If traditions, in their vast majority, advise against the consumption of alcohol, it is because it is incompatible with the practice.
Alcohol de-centers the individual, distances him from himself.
Alcohol de-phases the being who has consumed it: it disrupts the harmony in the structure of the body and the spirit of this being.
Spiritual aspiration is the first target of alcohol.
The one who has consumed it is prey to circular stagnations.
It is possible that the behavioral habit that he will have thus developed is due to what allows the very first manifestations of the presence of alcohol in our systems (relaxation and stimulation, creativity, increased assertiveness)
The reasons for warning on the part of traditions, is what happens when alcohol settles in the deep structures (physiological tissues, energetic bodies)
If these phenomena become invisible to the one whose habit is installed, on the other hand, they appear clearly to the one for whom the habit was installed, who has stopped consuming, then finds himself for some reason having ingested the substance.
The point of comparison, allowed by the contrast in the habit of consumption emerges. From this point, he will understand the deep meaning of the prohibition on the part of different traditions.
©FJ March 2025
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I’m sure I’ve read references to Buddhist monks enjoying a beer…
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I’m drinking a beer reading this.
BUt I’m not a monk
Not a Buddhist, either.
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Neither am I. But, given the stuff some Christian orders produce, it seemed the best approach to commenting.
Beware the Green Charteuse…
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I will.
I leave near the Belgian Border
In case you’d be interested for a Beer tasting ride, some day.
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