Dolphin Dreams by Jonathan Goldman

Imagine floating on the surface of the ocean, letting the sound of waves gently relax you. A flock of seagulls passes overhead as you begin to hear the strong, slow heartbeat of the Earth Mother. In the distance, you become aware of the sound of the rolling Om of the Earth Father, as a choir of angels begins to sing an ancient melody, lulling you into deeper peace. Dolphins appearand surround you, laughing and playing, singing their songs of joy around you. You lie there, receiving the sound energy from these very special messengers of light and love, bathing in the wonderment that is life. This is the purpose of DOLPHIN DREAMS. In the fall of 1987, my wife Karen became pregnant. At her fifth month, we began receiving signs to investigate the communication possibilities between humans and dolphins. We considered a dolphin assisted water birth in the ocean in which dolphins would assist in the birthing process, protecting the mother and infant, and enhancing their consciousness. It is said that once the child is born, the dolphins circle the mother and sing the child's 'birth song'. It is a lovely concept. However, after some examination, it became apparent that unless we could travel to New Zealand or the Soviet Union, a dolphin assisted water birth was not possible at the time. During a meditation, the idea occurred to me that perhaps it would be possible to create a sonic environment that would contain the energy of a dolphin assisted water birth. DOLPHIN DREAMS is the result of that and other similar meditations on how to create this environment. It contains the sound of dolphins, angelic choir, ocean, sea gulls, heart beat, quartz crystals and rolling Om. It is designed not only for pregnant women, birthing mothers and infants, but for anyone wishing to experience and explore the consciousness inherent in interspecies communication. This has felt like a guided project since its inception. VVithin a day after deciding to create DOLPHIN DREAMS, I contacted Toni Gudish, who volunteered to send the "delphonics" (a term I have developed to mean dolphin sounds) of Joe and Rosie, two bottle -nose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus), activating her heart center with sonic energy. These are the major delphonics heard on this cassette, though there are additional wild dolphin sounds as well. Shortly after, I met Igor Smirnov. From the Soviet Union, Igor had worked for 5 years with Dr. Charkovsky, the scientist who pioneered underwater birth. The cover artwork which Igor created for DOLPHIN DREAMS is the result of the physical and psychic contact he had with dolphins during that time. Dolphins belong to the order of the Cetacea, the family of Delphinidae. Since ancient times, dolphins have been regarded as benevolent beings — friendly to man and beast alike. The ancient Greeks believed that dolphins were the messengers of Apollo (God of Music and Medicine). Today, our respect for these aquatic creatures continues to grow as the scientific and spiritual communities examine the extraordinary potential for learning and consciousness expansion that dolphins offer us. Sonics in particular are extremely relevant to dolphins. Dolphins can detect and project ultra -sonic frequencies as high as 180,030 cycles per second (ten times the frequencies that humans hear or project). fhey use sound to locate and stun prey, as weil as for communication and information exchange. Their audible sonics consist of clicks and whistles, and a variety of other sounds which have been described as quacks, squawks, squeaks, wails, bleats, barkings and buzzings, sometimes sounding like tropical birds, or like air escaping from a balloon. They have also been taught to copy human speech. Certain psychic and spiritual sources claim that dolphins have the ability to create frequencies which communicate with extra-terrestial consciousness. In particular, the star Sirius is often cited as being their point of origin. These sources tell us that dolphins are of an ancient species which aid the evolution of the human race. Mental contact with dolphins before, during and after a birth is said to stimulate and expand the extra sensory capabilities of children. In addition, dolphins make sounds for the pure joy of sounding. If we could tap into the consciousness behind their strange delphonics, it might contain vast knowledge, enabling us to take another evolutionary step. Certainly, it would also contain much love and joy. I have utilized knowledge about the effects of sound upon the mind and body while making DOLPHIN DREAMS. The rolling Om, for example, has been recorded slightly out of phase on each channel in order to create an extremely low frequency which helps listeners attune to the resonance of the Earth (7.8 cycles per second — a frequency dolphins also like). The heart beat is pulsed at around 50 beats per minute to help induce very deep relaxation. The dolphin lullaby sung by our 'Angelic Choir uses intervals found in lullabies throughout the world, ideal for quieting infants. If you listen very carefully during peak sonic moments, you may also hear the tinkling of quartz crystals. They oscillate in the same frequency range as some of the delphonics and seem to activate the crown chakra center as well. We hope that you enjoy this tape. First and foremost, we hope it is useful for relaxation, for birthing mothers, for infants, and for anyone who needs these soothing sounds. Secondly, wkhope this tape is useful for stimulating aspects of consciousness that will help us create contact with dolphins, perhaps to assist in the evolutionary development of humankind, just to understand the pure joy of the delphonics is to open to a new level; this is sound created for the pure joy of making sound. Finally, we hope that DOLPHIN DREAMS will be useful in expanding communication between humans and other species, and help create the understanding that is necessary for continuation of all life on the Earth. ℗ 1990 Sound Healers Publishing