Sinking is humiliation. Earth (gravity) ever bringing us down, bringing us low, reminding us where we'll end up. It is something we must be brave enough to allow and endure, not because we're devils for punishment but because we've been taught that it is the only way to access the subtle rising energy we call spirit. This is a refined form of fighting spirit, which makes our whole being tremble with rawness and tenderness, with real life and deep emotion. It is what enlightened masters embody and become.