Talk:Amon/@comment-173.103.245.185-20120421155717/@comment-71.234.208.124-20120421163838

No, he wasn't. Aang left the Avatar state once Ozai was defeated, when he chose not to kill him. Instead he just let the water splash down on the Firelord and turned his back to him, saying there had to be another way.

Ozai, being the underhanded person that he was, then attacked Aang when his back was turned and used earthbending to keep Ozai in place. That was when the spiritbending occured, and Aang was most definitely not in the Avatar state.