Whales are the sacred wisdom keepers of the planet and the cosmos. They are the largest mammals on Earth and they dream with one eye open, as lucid dreamers in the hypnogogic state, so they can be conscious to remember to rise and breathe. Something we can all do, stay conscious, don’t fall asleep, and remember to rise and breathe.
The Hawaiian people call them ancestors, and the Irish Celtic people heard music play from the winds that blew through the bones of a whale, inspiring the creation of the Celtic Harp. In my dreaming for many years now, whales have brought profound encounters and big dreams. My favorite part of the animated Disney film Fantasia has always been when whales fly into the starry seas as Cosmic travelers.
These cosmic oneironauts have appeared in this way more than once in my dreams. A prophetic dream from over 40 years ago was guided by the wisdom of whale.
Where Do You Want To Be?
I am in the ocean floating face to face with whale and her astonishing eye looking at me. Her tale points to the ocean floor, and her face pointing up towards the water surface. She looks at the water and can see stars reflecting above, she motions for me to see what she sees. Suddenly I am up among the stars of the northern cross.
From this vantage, I begin to see golden energy shooting towards the Earth. The land and water are now in a different configuration. The seas have risen and the lands are covered over. The poles have shifted. I hear a voice ask me, “Where do you want to be?” and I see a golden light appear over a tropical place where I will someday live.
The changing climate has me thinking more and more lately about finding my golden spot on this Earth, where my soul most desires to be, in lined with my destiny.
Cosmic Oneironauts
In another dream, after being given an ancient native artifact by an indigenous teacher, I time traveled into the 19th century, where I encountered a whale beached upon a boardwalk. It’s huge mouth was open and a procession of Victorian dressed women and their children entered it’s mouth. The final one being an infant who rolled her body inside the massive mouth. The massive portal closed with generations inside, and the whale launched a cosmic journey toward the stars.
Institute of Dream Archeology
In a mysterious dream, I found myself deep in the ocean, where I encountered strange aquatic creatures who generate their own bioluminescence to create their own light in the depths of the ocean darkness. I began to rise towards the surface, and as I got closer I noticed a small boat was waiting for me there. I reached my hand up out of the water, and was met by another who pulled me into the boat. I looked up from my wet stupor to see a speckled grey professor in tweeds. He pointed to our destination at the nearby shore, where a strangely unique building was seen. It was made of various architectural styles from different time periods.
The professor told me it was an institute of dream archeology, a place I could visit anytime. I stood up in the small wooden rowboat to get a better view, and as I did the boat began to rock. I attempted to gain my bearings by orienting myself to the movement of whales swimming deep beneath the waters, which I sensed through my body as a way of anchoring myself. A deep orienting to ancient collective wisdom. I now felt ready to proceed to shore, and enter the mysterious school of dream archeology.
The Gift of Whale Songs
In a recent dream, I am hovering in the ocean depths, where above the light is seen and below the dark waters pull me further down. As I slowly sink deeper into the dark waters, I can hear the songs of whales beneath me. I feel their songs carried through the waters and embodied by the sound waves moving though my body and soul, carried further through the far reaching ocean waves, across the planet. I am pulled deeper into their song and into their world, and begin to see a pod of humpback whales directly beneath me. I feel the longing of my soul to come to meet them, and understand the songs moving through me. It is a gift to feel the vibrations of the their songs under my skin, that I will forever carry with me wherever I go. I feel deeply I am one among them, and perhaps the message of their wisdom song will take shape in the life I embody.
Awaken the Sacred Dream 