Dolphin Dreams dream-catchers tell us that dolphins are among the most intelligent creatures on the earth and they are some of the most playful. They live in their heart as well as in their mind. Dolphins show us the way to a balanced way of being. Mind does not rule the heart. Neither does the heart dominate the mind. They are a manifestation of Love and Will perfectly blended. WHO, their Higher Self, is playing joyfully in what. When you awaken from your sleep, you will be ready to take on the new challenges to learn and to Be. In learning to be your natural Self you will discover joy and play. Accept your power with joy, love and playfulness. At the core of your power to be human is the playfulness of the NOWmoment. The past is dead and the future is not yet born. Only Now truly exists and only in Now can you be truly alive. Dance with the Dolphins, here and now.

Dolphin Dreams: Ego vs. Heart

Traveling back and forth across the United States for five years marketing and teaching about dream catchers has required discipline in many ways but especially in getting rid of unnecessary things. As I was preparing to move to Chicago, I was sorting, packing, rearranging when I came upon a box of rings that had lost their circular shape. They were open, making a C. I could see no value in them so I began to throw them away. "No! We are to be a new dream catcher!" It was almost a shout ringing through my awareness. So I began to play with the possibilities, weaving inside the C-rings with techniques I had perfected for Path of the Spirit, Rolling Thunder, and later for the Butterfly.. I combined three rings, but when I was done there was no answer to my query for a name and story. This was quite unusual because the dream catchers had previously told me what I needed. Now there was only silence.

The next day I spoke at the Heritage Center at the Stearns County in St. Cloud, Minnesota. When I finished, a young woman came forward to ask questions and request a special dream catcher for each of her two daughters. The totem animal of Alainna was the bear. For Jessica it was the dolphin. The dolphin! That was the dream catcher I had woven the night before! I could almost hear the spirits giggling at their prank. I also learned to be patient, to accept and allow.
 
Later, the story for the Dolphin Dreams dream-catchers would be written after I had had several intense encounters with people who lived mostly in their head, driven by ego. Some of them believed that they were free of ego, that they had successfully "killed" the ego. They believed that the ego had no purpose except to mislead and cause mischief so they "got rid of the ego". In such cases I saw the ego sneak up on them repeatedly and launch a surprise attack. Their system of denial was so effective that afterwards they could not see that their behavior was the result of ego.
 
The only effective way I have found to deal with the ego is to acknowledge its valuable input, its advice and counsel, then smile fondly, pat it on the head, and "take away the keys to the family car."
 
Euro-American society values ego over heart and trains us, in-structs us to give ego dominance over the heart. Ego has become necessary to civilized society because the circle has been broken. In the circle each person cares for the whole circle and the whole circle cares for each person. In the circle leadership is shared, rotated so that each person learns to lead and to follow. As ducks and geese migrate between their winter and summer homes they fly in a V-formation that takes advantage of an undulating flow of air, a vortex street that begins with the wing beats of the leader. The birds in the second position follow at the left and right in the wake of the leader. They can fly with much less effort in the rolling waves of the leader‘s rhythm. Their wing beats catch the wake and stroke it to keep it rolling along the formation to the birds in the third position and so on. When the leader tires she falls back in the formation while another moves ahead to work at splitting the air for the others. The formation rides along on the shared effort of all.
 
Life can be so much easier for us if we would learn from nature. For humans the circle is a most natural and fulfilling way to live. In the circle we can see that giving is the same as receiving. When the geese and ducks migrate they give and they receive, receive and give. There is no difference. The others in the formation are important to them. Each has value and worth, in themselves and for the whole. Not all can fly with the same strength and endurance. Perhaps others are more alert to danger when the flock is resting or sleeping. Others may be better at identifying the landmarks or the best places to stop and eat. Who knows, some might be the philosophers or poets?
 
Like the wing beats of the birds, we can create vortex streets of spiraling energy that can carry each of us, all of us, to a deeper experience. There are many leadership tasks in a dynamic circle. Some are good at talking to people. Some are teachers. A few are good at selling. Everyone has some form of creativity that has yet to be fully tapped and appreciated. Some are effective communicators on the telephone or in a group. Others write well or understand computers and Internet access. We can discover the special function of our own being in the circle, like an organ in a body. Each of us can learn from others in the circle. We learn how to fly together, to travel beyond our limitations, to discover how unlimited we really are. In the circle, all are woven into the same fabric so that giving is not about losing or giving away something of yourSelf. Self expands and becomes progressively larger. The illusion of that which is ME and that which is NOT ME begins to disappear. Trust is the natural outcome of the way of the circle. Ego is no longer necessary for survival. Survival is driven by fear when our vision of who we are is narrow and limited. Dolphin Dreams dream-catchers whisper the wisdom of the heart as the ultimate navigator for our Earth Journey.

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