# Aldous Huxley about enlightenment > To be enlightened is to be aware, always, of total reality in its immanent otherness - to be aware of it and yet remain in a condition to survive as an animal. Our goal is to discover that we have always been where we ought to be. Unhappily, we make the task exceedingly difficult for ourselves [[Aldous Huxley]], [[The Doors of Perception (book)]]