Sounds great to me.
Good work to all involved and my prayers for family of the one diver who died in the process. I am sure he will be memorialized appropriately.
The world always needs good news like this and I am sure interest in meditation (which is good for you) will rise substantially.
The ability to calm oneself and think clearly, as aided by "mindfulness meditation," may well have savied their lives.
What a great blessing and an answer to prayer.
“...I am sure interest in meditation (which is good for you) will rise substantially.’
That would be a good thing. I think it’s already more popular than people realize. I learned how to do mindfulness meditation from a book titled, “Full Catastrophe Living.” Meditating really helped get me through some difficult times.
I also learned how to do Transcendental Meditation in the mid-70’s. I went from a mediocre college student in math to a straight A student in engineering (it might have helped that I had to quit smoking weed before going through the program).
It takes a while to get used to spending 20 minutes at a time doing either, but well worth it.
Praying to a false god or meditating on a false reality is wrong.
https://www.thebereancall.org/content/mysticism-and-coming-world-religion-part-one-0
It depends on what you are meditating on. If it is internal, ‘emptying yourself’, as in Buddhism, it is the work of the devil. If it is medition upon His Word, it is uplifting. Hopefully, He revealed Himself to those kids (and coach), while in the cave.
As an aside, according to a missionary who spoke at my church, there have been thousands of Buddhist monks in Myanmar (Burma), who have come to Jesus. What they have found is permanent joy in Him. rather than the temporary ‘nirvana’ they feel, after they having suffered and meditated. That feeling is not permanent. Word spreads among the Buddhist monks and they come, seeking information about Jeaus from missionaries.