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The Perennial Philosophy

Name: The Perennial Philosophy
Author: Aldous Huxley

Aldous Huxley

The Perennial Philosophy is a comparative study of mysticism by the British writer and novelist Aldous Huxley. Its title derives from the theological tradition of perennial philosophy.

“It is only when we have renounced our preoccupation with "I," "me," "mine," that we can truly possess the world in which we live. Everything, provided that we regard nothing as property. And not only is everything ours; it is also everybody else's.”

Aldous Huxley book The Perennial Philosophy

Source: The Perennial Philosophy

“'Our kingdom go' is the necessary and unavoidable corollary of 'Thy kingdom come.' For the more there is of self, the less there is of God.”

Aldous Huxley book The Perennial Philosophy

Source: The Perennial Philosophy (1945), Chapter VI - Mortification, Non-Attachment, Right Livelihood

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