"You have seen drunkards, with their zigzagging gait reflecting
their moods, which swing from one extreme to another. They laugh,
then they cry; they look blissful, then furious; they fall asleep
under the table or smash everything up. But wine is not actually
the only thing that causes drunkenness. There are thoughts and
feelings that are like wine: jealousy, anger, sensual desires,
and so on. Those who are in the grip of these wines lose
themselves in the mists and vapours of the astral world, their
gait and their judgment both unsteady.
But there also exists a divine inebriation – ecstasy. And that
inebriation does the opposite; it gives clear-sightedness and
illumines consciousness. It is not forbidden to be drunk; God
himself placed this need in human beings. But they must seek
drunkenness above, in beauty, in light, in drinking the pure
water that springs from the peaks of spiritual mountains. Drink
from this water, and you will experience a wonderful kind of
drunkenness, which will give you balance, strength and clarity."
Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov
