Keep smiling, beloved Dolphin

Dolphin is one of the most intriguing species on Earth. Though conventional scientific rationalism refuses to agree, there are many who consider dolphins as more sentient and spiritually or psychically more advanced than human beings.

Dolphins breathe consciously because they have to come up to the surface for breathing. They do not sleep in the conventional sense and could be existing in a sort of lucid dream consciousness even while asleep, to ensure that they come up to the surface for inhaling air. In a lucid dream, one is aware that it is a dream. Since breathing awareness induces a meditative state of consciousness, it is possible that dolphins exist in a meditative awareness always. Who knows? Perhaps the facial feature of the dolphins that looks like a smile is a sign of the blissful consciousness within them!

Anecdotes and legends about the dolphin’s friendliness to human beings have been around from the beginning of human history. According to one story, the ancient Greek poet Arion was rescued by dophins in the sea. People who tried to swim with the dolphins have experienced mystical states and healings. Here is an article about true stories of such close encounters with dolphins:

 http://www.care2.com/greenliving/3-stories-of-dolphin-saviors.html