Joan's Whale Stories

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Deep in the blue darkness of the mighty ocean lives the most advanced species on planet Earth. Moving silently through currents and coral in the underwater world, they communicate with each other in a tonal language that reverberates and echoes …… encircling the globe…… traveling for thousands of miles.

We have named them whales.

Hundreds of fathoms down, moving effortlessly, appearing to move slowly with each powerful movement of their huge tail, the whales pass through the oceans traveling great distances. A vision of power and serenity, they are content in their ocean world.

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©Lisa Denning

This is a story about my relationship with the fifth largest of the great whales, the mysterious and gentle Humpback Whales. Mostly charcoal gray with white bellies, having an immense head with relatively small deep brown eyes, tiny ear slits, sensory nodules on their head — each containing one hair for touching things — like the bottom of our boat, and sensing things in their environment — such as water temperatures, currents and vibrational frequencies, a double vented blowhole, voluntary breathers — choosing each breath they take, small dorsal fin on their backs. They are baleen whales (having no teeth), with deeply grooved pleats on their underside, weighing 60-70,000 pounds, having long white pectoral fins, a fifteen foot expanse of tail, the adult females are larger than the males, approximately 40-70 feet in length.

Aware of the electromagnetic Light grids of our planet, they enter these frequencies to communicate with the Earth herself. They communicate in hydrodynamic realms, understanding the life-giving forces of our water environment that covers 71% of our Earth.

Let yourself go deeper and deeper with these sensitive whales, into endless expanses of blue, into the unknown. Open yourself to their communication, setting aside your use of voice and remembering our first mode of contact: VIBRATION. Let their sounds — far beyond your ability to hear — enter your awareness.

What can we learn from the whales? What are their dreams and their feelings — their experiences with the mind-expanding effects of diving deeply into ocean environments and multiple octaves of sound? Who do they meet, fathoms deep in the ocean? What do they see and know?

Swimming among them ….. they are giving us the answers ….. long before we are ready to ask the questions.

Are we listening?

COMMUNICATING WITH WHALES

The whales communicate with us differently than the dolphins. It is easier to relate to the dolphins, because they have bodies close in size to our own, they swim easily side by side with us, and we can dive and mimic them. We maintain eye contact and we learn about each other through that contact. They have a twinkle in their eyes that often seems to say, "Let’s play!"

When I reach out my thoughts, like tendrils from my brain to the dolphins, I feel I am making contact with an intelligence similar to my own. I can send out an impulse that is compatible with their frequency to establish a connection. We communicate using a mind-cell overlap like two loving octopus tentacles intertwining. This is how it feels to me.

With the whales it is different. I reach out the tentacle from my brain and as I grope around in their great unknown, I find nothing — nothing I can latch on to, nothing I can relate to and bring home to my own mind as an information channel, nothing to spark a bioelectric wave for transmission. I reach out, I grope around, I search, and finally I give up.

"That’s not it. We do not communicate in that way. Just listen, just be still, just Be."

I relax into the silence. I become aware of a huge all-encompassing cloud of blissful emptiness. Allowing it in, I am lost. There is no me. There are no thoughts, no body, no ocean, no Joan. I am submerged in a state of sublime peace that defies definition. My mind is silent, even useless. Never have I felt so submerged in the depths of the unknown before. I want to stay in this gentle and profound state forever. A supreme state of Oneness. This is communication with the whales.

©Lisa Denning

Dear Ones,

This is a special letter that I am sending to you to share an experience I had with the Humpback Whales in February of 1998 and 1999.

I traveled to the Caribbean Sea responding to a call from the Humpback Whales of the Atlantic. As I boarded our 90-foot cruise ship destined to meet the whales in a remote location, I wondered what would happen.

In Hawaii the whales had arrived from Alaska. Before leaving, we swam together in the warm Pacific Ocean. They revealed their messages and songs for the next phase of our aquatic connection. Now I was being brought to another hemisphere to meet with the Atlantean Humpbacks. What was their message to all of us? I didn't have long to wait. After cruising all morning, our floating home arrived at the meeting place with the whales.

