Da Free John has made claims to be the Avatar. What do you say?
Da Free John is not the Avatar, but a twice-illumined man. You must understand, the experience of illumination is overwhelming. Where before you experienced sorrow, suddenly sorrow is no more and unending bliss arises. Where before you experienced doubt, suddenly complete certainty and spiritual accuracy arises. Where before you thought you were a separate, physical individual with little power, suddenly you discover that you are an immense spiritual powerhouse barely contained in a physical frame, free, illustrious, and apparently infinitely wise. For approximately three succeeding lives, you are completely blinded by your own internal radiance, and sometimes come to the erroneous conclusion that you are that same being who appeared as Jesus, Buddha and others. In reality, you have become Christ-like although you are not Christ Himself. Eknath Easwaran, who was a four-times illumined man, had come to see that despite his personal brilliance, somehow the Avatar was still poised far abo
