The Direction of Intention

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A dark night, 90 feet below the surface of the water, I try to slow my frightened breathing so my air will last a little longer; I am in the belly of a ship that sank before I was born. This is my first wreck dive and my first night dive. “I’m an idiot,” I tell myself.

The beam of my flashlight cuts a path through the darkest dark I have ever known. Once I was in a cave and the guide turned out the lights but this is darker: the water gives weight to the black.

I see only where I point my light. And I interpret what I see in the narrow beam: beautiful, confusing, or scary. It occurs to me that this is true no matter where I am or what I am doing: I see only where I point my focus; I interpret everything I see.

In the belly of this shipwreck I began to understand power. I had my first real recognition of the power of  my choices, the power of what I choose to see.

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