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The "Malay" Philosophy Behind Scuba Diving

Scuba diving is my passion... I feel that I can relate to the spirit of my seafaring immigrant forefathers who discovered the secret to life's keyvalues in their quest to find a "promised" land on what was once a foreign land to them, after being granted a safe passage by the will of Allah through a strange vast deep blue watery realm- The Sea...

"Ambition, Hope, Courage, Modesty, Humility, Integrity, Respect, Sincerety and Self-sacrifice"

Stated above are the keyvalues that my seafaring immigrant forefathers carried with them from far flung regions of the world to face the trials and challenges of "The Sea" which landed them here many many years ago. Since ancient times the spirit of "The Sea" in many ways reflect the spirit of the predominant people who chartered the coastline of this region... "The Malays" of The Nusantara (Malay Archipelago). These are the same keyvalues that saw my forefathers being accepted and embraced by the local predominant people of the land, hence ending their quest in search of the "promised" land.

By the will of Allah, the spirit of "The Sea" in many ways is similar to the spirit of "The Malays". It can be tranquil, peaceful, calm, reserved, kind and accommodating to seafarers. However, at times it can also be restless, turbulent, unforgiving and exact its wrath depending on factors that may seek to destabilize its harmony such as bad weather, typhoons, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes... etc. Which is "The Malays" equivalent to - a threat to their people, family, economy and property - a show of contempt to their culture, ideology and sovereign rights to to their "promised" land - a challenge to their religion, faith and conviction.

If one wishes to be completely accepted by "The Sea", then one must follow through every single keyvalues previously mentioned, up to the very last one which is Self-Sacrifice, meaning one will have to drown and become food for the fish. Fortunately the spirit of "The Malays" is not as unforgiving as "The Sea", thus bearing witness the complete transition of my forefathers and their descendants into "The Malays" after Self-Sacrificing their own cultural identity and discarding their customs and beliefs that were in-conflict with "The Malays".

However, I still revisit the adventurous spirit of my seafaring immigrant forefathers by going back to "The Sea". Each and everytime I take a plunge into the great deep blue ocean, I remind myself that I'm just a visitor there... an alien to the denizens of the deep able to appreciate the magnificent God given natural wonders in a completely foreign realm for a brief moment in time, by virtue of following 8 of the 9 keyvalues previously mentioned by the grace of Allah.

In conclusion, as a GRAVE FOREWARNING!.. One should never underestimate the tolerance of "The Sea" as in respect to one should never mistake the courtesy of "The Malays" as a sign of weakness. History has shown, like "The Sea" in reference to "The Malays", when it is stirred up by restless dramatic events. Both would run wild and abandon its normal parameters, unleashing a devastating force that is impossible to contain until it reaches a breaking point to calm down by the will of Allah.

I would like to end this column and leave my readers with this thought. Each time before I take a plunge into the Great Deep Blue Ocean, after I recite... Bismillahirahmannirahim (In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful).

I would remind myself this:
"If you get cocky, you might end up choking;
If you push your limits, then the laws of pressure will bend you;
If you push your luck, then the laws of nature will break you;
Everything down here is freaking hostile;
So be grateful, be mindful and more importantly be respectful;
Have a nice dive!"

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