Wednesday, April 4, 2007

Do You Ever Dream about Dolphins?


Do You Ever Dream about Dolphins?
DO YOU EVER DREAM ABOUT DOLPHINS?

HAVE YOU EVER HAD THE DESIRE TO BE NEAR A DOLPHIN?
DOLPHINS ARE THE MOST GENTLE, LOVING CREATURES ON OUR PLANET. DOLPHINS OFTEN BEGIN TO COMMUNICATE WITH HUMANS THROUGH THE WORLD OF DREAMS.
TELEPATHIC BY NATURE, DOLPHINS CAN SENSE THE DESIRE OF HUMANS TO CONNECT WITH THEM...EVEN BEFORE WE HUMANS ARE AWARE.
DOLPHINS OPEN THEIR HEARTS TO HUMANS WITH AN INCREDIBLE SENSE OF JOY AND CURIOSITY.
THEY ARE GRACEFUL, LOVING AND GENTLE BEINGS WHO LOVE TO FROLIC AND PLAY
IN THEIR HAVEN... THE OCEAN
A PAIR OF DOLPHINS AT PLAY
DOLPHINS TRAVEL IN PODS, OFTEN REACHING 80 PER POD OR MORE. THEY REMAIN FRIENDS FOR LIFE.
WHEN HUMANS ENCOUNTER DOLPHINS IT IS THE MOST INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE. WHEN SWIMMING AMONGST A POD OF DOLPHINS, OFTEN ONE DOLPHIN IN PARTICULAR WILL SINGLE OUT A HUMAN SWIMMER. THE CONNECTION IS FREQUENTLY MADE THROUGH EYE CONTACT.
A CONNECTION, WHICH WILL LAST A LIFETIME. FOR ONCE YOU HAVE LOOKED INTO THE EYE OF A DOLPHIN YOUR LIFE WILL NEVER BE THE SAME!
WHAT DOLPHIN HEALING MEANS?
TO HEAL IS "TO RESTORE TO HEALTH" AND "TO REPAIR BY NATURAL PROCESSES." (COLLINS DICTIONARY 1995) IT COULD BY SUGGESTED THAT THE CONCEPTS OF HEALTH AND HEALING ARE 'ALIEN' TO OUR WESTERNIZED, BIOMEDICAL MODEL OF HEALTH. ALTHOUGH "EVERY PHYSICIAN KNOWS THAT HEALING IS AN ESSENTIAL ASPECT OF ALL MEDICINE, THE PHENOMENON IS CONSIDERED TO BE OUTSIDE OF
SCIENTIFIC FRAMEWORK" (CAPRA 1983) "IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, THE
BIOMEDICAL WORLD IS BEGINNING TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT HEALTH IS NOT MERELY THE ABSENCE OF DISEASE. DRUGS AND SURGERY MAY HELP TO ALLEVIATE THE SYMPTOMS OF A DISEASE, BUT DO THEY ACTUALLY ALLEVIATE THE CAUSE OF A DISEASE?" (J.BLANT 1997)
IT CAN BE ARGUED THAT IN RECENT YEARS WE HAVE DELEGATED OUR HEALING TO WESTERN DOCTORS AND HAVE LOST CONTACT WITH NATURE. DR. D. EISENBERG 1986 POINTED OUT: "THE ART OF HEALING IS THOUSANDS OF YEARS OLD. THE SCIENCE OF HEALING IS STILL IN THE PROCESS OF BEING BORN."
LOOKING AT THIS CONTEXT, IS THE IDEA THAT DOLPHINS POSSES HEALING QUALITIES AS EXTRAORDINARY AS IT MAY HAVE APPEARED? REAL HEALING CAN ONLY COME FROM WITHIN OURSELVES THUS WE CANNOT EXPECT DOLPHINS TO ALONE HEAL US - "RATHER THEY ARE AN INSPIRATION THAT HELPS US TO EXPLORE OUR OWN SELF-HEALING POTENTIAL" (COCHRANE/CALLEN 1992)
IN OTHER WORDS RETURNING TO THE EARLIER DEFINITIONS OF 'HEALING' AND 'THERAPY', DOLPHINS CAN BE A SOURCE OF THERAPY THAT ENCOURAGES THE HEALING PROCESS TO RAISE SELF EMPOWERMENT AND CONSCIOUSNESS.

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