Humility and diving: why the sea teaches smallness
Reflections on how the sea changes a person's view of himself and how it teaches him true humility.
Whoever goes down to the depths of the sea once comes back different. The sea repeats the measurements.
Man in the sea
On Earth we are the summit. At sea we are visitors and gracious guests. This shift in location benefits the soul.
What you learn from a tiny sea creature
A small fish that lives in the poisonous anemone's sister very quietly reminds you that sometimes the solutions we do not see because we looked with our eyes, not with the eyes of the thing itself.
Silence is deeper than any words
Underwater, in quiet depths, you realize that silence is not emptiness, but rather a different kind of filling.
Back to the surface different
Every diver notices that after a deep dive he silently returns to the surface. Not because there was no speech, but because speech suddenly seemed insufficient for what he saw.
The sea teaches you that the universe is bigger than you and this is not an insult but a liberation.