Here the waters are warm and sparkling blue. Hundreds of humpback families laze in the sun, while the calves slowly spin and come up for breath. I brought a group of people to meet and communicate with these special intergalactic friends. Entering the water, we were accepted as part of the underwater lifestyle, part of the pod. The whales drifted up to have a look, gazing into our eyes and exchanging realities, their world and ours. Then we easily moved beyond this world and into the Consciousness of One where our awareness melted into each other and we shared our common visions of the Earth . . . Oceanus. As co-residents of planet Earth, we traversed linear reality and entered the mystical states of expanded consciousness. Here, information was passed through us relating the kinship between whales and people on many planets, even in other solar systems. We were shown the universal plan and the role of the whales in that plan.

As we floated among them every day, surrounded by Beauty and Wisdom, we were filled with their essence. We understood our reasons for being here, receiving their knowledge and strength. A great peace descended over the unending waters as we swam in the ocean submerged in dreamtime with the mighty whales immersed in their energy fields.

Then at night a huge light-form covered a quarter of the sky while all of us aboard our ship observed the whales and this spacecraft communicate with each other. The captain and crew told us, this same craft had been seen previously by them and the other two boats nearby, hovering in this place during whale season. As we merged with the beauty of the vision and the silence of the deep waters surrounding us, we connected with the whale groups and our ancestors from distant places. We experienced a sea change; a serenity and fulfillment never felt before. It was a coming home to the reality of ourselves as relatives of the peace-loving dolphins and whales and our radiant, sentient planet.

Now, we are extending an invitation to you to participate in this meeting of the most advanced beings on our planet.

Please join us to receive personally the communications from the whales while we swim among them in the warm waters.

With Love,
Joan Ocean

PS: Here's a picture of the famous "White" Humpback Whale. It is an albino whale first sited in 1991 off Cape Byron, Australia. It has been spotted 38 times as of 2003. This whales is believed to be the only one of its kind in the world and it's been named "Migaloo" (White Fella) by an aboriginal elder in Hervey Bay. An auspicious sign of the times.

I feel the bubbles of air and water caressing your skin, I feel the ease….. and grace…… of the dive…… deep into the liquid environment —
So big, so natural, so blue all around. I am pulled into the wake of your water flow field, I am surrounded by your Essence. All of the material world has disappeared. I am with you again in white darkness. Spiraling streams of white Light. It feels more and more familiar now. Allowing it in, I give up searching for words. Stretching beyond my three dimensional existence, I sink into a cocoon of comfort as great wisdom melts into me….. a huge consciousness of wisdom that goes far beyond anything we can as yet comprehend. We become One as I enter Whale Consciousness….. in the mystery and beauty of our shared watery world, beyond time and space, I feel the Love.

In my dreams I meet the whales who are the molecular librarians of the Earth's evolution. What we call the "Akashic Record" is living in the oceans of planet Earth, contained in the water molecules, where information is stored. Since water is never destroyed, only recycled, all of Earth's history remains safe in these ocean archives. The whales can access the information, circulate it and contribute to it — communicating by contacting the intelligence in the water molecules which enter matter and travel through it.

THEIR SONGS:
Without vocal cords, the Humpbacks produce complex sounds that are the highest and lowest that our human ears can hear. Their songs, even those not heard by human ears, are powerfully amplified, and go deeply into us, resonating our bones and our entire bodies, awakening our memories of ancient connections. Telling their stories, they joyfully sing their lives to us.

