scuba diving gear | scuba weights

Why Dive? How Do I Begin? [Part 3 of 7]







by
Robert Keeney
Copyright (c) December 2003

 Thought-provoking question...with many answers...

 Your Opportunity to better understand Universal Love --
 Explore more your underwater world. Practice your dive
 skills. Add new skills. Become even more at-one with your
 underwater surroundings. Become more aware of your immersion
 within a Universal Love which connects us all...

 OK! You earned your basic OpenWater C-card. You since have
 logged quite a few dives. You want more...your next level
 C-card, AdvancedOpenWater. You are ready.

 When you go for your AdvancedOpenWater certification, you
 will complete 5 special dives. The Deep Dive is requisite
 for you to dive deeper than 60fsw (feet-sea-water) to the
 recreational limit of 130fsw. the other requisite dive is
 Underwater Navigation -- where's the shore/boat, etc.? There
 are a great number of other dives you can choose from which
 suit your interests. Drift Dive and Night Dive are always
 good to know.

 Now the fun really begins. No more classes...no more
 Confined Water Dives where you learned and practiced your
 basic skills. Just you and maybe a few others and your
 instructor. Do the Knowledge Reviews at home. Show and
 discuss these with your instructor. Do the dives under your
 instructor's supervision. Visit your PADI shop and discuss
 these with your chosen instructor.

 Night Diving is an intense, positive underwater experience.
 Imagine yourself about 15 to 35 feet below the surface. The
 full moon shimmers from above. You turn off your dive light.
 Your eyes adjust to the warm glow from the moon. You
 carefully pass various fish who sleep throughout the night.
 You watch all the various corals feed. You notice many
 creatures out and about which hide or sleep during the day.
 You are suspended in warm water almost the same temperature
 as your body. You allow yourself to drift back to that time
 your mother carried you. You feel yourself embraced by a
 Universal Love...

 When you surface, your viewpoint has changed. You feel more
 alive... More in-tune... More secure... You grasp more the
 non-verbalized Universal Love...binding together all
 creatures including our own species.

 Seek more training and purchase more equipment. Safely and
 comfortably venture below for extended periods. Become more
 relaxed. Receive greater enlightenment. Choose PADI's Night
 Dive as part of your next certification level.

 In this article, Part 3 of a 7-part series, you discovered
 how you can better experience Universal Love and bring it
 back to your surface world.

 Part 4 of this 7-part series will help you become a more
 aware adventurer. You will get more into the Spirit of
 diving...a positive change in your attitude as you embrace
 more fully your familiar underwater world.

                        Dive S.A.F.E.

 ------------------------------------------------------------
 Robert Keeney, a PADI Instructor and Dive Adventure
 Specialist, has arranged dive adventures since 1993. His
 Soft Scuba arranges - accommodations, discounted airfare
 and diving. Learn more -
 ( http://www.SoftScuba.com )...and receive your
 Free eReport - "How To Enhance Your Dive Adventures"


For more information on scuba equipment, please choose from one of the following: