Humility and diving: why the sea teaches smallness
Reflections on how the sea changes a person’s view of themselves and how it teaches true humility.
Anyone who goes to the depths of the sea once returns different. The sea resets the measurements.
The human in the sea
On land we are at the top. In the sea we are visitors, guests by courtesy. This shift in position benefits the spirit.
What you learn from the smallness of a sea creature
A small fish living in a venomous sea anemone in complete calm reminds you that solutions are sometimes unseen because we looked with our eyes, not with the eyes of the thing itself.
Silence deeper than any speech
Underwater, in calm depths, you realize that silence is not emptiness but a fullness of another kind.
Returning to the surface different
Every diver notices that after a deep dive they return to the surface in silence. Not because there is no speech, but because speech suddenly seems insufficient for what they saw.
The sea teaches you that the universe is larger than you, and this is not an insult but a liberation.