Alan Watts Brutal Truth About Spiritual Awakening | A Journey Through Darkness to Light

Everyone imagines awakening as blissful—a golden state of peace and perfection. But the truth is far more raw and unsettling. Awakening begins not with comfort, but with collapse. It rips apart the illusions you’ve been living, tears down the identity you’ve built, and drags you through confusion, loss, and the dark night of the soul.