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Ocean friends
January 2014,
Oahu – Honolulu

“Look out there, at 12 o’clock you see two humback whales breaching!”, yelled the captain of the whale watching boat. The crowd moved in the direction the captain had pointed them and almost everybody took out a camera and tried to take photos. I was just enjoying the whales – my eyes were following every breach and the big splashes they made. One big whale was breaching 3 times, one after the other. What a power! I felt awesome and happy. Splashingly happy.

“Aloha, do you enjoy the whales? I do, without camera – it’s so relaxing. My name is Brian. I hope you don’t mind me talking to you.” At first I did not hear the man who was talking to me. I was submerged in the whale world. The majesty of these amazing animals touched me deeply and I felt like fading away from the human reality. It’s like being in their world, listening to their stories of wisdom from ancient times. The Hawaiians would say they are in “Ike Papaha” – in the mystical-holistical-dimension, where everything and everybody is ONE and there is no time.

I stuttered: “Oh, Aloha Brian. Sorry it took some time to answer. I was just gone for a while – the whales have this power – they mesmerize me.” “I saw that and I know about that effect. It happens to me, too – that’s why I watch them without camera. My eyes are the camera!”

I was surprised. Brian used exactly my words and expressed my personal feelings. When friends ask me why I did not take more photos on my whale and dolphin trips I tell them that my eyes take all the photos and that they are my camera. The photos are stored in my brain and they leave their traces in my life forever. I like to tell the stories of my experiences, my feelings and my encounters. These stories then create pictures in the mind of every person, who is listening.

“Wow, that’s nice to hear! I think you understand me very well!” “Yes, that’s why I wanted to talk with you,” Brian answered. “Where are you from and what are you doing in your life?”

I was far away from my home country and with a few words from Brian I felt like being at home. He made me feel like a family member – so close in less than a minute. Maybe it’s the ocean-whale-dolphin-connection. People who share the same fascination feel like family members very fast. I remember this feeling from my time as an active basketball player. Everywhere I played basketball, I made friends very fast and we always had a good time together.

“I am from Switzerland and where are you from?” “I might not look like the typical Hawaiian man, but I was actually born and raised here on Oahu, close to the big city of Honolulu.” “What do you mean by typical Hawaiian? Is there someone like that?” “Good question. My father came to Oahu as a baby – from the Philippines. My mother and my grandmother were born on Maui, but her great-grandparents came from Portugal. If you look at the ancestorial line of Hawaiians who were born on the islands, you will find a lot of different countries. I guess you will have to go way back in history to find the typical Hawaiian. I like them a lot – they have a great history of kingdom and the spirit of Aloha.” Brian winked at me and smiled. He had a nice smile. I liked it. His mouth was surrounded by wrinkles from laughing, which made his face very likeable. “Yes, it’s interesting to read and hear about the Hawaiian history. I feel very attracted to it. That’s why I keep returning to these beautiful islands,” I answered and winked back at him.

I felt a nice connection of hearts between me and Brian – 10 minutes ago he was a complete stranger to me. Sometimes it’s amazing how quickly someone feels familiar. As if Brian could read my thoughts, he started to talk about staying in the heart and how powerful this can be.

“The most beautiful place on earth is in your heart. Go there and you will be able to embrace everybody – a Muslim, a Hindu, a Christian, a Buddhist, a Sikh, even a terrorist or a murderer. Why? In your heart is a light that shines bright. Always. As long as you are on earth with your body. It shines and longs for being seen. If you meet another being in his or her heart or you open the door to your heart – the two lights will shine together. It’s like the flames of candles. One candle gives a nice light, two or more candles shine brighter. They double the light. There is a nice Hawaiian word for this light inside of your heart. La’a Kea – the light of love. If you stay in your heart, you will see everybody as a member of your family – Ohana. If you stay in your heart, you are truly living the Aloha-Spirit of our islands.” That was the end of Brian’s explanation.

I was amazed and inspired by his words and a melody of a song came to me. A song that was created in the warmth of the ocean, caressed by the water and all of its beautiful beings. The dolphins whispered them in my heart.

Stay in your heart, stay in your heart

Let yourself be

Stay in your heart, stay in your heart

That makes you free

Stay in your heart, stay in your heart

And love yourself first

While I was singing the song to Brian, he closed his eyes and he gently moved to the melody. Apparently rhythm is in his blood.

When I stopped singing, we were both silent – for an eternal moment. Nothing could disturb this silence. It was a holy moment.

“Mahalo,” Brian said with eyes full of love and light as he added: “I really like the words and the melody in this song. I think it’s important to be able to love yourself first. It’s like going in your heart first before you can meet someone else in his or her heart. And when you love yourself first, you are truly free, because you are not depending on someone else’s love. You are free to be loved and free to love – yourself and others. I think this is a deep and a true love. The meaning of the Hawaiian word ‘Aloha’ is the same but in other words. Do you know it?” Brian asked me.

“I know that it’s the Hawaiian greeting and that it means love and affection. Are there more meanings?” “Oh yes, it’s actually a spiritual law. Hawai’i is the only state in America, where it is a basic law. It’s amazing. Every letter of the word ‘Aloha’ has a meaning and explains how love can be expressed:

A– stands for Akahai, meaning kindness, to be expressed with tenderness.

L– stands for Lokahi, meaning unity, to be expressed with harmony.

O– stands for Olu’olu, meaning agreeable, to be expressed with pleasantness.

H– stands for Ha’aha’a, meaning humility, to be expressed with modesty.

A– stands for Ahonui, meaning patience, to be expressed with perseverance.

Israel ‘IZ’ Kamakawiwo’ole, the great Hawaiian singer, talked and sang about that, too. The world should be a place where everybody is connected to each other. Like one big family. Ohana. Brothers and sisters everywhere. We all live on the same planet – without planet earth nobody would exist. Maybe we would live on another planet as complete different beings. But we all live here on mother earth and we still fight against each other. Isn’t that sad?”

“Oh yes,” I answered and added some words from one of my favourite ‘Iz’ songs:

E ala E

We, the voices behind the face, of the Hawaiian nation, the Hawaiian race, rise for justice, the day has come for all our people to stand as one.

After that another melody of a Dakota song came to me and I sang it to Brian.

The earth is a woman and she will rise. We will live in her, we will live in her.

“It’s time for the wisdom of the woman or the ‘we-moon’ again. I read about the Hawaiian goddesses and I like their wisdom. I think the whole Hawaiian culture has a lot to teach us.”

“I am absolutely sure about that,” answered Brian.

“Treat every interaction with another person as a sacred moment, because it is. I really enjoy our talk! I am experiencing a sacred moment with you right now. Mahalo!” I said to him.

For a moment Brian’s eyes and mine met and I felt completely one with his eyes. Our souls were in a deep loving connection and I experienced a dimension without time – almost like with the whales. Ike Papaha – would the old Hawaiians say.

I remembered the words which reached me from the ocean - dimension.

We are many ocean beings and we are here for you.

When I saw the symbol on the inside of Brian’s left wrist, I realized that he was one of these beings on land. He belonged to them because he was strongly connected to the wisdom of mother nature, to the ocean and to the different dimensions of reality.

I knew the symbol – it was revealed to me in a vision.

I started to understand why I met Brian again. We had definitely met before – a long time ago in other lifetimes – and we were working on a mission together. Did we meet again, because we have to do some work together again? Was it a fateful coincidence that brought us together on a whale whatching boat out in the Pacific off the Island of Oahu?

How many times did Brian help safe my life here on earth?