I am in need of some water therapy today. Have you heard of the book by Dr. Masaru Emoto, The Hidden Messages in Water? He self-published his first book in Japan, without peer-review, and it generated some discussion for a couple of years. It hit the big time when it showed up in the movie, What the Bleep Do We Know.
In a nutshell, Dr. Emoto believes that water can absorb, hold, and even retransmit human feelings and emotions. He found that crystals formed in frozen water reveal changes when specific, concentrated thoughts are directed toward it. Music, visual images, words written on paper, and photographs also have an impact on the crystal structure.
He found that water from clear springs and water exposed to loving words shows brilliant, complex, and colorful snowflake patterns, while polluted water and water exposed to negative thoughts forms incomplete, asymmetrical patterns with dull colors. Dr. Emoto believes that since people are 70% water, and the Earth is 70% water (hello, I never put that together before!), we can heal our planet and ourselves by consciously expressing love and goodwill.
What do you think? Can our thoughts and intentions affect water? Is it as simple as a thought?
I saw “What the Bleep do We Know” and Dr. Emoto’s segment. I think thoughts and emotions are part of the collective consciousness and surely affect the world around us. Positive energy creates more of the same, without a doubt and the reverse is also true. I’m not sure I can buy the idea that we have the focus to observably affect water on a molecular level, but I don’t wholly reject it. Sending positive energy your way 🙂
I have no idea- but I think the idea is cool. I’m off to send some positive energy to my Brita. Maybe drinking positive water will help me. I could use all the help I can get.
I’ve actually heard of this, Mia, from having written a post on 10 Thousand B.C. — pure glacier water that is now bottled and sold!
For anyone interested, here’s the link:
http://seizeadaisy.blogspot.com/2007/01/10-thousand-bc.html
I think the idea is cool, too… But the skeptic in me just thinks he’s trying to sell people positive thinking enriched water… I don’t know if he’s tried that… but I know other people have since he presented his theories.
I’m not sure? But I love the idea of our thoughts healing the world!
That’s really beautiful…
Wouldn’t that be fabulous?! We could put positive thought filters on our shower heads and douse ourselves in happiness every morning. Ahhhh… Beautiful thoughts, all day long!
Wow. I’ve never heard of this. What an amazing concept. And I’m all for a world with more love and goodwill!