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A Message from the Whales to Humanity Millions of years ago, the Old Ones had developed in their own world. They were not like you. They were thought-players. They found that they could entertain and excite themselves through thought. They also found that thought could be moved and changed and broken off as separate entities. They imagined themselves to be all sorts of things. One of the things they imagined themselves to be was human, and another was whale. So they played this game. The most interesting game of all was the one where it was forgotten, that was the game. So they willed themselves to forget. And they came and made a world out of the plasma of the local sun. They created many worlds throughout the galaxies this way because they can play with stars, as well. Energy and matter make no difference to them. Then they brought us here to take care of this world. We have remembered them but it was so long ago that even our memories are fragmentary. They were spirits of pure love. They had outgrown evil all together. They had never heard of and never known evil. They could not conceive or comprehend it. They could not conceive of harm. The idea had no meaning to them at all. Deliberate evil and the infliction of pain would be incomprehensible. So in their love, they spread out and took over one galaxy after another. They took over not by force or violence, but by reason and diplomacy and friendship. They could create matter from what you would call empty space. They could move the psions and change the psionic flow. (They could create matter.) Because they could do this, they became very popular. A primitive species is always recognized by its greed. And they found many primitive species. By creating matter, they bought the loyalty of these species, but they also subtly changed them. The matter itself was impregnated with loving energy that could change the people. Psions (pronounced "SI-ons"- this refers to micro particles that fill the apparent spaces within atoms. They respond to mental forces. Is there anything we can do to help the whales? The most wonderful tool you have is the word. You are doing it. Tell your people who we are, how we are, and what we are. This is unknown among you. These are wonderful words. These words will change people. These words will awaken them. So many of you realized that we were sentient beings during the Bering Strait experience. How wonderful to be known at last for what we are. You had always assumed that silence was ignorance, that the lack of technology was the lack of awareness. Now, many of you know that this is not so. These words must be taken to the public. They must be taken to the people--- and not just the people in limited groups or specialized groups, but all of the people. The children must learn. They will ride on our backs. We will work together to create a new world, when once you know.

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The death of a whale or dolphin is an enormous travesty against nature. And if it is perpetrated by human beings it is seen as murder.
It has karmic repercussions just like any other murder.

Entangled Whale (Images by Justin.P.Viezbicke@hawaii Entangled Humpback)

 

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 The Whales on Death

Justin.P.Viezbicke@hawaii Entangled Humpback Message from the Whales - On Dying When we whales die, change is not that great. Death, for us, is not nearly as frightening, painful or sad, as it is for you. Were one of you humans to die, the others would lose touch immediately. Whereas when we die, we would not lose touch with each other. There would be no sense of separation. There would only be the sense of moving out of the body. We could still communicate telepathically with the whale, and that whale would still be there. So, the process of death is very different. We do warn very much against killing members of our species. It is a terrible atrocity, and a crime against nature. Killing a sentient being is the most horrific crime against all that is holy and sacred, if that killing is done deliberately. Nevertheless, for whales, there is much less pain. In the long term, we begin to discuss with the dead individual his or her plans for the future. That individual whale may wish to go to another dimension. This may be called a parallel universe. We will help him/her to raise the vibrations of that energy-body, so that it will disappear, even from our telepathic minds. Then it will go where it has to go. It will come back to us in our dreams, from time to time, once a day, twice a day, twice a week, or however often it chooses. In the end it may come back If it wants to come back to this place, we will cooperate with it, in the mind, so that it can return. We will help it to choose its appearance from among the creatures that are alive. It will come back into the world with a tremendous sense of continuity. It does not experience a sense of separation or breakage, as you do. All the people that you call dead, for example, still come to us; we still know their living presence. They try to come to you, and often, when they are recently dead, they can still do this. But after about three days, they are usually no longer able to gather the enormous energy it takes to come to you, because the mind is not accustomed to this in human beings. Photo ©Lisa Denning Whales have communicated that they are not as affected by death as humans are, but they view it as a disastrous and catastrophic emotional waste. In their multiplex consciousness when a single member dies, he or she is still part of the megacircuitry of that consciousness. The body is no longer useful, but the mind continues. They retain full communication and communion with the dead whale. Whales guard and direct the reincarnation of the members of their species, and cooperate consciously with the dead. They facilitate a rebirth into the whale kingdom, or into another sentient species. The afterlife is an unbroken whole with the present. Whales don't reincarnate as humans, for that would be a regression. Humans by contrast, may be granted the favorable karma of reincarnations as whales, including dolphins. Photo ©Lisa Denning .

