“Try me.” Tighe searched for words. “When I dive an unexplored cave, it’s not a thrill. It’s almost the opposite. I feel in focus. It’s a heightened reality—like how you might feel if a tiger walked into this room right now; you’d be 100 percent in the present. The past and the future would cease to exist.” Joyce considered Tighe’s words. “The Buddhist monks in Kopan call that mindfulness—a meditative practice that’s difficult even for the enlightened to achieve.”
