What Manta Rays and Humpback Whales Can Teach Us -- If We Listen
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Earlier this year, we heard from Dr. Lucinda Sykes of Meditation for Health about a scuba diver cutting a manta ray loose from fishing lines that had somehow ensnared it. This amazing story had reminded me of Dr. Ihaleakala Hew Len's comments about a "Gordian knot" of memories and data that entangles us -- and how Ho'oponopono cleaning can help us free ourselves. Today another colleague, Dr. Cheryl Feng from the California Center for Homeopathic Education , sent me a similar story -- this one about divers rescuing a humpback whale off the Farrallon Islands (near San Francisco) . The 45-to 50-foot whale was on her usual migratory route between the Northern California coast and Baja California when she got entangled in some nylon ropes that link crab pots. A crab fisherman spotted her, and called for help. Soon an entire team of divers from the Marine Mammal Center arrived to survey the situation . . . realizing that their only chance of freeing her was to dive into t