The White Lotus
WARNING : SPOILERS in the lead for The White Lotus season 3 finale .
Lochlan had a metaphysical vision that made him believe he " saw God " while he was appear to drown inThe White Lotusseason 3 finale . Timothy ’s last - ditch endeavor to deliver face with his family inspired him to attempt poisoning them all except Lochlan , who admitted that he could probably obtain a way to live without his family and privilege . Tim shockingly make water poisoned piña coladas that are infuse withtoxic ground - up pong - pong Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree yield , giving them to Victoria , Piper , Saxon , and himself . Even though Tim does n’t go through with it at the last minute , Lochlan wind up reuse the blender and nearly kick the bucket the next morning .
In an endeavor to be more like his brother , Saxon , Lochlan makes himself a protein shakeon the break of day of the Ratliff family ’s last day at The White Lotus Thai Resort . For whatever reason , Lochlan thinks it ’s okay to use the dirty blender without cleaning it , leading to him vomit and pass out . As Victoria , Piper , and Saxon manoeuver out to breakfast , Lochlan collapses and looks up into the sky , come along to buy the farm slowly . Like most of his family member , Lochlan does n’t have a belief system or religious belief to rely on . When he miraculously wakes up in his Church Father ’s arms , however , he seems to have a new understanding of spiritualty .
Why Lochlan Had A Vision Of Himself Drowning Before Miraculously Coming Back To Life
The Water Represented A Transcendental Bridge Between Life & Death
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Towards theend ofThe White Lotusseason 3 finale , Lochlan enters a occult dreamlike kingdom in which he is seen swimming at the bottom of a Brobdingnagian pool . He stress to swim up but shinny to , which appears to correspond that he is dying from the poisonous yield seminal fluid . Moments earlier , Lochlan does n’t call out for help when his family entrust him behind , likely attempt to conceal the fact that he is sick out of embarrassment . He lie on his back , star up at the sun and the decoration tree above as his vision blur , which is when he enters the trance - like underwater spiritual state of matter .
After fluff death for eight episode , I can not believe that it was THAT specific fictitious character who met an premature destiny in The White Lotus time of year 3 .
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Althoughhaving hallucination is not an actual symptom of ingesting the niff - niff Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree yield seeds , Lochlan is seemingly brought to another situation in his intellect after being poison . Lochlan drowning is mostly a metaphor for his ostensibly imminent death and his spirit transcending into heaven , the hereafter , etc . Lochlan did n’t actually fall into the pool that he collapsed next to and puke in . Instead , Lochlan swimming towards the surface could represent him fighting for his life as the poison takes hold of him . Timothy interestingly does n’t verify if Lochlan is breathing or if his heart is beating before he number back to life .
Who Those Figures Were That Lochlan Saw Outside The Pool
They Appeared To Be Monkish Leaders & Observant Spiritual Guides
As Lochlan swims closer to the surface , he abruptly halt and sees what is likely four masses standing in a semicircle , count down at him in the water . It ’s not explicitly clear who these figures are but they are potential what Lochlan is refer to when he tells his dad upon waking up , " I consider I saw god . " The literal identities of these figures are open for debate , but it ’s readable that whoever they were , they bear religious or spiritual implication . While they could represent Monk , prophets , gods , or destiny , the fact that they are faceless and nameless is in reality quite telling.
Lochlan accomplish a Buddhist sympathy of separation , removing himself from his " scalawag mind " , identity , and desires .
What ’s most clear from Lochlan ’s encounter with these four observers is thatthey play acknowledgment from " another world " or " the other side . “I’d say these figures are ancestral instructor from a spiritual realm with a strong understanding of Buddhism , divinity , nature , and God . Together , they watch Lochlan , which later will him with the impression that someone above is watching him in material life . When Lochlan seemingly cash in one’s chips and sinks to the dark bottom of the pool , he in short experiences death and nothingness . He achieves a Buddhist understanding of detachment , removing himself from his " monkey judgment " , identity , and desire .
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What Lochlan Meant About Seeing God In His Near-Death Vision
Lochlan Had A Mind-Blowing Yet Inexplicable Spiritual Encounter
Lochlan briefly go through death , which led him to trust he meet God when he come back to life . In Buddhist thought , death is not a definite remainder but rather a continuationfrom one world or experience to the next , like a bridge between worlds . The water Lochlan swam in could interpret this transcendental bridge , while the monkish figure above the open could have been guide him to another world . Lochlan does n’t have much of an discernment of Buddhism by the end ofThe White Lotusseason 3 , so he may just be calling his first spiritual experience " seeing God " without fully read it .
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