Why Awakening Feels Like Depression — ALAN WATTS THINK!

Have you felt strangely disconnected, unmotivated, or emotionally flat since beginning your spiritual journey? Many people mistake this phase for depression—but what if it’s actually a sign that something deeper is unfolding? In this profound teaching, Alan Watts explores why spiritual awakening often feels like loss, emptiness, or disillusionment—and why this stage is not a failure, but a necessary passage into genuine transformation. Discover why: • The loss of interest in everyday pursuits is actually disenchantment, not depression • Spiritual awakening requires the death of the false self • This "dark night of the soul" is a transition between two worlds • The void you're experiencing is purifying and preparing you for authentic being • What feels like nothing actually matters is the space where real transformation occurs This is not clinical depression—it is ego death. Old motivations fall away. Familiar identities dissolve. The stories you once lived by no longer convince you. What remains feels empty at first, but this emptiness is not nihilism—it is space. Like a chrysalis before the butterfly, this flatness is not the end. It is the in-between. If you’ve wondered whether your spiritual practice has broken something in you, this video offers clarity, reassurance, and perspective. Learn to recognize the crucial difference between psychological depression and the natural dissolution that occurs when consciousness begins to awaken. The old self is dying. The new way of being has not fully emerged. You are in the sacred space between stories—and that is exactly where transformation happens. 🔔 Subscribe for more teachings from Alan Watts on spiritual awakening, consciousness, and the nature of reality. #AlanWatts #SpiritualAwakening #DarkNightOfTheSoul #EgoDeath #Consciousness #Awakening #Enlightenment #SpiritualJourney #Mindfulness #SpiritualGrowth #InnerPeace #EasternPhilosophy #Wisdom