Drunk

"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