary Pyramidal Bookshelf Of Life. The books on the topmost and increasingly narrow shelves are the wisest, the most comprehensive, the most ‘enlightened.’ They shine the brightest. 

  Us confirmed and determined Truth seekers need merely follow the light up the shelves. 

  But here’s the thing: the living light is not seen with intelligence alone, which is why academia rarely grasps the brilliance of the books glowing with the brightest living light. 

  No, seeing it requires an open questing heart.