What Dolphins Can Teach Us About Love

5 minutes before our plane landed on the Big Island,right away, and then for the next two days, they
Drew and I started feeling waves of love comingwere no where to be found. What struck me most
from the land. We knew that the energy of this areawas the pain some avid dolphin fans felt when they
was powerful and known as a healing center but wedidn't get a chance to swim with them. The language
weren't expecting to feel it while still airborne...Whenthey used sounded similar to people in withdrawal
we got there,we immediately contacted our friendfrom some sort of addiction. People spoke of the
Meg Sibley. Meg is a master at healing with sound anddolphins being "fickle", a "tease", of being able to
does "sound pods" where community can come"take a hint" when they no longer wanted to play.
together to set intentions with the power of theOne regular told us of how one morning he saw
voice. She also has a very special connection withthem out in the water porpoising and when he swam
dolphins and we knew that she would help us seeout to where they were, they had disappeared. He
them in a way that was respectful not only to thewaited for them 45 minutes in the water, returned
dolphins but also to the spirit of the local culture ofto shore, took off his wet suit and looked back to
the island.see them porpoising again. While dolphins are playful,
She prepped us by telling us to make sure we madethey seem to know and reflect to people what kind
eye contact with them and just ask for them toof healing a person needs. And in some cases, they
come play. "They will circle you and approach you ifcan also teach us not to become co-dependent on
they want to play." And she went further to tell usthem in order to validate our needs for love because
that if we see their tail going away from us, thenthat would belie the fact that it is truly around us at
that means they're done for the moment. Don'tall times.
chase them...Smart advice given the fact that dolphinsOn our last day, I scanned the water in the Bay,
are one of the fastest creatures in water (20 mph).there were no people and even the regulars doubted
If they want to play, you can offer them a leaf andthat they were in the water. I checked in intuitively
they'll take it and often carry it on their tail, thenand knew that they were near. I scanned the water
throw it to their nose, even leaving it for you, onlywith Drew's binoculars, and sure enough saw a few
to sweep it up as you reach out for it.of them porpoising out in the distance. We headed
Drew and I were terribly excited about the possibilityout knowing that they may or may not still be there
of communing with these playful creatures, and whenby the time we got there.
we swam out to meet them, we immediatelyAnd yes when we got to the place where I spotted
noticed how some people would aggressively pursuethem, there was no trace of them. We patiently
them only to be faced with bubbles and then otherswaited in the dark blue water asking them
would simply wait and have the dolphins encircletelepathically to come and play with us, and then
them.suddenly out of the mysterious blue vista, appeared
You can probably gather from the fact that I'ma mother and her baby. Then a pair showed up,
telling you this story it has something to do with thecatching my eye. I followed them as they encircled
Beloved. Indeed, what struck me most was thatme, and then one twitched his tail to show me that
learning how to attract dolphins is very similar tohe had a leaf on it. He and his friend circled me
attracting love. Imagine a scene from some kung-fuanother time and then were called away by their pod.
movie where the master says, "if you can getThe overwhelming power of their wisdom and
dolphin to come and snatch leaf from hand, then youancient intelligence was humbling and made me aware
can have love of your life."that though playful they were masterful healers.
And it's not hard, from what I learned, but it requiresTheir message to me? Keep up the good work,
a level of detachment as well as trust in divine timing.continue to help bring more Beloveds together!
The first day, we were fortunate to swim with them