Quote by Aldous Huxley
The world' is man's experience as it appears to, and is moulded by, his ego. It is that less abundant life, which is lived according to the dictates of the insulated self. It is nature denatured by the distorting spectacles of our appetites and revulsions. It is the finite divorced from the Eternal. It is multiplicity in isolation from its non-dual Ground. It is time apprehended as one damned thing after another. It is a system of verbal categories taking the place of the fathomlessly beautiful and mysterious particulars which constitute reality. It is a notion labelled 'God'. It is the Universe equated with the words of our utilitarian vocabulary.
Summary
This quote suggests that the world as experienced by individuals is shaped by their ego, or their self-centered perspective. The world becomes a limited and less fulfilling existence when lived according to the ego's desires and aversions. Nature loses its true essence as it is distorted by our personal appetites and dislikes. It is a separation from the eternal and a fragmentation of the interconnectedness of life. Time is perceived as a monotonous progression. Language reduces the profound beauty and mystery of reality to simplistic verbal categories. Even the concept of God becomes a mere notion. The universe is confined and defined by our utilitarian language.
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