Willing Water

The psychotic drowns in the same waters in which the mystic swims with delight. —Joseph Campbell

‘A disciple asked his spiritual teacher while they were bathing in the river, when he would finally be able to realise Brahman. The teacher, instead of answering, pushed his head under water and held him down until, feeling himself drowning, the student freed himself and re-emerged. The teacher then explained:
“When the desire in you to realise Brahman …