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©Joan Ocean
Playful Whale shows belly

©Lisa Denning
New Born Babies are White

These short-finned Pilot whales live two to five miles offshore and swim seasonally up and down the Kona coast - this is their home year round. As we quietly approach them we feel privileged to see them basking in the sun and logging on the surface - only the tops of their heads and their dorsal fins in sight. The Pilots are a very pod-oriented species, staying together under all circumstances. They are 12 to 20 feet in length, and are usually seen swimming in two groups of 25 to 35 each. All the moms and young ones tend to swim together in one pod. We see the largest number of newborns in July and August. The babies are nursed for two or more years.
These friendly Pilot whales seem to enjoy looking at our boat! First, one whale will come alongside and poke its head straight up out of the water, and then others follow suit. Soon 7 or 9 of them are spy-hopping and looking into our eyes. It is very comical and endearing. They are intelligent and curious as they observe us, revealing gentle brown eyes and large mouths with upturned smiles!
We then communicate with them to determine if it is appropriate for us to enter the water and quietly swim alongside. The Pilots are beautiful to observe, appearing dark blue and dreamlike in the ocean. They are comfortable with our presence and do not change their behavior, as we all move together, diving and swimming gracefully. Occasionally a pod of Bottlenose dolphins swim along with us.
The Pilot whales were given their name because they have a history of leading boats into safe harbor during inclement weather.

Pygmy Killer Whales
©2001, Lisa Denning

These little whales are seen on rare occasions along the Kona coast. The adult Pygmy Killer whales are between 7 to 9 feet in length and weigh approximately 200-400 pounds.
Here is one of many wonderful photographs taken by Lisa Denning of Dolphin House. It captures their sweet expression and gentle nature. We have seen these disarming whales in small pods approaching our boat. They appear very inquisitive toward swimmers. Although they have a reputation of being aggressive in captivity, we have witnessed only gentle interactions among them and us.

Their eyes, which can bulge and widen, exposing white skin around the iris when they are closely scrutinizing something, remain relaxed and softly observant when we swim among them. It is always a wonderful experience and special gift when they approach our boat in this friendly manner.

©Lisa Denning

 

False Killer Whales

 

©2001, Lisa Denning

False Killer whales are being seen regularly now along the Kona coast. In 2001, they returned to our local waters after a ten-year absence. They travel in groups of 25 to 100 and are often seen moving fast. When these energetic and playful whales are traveling, they lift their heads and most of their bodies out of the water, leaping and breaching as they go. Often riding bow waves of boats … they act like overgrown dolphins!

Their color is a glossy black and the adults are 14 - 20 feet in length, weighing 2000 to 3000 pounds. They have been observed carrying large pieces of tuna fish in their mouth, swimming directly to snorkelers and dropping the fish in the water near them. When they notice the swimmer is not eating the food, they quickly take the piece of fish back and swim off with it. (read: Dolphins into the Future, page 97)

They are known for generously sharing their food. Recently one False Killer whale was observed bringing a large chunk of fish to other whales in his herd and giving it to them to eat as he circled nearby. The families remain together in pods, sharing and caring for each other.

The bump or elbow on the leading edge of the whales' flippers is an identifying characteristic of this species.

The photo of these friendly False Killer whales was taken by Lisa Denning of OceanEyesPhotography.com. The photo below is of Joan, Lisa, Ankie and Teri on a Hawaiian whale trip in 2001.

