An Important Dream

On March 8th, I had an intense and memorable dream. It was so ‘real’ and disquieting, that on the following day I sent a brief summary of the dream to a friend who does dream interpretation.

Earthquake In Japan

Two nights later, my friend called to inform me of the earthquake in Japan. For the next hour he described the carnage he witnessed while watching the live-TV coverage of the tsunami.

He told me that he had not been able to interpret my dream, as it did not seem ‘allegorical’ to him. Instead he felt that the dream had a prophetic quality. As he watched the coverage of the earthquake and the tsunami, he was convinced that my dream was indeed predictive of the catastrophic event.

Nuclear Implications

Over the ensuing days, events have unfolded in Japan that unfortunately appear to highlight some of the thematic elements of my dream. I have felt a deepening sense of dread as the Fukushima nuclear crisis continues to spiral out of control.

At risk of sharing something as deeply personal as a dream, I think there is value in sharing this experience, as perhaps an example of how dreams can sometimes portend aspects of the future.

This is the summary of the dream that I sent to my friend on March 9th. I have italicized some of the key aspects relating to real events.

Dream:

I’m in Hawaii with some people… who are wanting to swim with dolphins. We are on shore looking out over a cove and there aren’t any dolphins in sight. There haven’t been dolphins close to shore for a few days, but some of the folks want to go swimming anyway, and they get in– hoping that dolphins will join them once they’re in the water.

I don’t really know the people– don’t feel particularly connected to them.

I do feel connected with dolphin spirit, and I sense that they aren’t going to be swimming into this particular cove… not today.  However, there is a cove/bay to the left of us and I’m being drawn to swim over to it. I ‘know’ that the bay to the left is Kealakekua Bay, however my entry point is unfamiliar– it doesn’t look like a beach from that part of the island.

It’s a long swim, and out of the comfort zone for the other people, so I don’t say anything to them (don’t want to encourage them to follow me), but I slip into the water and quietly swim to the other bay, completely out of sight of the original cove.

Once in the bay, I immediately feel the presence of cetacean spirit, but not of dolphins. Soon 2 creatures come into view… one is a small gray whale, and the other is more of a terrestrial animal… like a small furry moose creature, who can somehow exist under the water. All of us can breathe easily underwater.

The whale is cautious and shy… and seems a little uneasy– as if she is worried about something, but the furry animal swims up and nuzzles me along my side. The whale is observing this, and is feeling more relaxed and comfortable with my presence. She swims a little closer, and I begin to swim in a slow, calm manner in parallel to her… to build trust between us. She swims closer and closer, and we establish a sense of mutual love and trust.

Suddenly both animals turn their attention towards the mouth of the cove– alarmed and instantly at full attention. They begin to swim rapidly towards the deeper water, and I join them.

Together we surface for a moment, just in time to witness a massive, terrible, earth-shattering blast…  a fiery explosion that seems to have occurred on one of the neighboring islands. It happens in an instant… we see a blast of brilliant light in the distance– but it’s so big that it seems closer. A split second later we are bombarded with a wave of intense energy— I could ‘see’ the energy wave as it hurled towards us and felt knocked back (like being hit by a truck) as the wave of energy blasts thru & past us.

*I am acutely aware of the physicality of the explosion blast (and am surprised this didn’t wake me up).

There is a massive cloud of light & steam far out over the ocean– it is not a mushroom cloud… but it extends for miles into the sky.

The first thoughts that occur to me are that Oahu has been the target of a nuclear strike– and the strike has obliterated the entire island. I wonder if we have been washed over by a wave of radiation.A moment later my mind is considering that perhaps it was instead a meteor strike or a natural disaster– because of it’s immensity.

The whole thing is almost too much to process… and my immediate thoughts go to the humpback whales who might have been in the surrounding waters… my heart aches for the loss of cetacean life (but I can’t remember if we are still in ‘whale season’…. and I desperately hope that the population of whales has survived). My second thought is that I ‘should be’ more concerned with the loss of human life… but in reality I’m sadder about the cetaceans.

We are all in various states of shock.

The gray whale and the furry creature swim out to sea– and I now know why the dolphins have been staying away from shore & out in the deep waters.

I rapidly swim back to the other cove and get out of the water. There is mayhem among the people… but I ignore the panic, and focus on finding my brother Scott and getting us as far from the water’s edge as possible due to the strong likelihood of a tsunami. It’s not that I don’t want to help the other people– it’s more that they are behaving so chaotically and are so panicked that to get them to listen to reason and to respond would basically take too long and would get us all killed. I know in my gut that there is not time to ‘help everyone’, but that my brother will listen and respond immediately.

He and I race away from the shoreline, up and towards higher ground to get away from the rush of water that is sure to come, and I have a very ‘real’ sense that we will be OK.

**Note to my friend:  This dream was extremely vivid and physically powerful. It actually felt prophetic, in an overwhelming way… and I’m not quite sure what to do about it. I have never had such a vivid & ‘physical’ feeling dream before.

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Thoughts and More Detail:

What I have learned since the dream:

*Obviously, on March 11, Japan sustained a massive earthquake which caused a catastrophic tsunami, which washed away a significant portion of the northwestern coast of the island.

*I was curious about the gray whale, and wondered why that species would be in Hawaii, since the majority of the world’s population of gray whales are located along their migratory grounds on the California coast (from Alaska to Baja). I have since learned that there are a very small number (approx 160 individuals) of gray whales who inhabit the waters in and around Japan. The migration routes and wintering grounds of these gray whales are poorly known, the only recent information being from occasional records on both the eastern and western coasts of Japan. The great majority of recent Japanese records are on the Pacific side, where the earthquake occurred.

*There is a furry creature that spends a great deal of time in the water (in hot springs), called a Nagano Snow Monkey, who lives exclusively in the mountains of Japan, approximately 110 miles northeast of Tokyo, and within 150 miles of Fukishima. They look more like the animal I saw in my dream than a ‘furry moose’.

*The Big Island of Hawaii sustained a sizable amount of damage due to the tsunami. The hardest hit place was Kealakekua Bay, where a large wave ricocheted around the perimeter of the bay. Many of the structures at sea level were severely damaged, and several houses were ripped off of their foundations; there is a two story house now floating in the bay. Cars were tossed like toys into trees and strewn along the beach, while roads and retaining walls were completed destroyed.

*As result of the earthquake, the nuclear power plant at Fukushima has sustained numerous explosions which have released high levels of radiation. Workers are working around the clock to prevent nuclear meltdown which could cause widespread radioactive poisoning of the surrounding air, ground, and water supply.

So… What?

Due to the significant number of similarities and unique coincidences within the dream that pertain to the large scale event that occurred in Japan and effected Kealakekua Bay, I believe that my dream was prophetic. It made such an impactful impression on me that I paid special attention to it. I don’t ordinarily record my dreams, but in this instance I felt compelled to do so… and to send it to a friend.

What does this mean… going forward?  I’m not really sure. I do know that should I ever have another dream of this nature, I will pay even closer attention, and will let my friends and family know. There obviously wasn’t anything I could have done to prevent the disaster, and there wasn’t enough information to predict exactly what would happen– or where. But the dream was powerful enough to nudge me to wake up and pay attention.

In the future, should another dream like this occur, I will at least be able to brace myself mentally, energetically, and emotionally. And who knows?… maybe I’ll receive enough information to actually be of help to others.

What I did learn from this experience is that we are all undeniably, intricately connected.

I am sending waves of love, light, and healing to those who are suffering in the wake of this tumultuous event.