The movie “The Cove” has caused quite a stir in many people’s hearts… Seeing dolphins captured for marine parks and the rest killed by the hundreds is hard stuff to swallow!
It has initiated a firestorm of protests, anger and hatred… to the Japanese fishermen who hunt them, to the marine parks that keep them in captivity, even to the citizens of the town of Taiji…
A whole lotta polarization!!!
Its easy to get angry; the previews of ‘The Cove’ caused so much grief in me, I posted a video in reply, “The Cove – From Hatred to Healing“. It was a way to channel my pain into something constructive…
Its easy to judge and condemn the actions of others that upset us, and the small village of Taiji, Japan, where the fishermen annually catch and kill hundreds of dolphins, has become a focal point, a flashpoint for lots of activists.
But condemning anything has within it the seeds of its own destruction…
There is another, much more powerful way to heal, and that is to take responsibility for the imbalance we perceive. From a quantum perspective, anything we ‘see out there’ in the world is a reflection of our own thinking, of our own judgments and beliefs. I know, this is a crazy supposition when you first entertain it, yet if you do, it will yield great rewards…
This video, filmed yesterday as I played with the dolphins, might give you a feel for how it works…
(If you cannot see the video, click here)
(c) Joe Noonan
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