UNDERWATER WORLD

We speak of the Underworld, but what about the underwater world? Do you sometimes wonder, like I do, about the world beneath the sea and about its secrets? This world is mostly hidden from us - especially the vast areas that are incalculable fathoms deep.

Yet between the ocean's bed and its surface countless kinds of life not only exist, but thrive.Yes, whether we're talking of plants that grow or creatures that swim, marine life has its own unique universe concealed by and large from our eyes.

But, despite our blindness, we know it is there. Isn't this somewhat similar to our knowledge of an afterlife? Or, if 'knowledge' is too strong a word for you, then maybe 'suspicion' would be closer to your truth. We suspect that there's a heaven though our eyes aren't enabled to see it until after we die.

With limited vision we need either learn to trust or to contain our curiosity until we reach the other side. Meanwhile the existence of the hidden underwater world can perhaps act as an analogy for the after-world that awaits us!