The Greater Meaning of Water- Spirituality in Sports

[Parapsycho]

There is a movie coming out called 'The Greater Meaning of Water'. It's going to be a fictionalized account of a freediver that uses his sport as a meditative practice.

It's based on real experiences, though.

Here's an interview with a freedver on acheiving Satori during deep dives. Really Interesting stuff!

http://www.gmwmovie.com/documentary.html

You can also check out the fiction movie teaser trailer there too.

Breathe and Dive Deep,
Parapsycho

[melody]

Hello Parapsycho,

The altered state of consciousness with the freedivers is a well known fact. I once saw a French-director film on this subject. If I remember correctly it was called "The Bigp Blue". The hero - a champion of this sport - becomes so addicted to the experience that he pushes the envelope and stays deep under for longer and longer periods of time, and has to be forcefully pulled to the surface by his trainer. At the end of the film, he disconnects himself from the rope, and just floats into the blue water. It is not clear he will stay there forever. It appears he will.

The comparison with Zen meditation - well it was measured that in a really deep meditation the breath becomes at first very shallow, and then is unperceptible and hard to detect. So it seems there is oxygen deprivation as well.

Floating in the water is probably not only related to the floating in the womb, but the previous floating in the Universal energy 'soup'. Maybe this is also why the freediving experience is so powerful.

[greggkroodsma]

Just knowing about those experiences doesn't let you know anything.  Can you do it?  Well, anybody can.  But, why it is that you can is why you can't up here.  Can a fish do that?  Well, look at it this way.  There are no fish wars down there.  No inventions of nuclear bombs down there.  There are no congested  polluted cities down there.  Who are the keepers of that world?  The dolphins, the whales, the sharks.   The air you breathe is just expanded ocean water. 

[Awakened_Mind]

I'd say it would be different than Zen meditation. Breath does slow down but it doesn't stop. The brain needs oxygen plain and simple. There is no mind over matter to battle this physiological requirement. I'm not saying nothing would happen, but it needs to be kept in mind.

-AM