The Orca (aka Killer Whale)

In Hawaii, our friends the fisherman often contact our boats to report their sightings of whales. On occasion the report is a sighting of 10 - 15 Orca whales, swimming twenty miles off shore. These "Hawaiian" Orcas swim from the Arctic to Antarctic and between Asia and America. I first met them at West Craycroft Island in the northern Pacific region.

2While enjoying time aboard a boat in the islands of British Columbia, Canada, the Orcas would come regularly to communicate with us via our hydrophones. As a guest of Jim Nollman, founder of Interspecies Communication, I observed and photographed the Orcas responding to our songs and laughter while we dialogued with them through the microphone. On one occasion - perhaps protesting our choice of music (?), they trumpeted so loudly and so high, they blew-out the speakers on our hydrophone. They seemed to like Reggae the best, gathering closer to the boat whenever we played it. Their sounds are powerful, often spiraling to very high notes, beyond our ability to hear or record.

The Orca is the largest member of the dolphin family. The word whale is mostly used to indicate size rather than zoological classification. These beautiful black and white whales typically travel in family groups, which may number from a few to 50. From time to time, many of the pods have a reunion, gathering in very large numbers. Despite their name we have nothing to fear from these gentle toothed whales. The Orcas are very peaceful by nature and the only aggressive behavior documented occurred in captivity where their abnormal environment causes abnormal behavior. They are about 20 - 30 feet in length and records show they live over 100 years.

The Orcas were among the first whales I met, elegant and dramatic-looking with their tall black dorsal fins and beautiful white markings. I hold them lovingly in my heart.

Blainville's Beaked Whale

I photographed this Beaked whale as she approached our boat one day when we were 3 miles from shore. She was alone and with our engine shut down, she chose to stay alongside our boat for a half hour before we departed. When we entered the water to snorkel, she approached us and remained with us. If I could put a human feeling onto this whale, I would say she seemed lonely and seeking out our company. I have extensive video footage of this uncommon cetacean.
These Beaked whales tend to travel in small numbers from 1-4. They are an endangered species and their numbers are quickly receding. They seem to be very susceptible to harm from ocean sounds and pollution. They are silver-gray to light brown and have oval shaped scars and multiple scratches all over. The dorsal fin is small and is toward the back of the body. The males of this specie have two, large protruding teeth - one on each side - that stick up above the head like horns and are often encrusted with barnacles. Females (as shown here) and calves have a very distinctive smile

©Jean-Luc Bozzoli

I first met the Sperm Whales (also called Cachalot Whales) in the Sea of Cortez, Mexico, where they share the water with many species of dolphins and whales, including, Fin whales, Gray whales and Blue whales. Here in Hawaii, the Sperm whales are usually seen in small groups 15 miles or more from the Big Island shores. In general, these whales prefer to live in deep waters. Diving deeply, they often remain underwater for more than an hour. Recent research using hydrophones to detect the whales' echolocation clicking indicates these whales can dive 10,000 feet or more. At these depths, their lungs collapse, their heartbeat slows down and they rely on the oxygen stored in their muscles and blood to supply their heart and brain. On the surface, they breathe repeatedly for ten to fifteen minutes, before diving again. Their blowhole on the extreme left side of the top of their head can identify Sperm whales. They have a box-shaped head, small flippers and rippled skin. They have the largest brains on our planet. These brains are used for navigation and communication. In addition they have many other capabilities that function beyond anything we can as yet comprehend.

On August 12, 2001 a baby Sperm whale in distress was found close to our Kona shores. On that day and the day after, there were many sightings of whales, as the family pods seemed to come close to shore to accompany the baby. Although local fishermen and other concerned people came to the rescue, the whale did not survive. It is very unusual for young ones to be found apart from their mothers.

The females are pregnant for 17 months, and nurse the babies for a year or more. The reproductive cycle is about four years. Often the mothers and babies swim in a group as a nursery pod, while the young males make up another pod. Older males may swim alone. Females who are ready to mate may have a male accompanying their pod. These whales can be very playful, breaching and chasing each other, although most of their time is spent many fathoms deep.

