and when we see that we are starting to move in that direction, we don’t have to push ourselves. The difficulty is that we are going in the opposite direction most of the time. We tend to identify ourselves with our concerns and preoccupations and with the world that stimulates and reinforces them. The sacred word is not a vehicle or means to go from the surface of the river to its depths. It is rather a condition for going there. If I hold a ball in my hand and let go, it will fall to the floor;