So pure, his corpse didn’t even decay, the impeccable saint was one of the first great Indian imports in America, bringing Hinduism and meditation to the U.S. One more perspective on Enlightenment, re: American householder spiritual seekersĪs I understand it, Alan Watts was one of the first great American spokespeople for Buddhism. This could have been a hard burden to bear.īy comparison, Swami Paramahansa Yogananda wasn’t compromised in any way. Hence, according to my definition, he radiates the aura of a man who is Enlightened. But I still believe this teaching exercise is worthwhile, even important.įWIW, I still find Watt’s human chakra databanks to be very vigorous and aligned, harmoniously and consistently balanced, and with an awakened quality to the entire set of databanks. Sure, it is possible that I have made a mistake with Alan Watts, or anyone else I have placed either on or off my Enlightenment Life List. This is done for educational purposes, to get people using energetic literacy and thinking. (Hey, there’s the bumper sticker, right? )īack at my role in this thread, what I do is to use energetic literacy to tell as accurately as I can about whether someone has crossed over this great threshold of consciousness. Enlightened people just do it with more consciousness. Ancient and modern sages have said - and I believe as well - that you cannot whether someone is Enlightened or not by outward appearances.Įveryone plays a role in life, expressing the presence of God. Assuming that my reading of the Enlightenment was correct, after Watts moved into such a state, that wasn’t necessarily incompatible with playing the role in life of a man who drank.īlog-Buddies, here is one thing I know for sure.It doesn’t mean that Watts is continuing to ripen within his Enlightened state.It doesn’t necessarily mean that other people who are addicts or alcoholics are going to become spiritually Enlightened.Just because one Enlightened man is playing the role on earth of an alcoholic doesn’t mean more than that:.Enlightenment is a state of consciousness, not a lifestyle And it is actively the aura of an Enlightened human. Could a non-saint become spiritually Enlightened? Could an alcohlic get There? Could someone There later become an alcoholic?Īt the time of the photo used here for research, to my perception, Alan Watt’s system is not actively drunk. Also, evidently, not a great father, according to his adult daughter.Ĭomments here have led those of us who follow this thread to wonder something important. As you have been following this thread, you know that a couple of Blog-Buddies have pointed out that Watts is notorious for being an alcoholic. Yes, I also find a pervasive suffering, which would be compatible with the notion of his being an alcoholic. What I find is a huge wakeup throughout his auric field, with a very Buddhist void-like flavor of bliss permeating his chakra databanks. It’s the same picture used when I initially researched Watts for our Enlightenment Life List. The follwing is what she had to say on the matter:Ĭould a non-saint become spiritually Enlightened?īlog-Buddies, as part of this highly educational thread, I have just dipped into the photo of Alan Watts shown here. I had googled Watts for further insight on his addiction, and I found a website that addresed my questioning of whether or not Watt's alcoholism destroys his credibility as an enlightened person. I have yet to come to a full conclusion on addiction and compulsions, and so when I discovered Watt's alcoholism less than an hour after discovering his brilliant, thought-prooking work, I questioned what part addiction played in the life of Watts and whether it detracted from my perceptions of him. I now see compulsion playing a part in the majority of human interactions. Over the years of this questioning, I have become somewhat hyper-aware to addictive/compulsive behaviors. I have had some very deep, dark personal and professional experiences with addicts and have had to face my own questions concerning the role of addiction, the psychology, and the spirituality, for both the addict and those in the lives of the addict. I hope you will bear with me, and with the discomfort, and that the bearing of it is worth your while in the end. I realize if the subject of alcoholism/drugs/addiction makes you uncomfortable, you may very well have concerns as to where I am leading this with such a title.
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