The mighty Sperm whales (aka Cachalot) with the largest brains on the planet, live in Hawaiian waters year round. In April we met a very special young, female, Sperm Whale.

As we were swimming in the deep blue waters, where the bottom of the ocean is miles away, this young Sperm whale came to visit. With her huge dark head and jaws, small eyes, about 35 feet long, she seemed to be alone (although who really knows what is below in the blue black waters).

She approached us as we were swimming alongside our boat. We were a group of women who had been communicating with dolphins and whales that morning and decided to cool off in the bluest blue water you will ever see, the deep Hawaiian waters about 10 miles off shore. You can imagine how surprised we were when she surfaced and spouted alongside us. We were startled and then amazed to see her so close.

The presence of a Sperm whale surrounds you with a feeling of great peace. And so we became suddenly silent and respectful. After a number of loud and powerful blows, she slowly arched her massive body and dove down. With our thoughts, we said Thank you and Goodbye as we watched her disappear.

Disappear, except for a spot of white skin that was on the edge of her lower jaw. Looking through our masks, we silently observed that last speck of white, fading into the deep blue as she slowly spiraled down. And then to our surprise, she rolled over and slowly, slowly, began her ascent to the surface choosing to come up next to us again. We held our breath, watching. Could this be true? She is coming up next to us again. No one moved.

She did this repeatedly, surfacing and then slowly diving and quickly returning. We felt she was playing with us and enjoying our company. Perhaps she could sonar us best from down below, getting to know us, trust us. Maybe she thought we might follow her into the deep. We enjoyed this unique encounter and this inter-species friendship.

Anyone who has ever met a Sperm whale in the wild knows, they can swim extremely fast and dive thousands of feet whenever they choose. She stayed in the ocean with us for over an hour.

The experience in the water when she is nearby, is of complete concentration on her. The waves, the murky water, whitecaps, bumping into each other, did not interrupt our pleasure in viewing this unusual whale. We were fully present and in contact. The brain of the Sperm whale cogitates and transmits volumes, sending acoustic images, feelings and thoughts. The intelligence is so vast, beyond our comprehension. The ocean seems to be a conduit upon which her messages float; a huge amphitheater with surround sound and waves of holographic images all around us. It created a field of total love. Inside her mind, we were immersed in another world, very ancient and wise. Unable to speak, we floated within this vast consciousness in gratitude, absorbing her wisdom and connecting with a higher Mind, beyond separation.

Experiences like this change you. We were changed by this contact, uplifted, in a permanent way that led to practical changes in our lives. Rather than working so hard to change the old world, we knew we would create a new world. A world of love and cooperation. This was the message of the Sperm whale.

This is part of the Beauty and Mystery of living and swimming within the waters of the blue Pacific. I hope you will join us here.

With Love,
Joan Ocean, M.S.

Fin Whales

This may be the most beautiful whale of all! She is sleek and streamlined with few scars and protuberances. The Fin whale is the second largest whale on Earth, reaching lengths of over 80 feet… her cousin, the Blue whale being the largest. The newborn Fin whales are approximately 20 feet in length, born after a gestation period of eleven to twelve months. Sometimes called "Finbacks" the Fin whales migrate in groups, with individual whales a mile or more apart, yet still part of the same group. Their language is acoustic and they easily communicate over a range of 20 to 30 miles. Although they are seen within 200 miles of Hawaii, I photographed this one in the Sea of Cortez.

Our friendly Whaleshark

All Images: ©Lisa Denning (all rights reserved) ldolfyn@mac.com

To the traditional Hawaiian people, the Shark can be their Aumakua,
a family or personal god, a deified ancestor, assuming the shape of a shark.
There is a sacred Shark Heiau on the Big Island. My friend, Kahuna Lanakila Brandt told me that as a child
he and his grandmother would feed the sharks by hand.

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