Open the doors of perception… | The Doors

In The Doors of Perception, Aldous Huxley proposed a provocative idea: that the brain doesn’t show us reality as it is - it filters it. Drawing from philosophy, psychology, and his own experiences with altered states, Huxley suggested that the nervous system acts as a “reducing valve,” limiting the vast amount of sensory and perceptual information available to us so we can function and survive. When this filter loosens, he argued, people may experience heightened perception, a sense of unity, or

"Doors Of Perception" got its start on a loop Joe had started on an acoustic guitar and developed into an important transition track in the middle of “The Elephants Of Mars”. “In life we rarely spend the time to really embrace what life is about... We’re on this one-way ticket; we come here once,” shares Joe, encouraging taking time to step away from the day-to-day worries about work, hopes and career aspirations and whatever else we’re thinking about. In track-by-track #7, Joe and the band talk

"Technology was made for man and not man for technology." #OnThisDay 1961: Brave New World novelist Aldous Huxley spoke with John Morgan about dystopian and utopian worlds and the increasing influence that technology was having over peoples lives. | BBC Archive