u/bobbityboobity

I wanted to share a beautiful thought that I had recently with the community: we all start out as divers

This past year I birthed my first child. It was unexpected. During the labor - my obgyn explicitly compared the baby during labor to a scuba diver with tanks. The tanks have different levels of oxygen and so some babies can handle longer labors than others and other babies have to be rescued via c-section (like navy seals)

But our beginning as divers goes beyond this labor metaphor. We do not breathe air until we are born. We are circulating fluids like fish. In the history of evolution - you can see our beginnings and shared ancestors - what connects us to all other life forms - what we have in common with moneys and cats and fish and, yes, even octopi

We are all from the same shared seed of life

The umbilical cord - natures scuba tanks - feeds us while we grow and thrash and swim. I think this is why diving is so relaxing. It is a returning to the womb

The birthing experience allowed me to reconnect to this sacred cosmological energy and made me realize that we can become anything because it is already within us

Hello. I want to thank everyone for how kind and supportive this community has been and to share an update in my life.

It is something that I have been struggling with a lot - not feeling like I quit fit in with people. But when diving, I feel so connected to the sea. For this reason, I have always been jealous of the octopus. Why do they get to live in the sea? Why do they get to swim in all of the shipwrecks safely? Why do they get to have tentacles? I felt so much envy and even anger.

But then I realized that we do have a choice. The Great Liberation by Hearing tells what happens when we die. It used to be secret but now it is translated. Part of what happens is that if you are trained in meditation and not afraid, you see colors. And the different colors indicate the different worlds in which you can be reborn. This information can be used to avoid rebirth, or to come back as a human again and continue to improve your meditations.

However, I realized recently there is another use: You can choose to come back as animal. Typically this is not done by choice since you are unable to go from being an animal to becoming a buddha and for many that is the goal. However, for me, I am not afraid of rebirths. I realized that I could go towards the green light of the animal world and choose to come back as an octopus. I realized that you can choose the animal you come back as because you will see animals mating (your parents) and so I will wait until there are octopi and then I will jump in the portal.

I plan to come back as a blue-ringed octopus and wanted to thank you all for the community suggestion. There were so many species I felt overwhelmed choosing. I have been meditating everyday to gain this ability and studying the ancient works. I am sure that it will work as I have been studying and practicing the transfer of consciousness for a while and my dog is now on his third body (after his 49 days of experience in the underworld are over I guide his soul back to a new puppy body).

I plan to continue improving my meditation abilities and learning more about different octopus species until I become very very old. However, I wanted to thank this community for the peace and tranquility that it has lead me to as I now know that my next life will be perfect. Blessings and peace to all.