Swimming with Awe

One of the most amazing things to experience might be swimming with one of these guys ... a whale shark. Given I don't expect to do that, I do appreciate an opportunity for a vicarious swim. Beautiful - this encounter. And the music is a nice touch. 


Whale Sharks 2011 from Sally Bartel on Vimeo.



Manatees

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Rainbow Planet

Humans are amphibians - half spirit and half animal. As spirits they belong to the eternal world, but as animals they inhabit time.  - C. S. Lewis

Finding this quote filled in a blank I have been working with for the past several months. I kept getting direction in dreams and day time nudges to acknowledge amphibious connections to human nature. Now it makes sense... In another interpretation it means we have the potential to navigate the manifest and dream plane in equal skill when we are ready to learn how to apply ourselves and think of our reality in novel ways.

The beauty of our many animal faces --
 


Music in the vid is here.
More uploads from this Youtube user.


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What we don't know about the animal/beings we share our planet with is far greater than all that we do know. This little whale shows us there is more going on in that tank than swimming.
 



And here's the story.