The Dolphin Journey of Self Discovery - a free article for personal growth and self help by Takara

You've probably heard of the dark night of the soul. I woke up one morning not feeling well. I called in sick. Before I knew it I was lying on the floor in the fetal position, crying my eyes out, reliving being raped. This was 15 years after the experience actually happened. I had never before shed a tear. Fifteen years of denial is a very long time! The emotions I felt were completely foreign to me. I grew up without witnessing strong emotions. No-one ever expressed anger or fear. I didn't know it was normal to have those feelings. So whenever they were present within me I just shut them down. That doesn't mean they go away however! They get stuck in the body and turn into illness. This dark night brought them all to the surface. I had no reference for the intensity of the anger and fear I was experiencing. For the first time in my life I felt completely out of control. I found that terrifying. I realized in that moment that if these feelings were a part of who I am, then I didn't really knows myself AT ALL. My journey of self discovery had began.

I went, for the first time, to a New Age bookstore. I picked up a brochure for someone that did “Energetic Clearing.” I had no idea what that meant. But it felt like the right thing and I made the appointment anyway. It’s funny, when the ego is shattered, new doorways suddenly become available. If I weren't in such a desperate place, I never would have been open to new concepts or alternative therapies. And I wouldn't have been so quick to follow my intuition. Anyway, while in the bookstore I bought an audiotape called Ocean Dreams by Dean Evenson. It contained beautiful music and real dolphin sounds. I played it all day over and over. The music bathed me with its melodies and the dolphin sounds whispered to my soul. It soothe my pain as I shed 15 years worth of tears.

When I went for my energy healing session that evening, I was completely amazed by what transpired. The woman had a stereo and about 50 tapes to choose from. The one she played was Ocean Dreams by Dean Evenson. All I could think about was how on earth she choose that tape. After the session was over I asked her why she chose THAT ONE. She said that it was the one she felt I needed. Wow! That’s when I first realized that something much bigger than myself was at work and there might really be something to this New Age stuff.

I quickly became a regular customer at all the New Age bookstores. I began reading, listening to audiotapes, and attending seminars. I was learning a great deal about myself and about emotional healing. I was feeling very drawn to Native American Spirituality and turned my second bedroom into a meditation room. In it I built a gigantic medicine wheel. Using the newly built wheel, I tried a guided visualization meditation for the first time. I discovered that I had an instant affinity for voyaging into alternate realities and could easily experience what I was visualizing with most of my senses.

The meditation I was following guided me around the medicine wheel in my mind. In each direction I was to stop and ask for guidance from the energy or animal. I was amazed at how vivid and real the experience was. I was visualizing the south direction, working with Coyote medicine, when suddenly the Coyote began running around in circles. It transformed itself into a dolphin swimming in circles. I began to cry tears of joy. This was my first dolphin encounter.

After that, practically every time I closed my eyes, the dolphins appeared.

The encounters progressed and transformed into much more. I soon began seeing the images and having the feeling of being in the water with them, not just seeing them from a distance. In the water I would be belly to belly with a dolphin, my arms around it, and it would spin the two of us through the water like a torpedo. Tears would stream down my face every time these encounters happened. Afterwards I felt completely cleansed and renewed. Eventually I found myself shape shifting into a dolphin and seeing the world through their eyes.

Since those first encounters years ago, they have become my greatest teachers and source of inspiration. Through my dolphin journey of self discovery, I've become much more joyful and fulfilled and I now teach others how to do the same.

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