Falling

A drunken man, falling out of a wagon, is bruised but not destroyed.

His bones are like the bones of other men, but his fall is different.

His spirit is entire.

He is not aware of getting into a wagon or falling out of one,

Life and death are nothing to him.

He knows no alarm, he meets obstacles without thought, without care, takes them without knowing they are there.

If there is such security in wine, how much more in Tao.

The wise man is hidden in Tao.

Nothing can touch him

The Way of Chuang Tzu [xix.2.]

Thomas Merton (paraphrasing)

Avaivartika = the stage of not falling back from the supreme and perfect awakening