DaleC
Contributor
I believe diving has better prepared me for death.
The Tibetan Book of the Dead describes many stages of death that can be frightening to the unaware. This fear of letting go into emptiness causes the mind to grasp at form and thus take on another rebirth, shaped by their Karma. In fact, the book was written so that friends or relatives can sit with the dead and read to them, thus helping to guide the deceased on their journey.
I believe diving in low vis conditions and the ageless tomblike silence of lakes helps prepare me for those conditions, which is just as well as I don't think anyone is going to sit with me and recite from a book when I'm gone... unless I pay them - which just seems wrong on several levels.
The Tibetan Book of the Dead describes many stages of death that can be frightening to the unaware. This fear of letting go into emptiness causes the mind to grasp at form and thus take on another rebirth, shaped by their Karma. In fact, the book was written so that friends or relatives can sit with the dead and read to them, thus helping to guide the deceased on their journey.
I believe diving in low vis conditions and the ageless tomblike silence of lakes helps prepare me for those conditions, which is just as well as I don't think anyone is going to sit with me and recite from a book when I'm gone... unless I pay them - which just seems wrong on several levels.