Excerpt from "Manual of Freediving Underwater On A Single Breath"

The Coconut, Coral and the Sea: Small Story, Almost Zen

Brisby, the old Maldivian fisherman: "I saw you in the sea today. My compliments", he says, in uncertain English. "I really like how you move underwater. I am only an old fisherman, but allow me to give you a piece of advice. Remember that you can go underwater in two ways".
So saying, he takes out a small piece of coral and throws it into the sea; then from a coconut he pours the sweet, white liquid: "Look", he continues, "coral and coconut milk are now together in the water. But the coral is still coral, while the coconut milk is now sea: when you move underwater you must not be like the coral, but like the coconut. When you dive you must not go against the sea; it should not be you, your body, your skin and the sea, but each part of your body must become at one with the water".