Water Water Everywhere But not a Drop to Drink

Dr. Masaru Emoto is the scientist from Japan who has researched water and its response to different emotions and has documented the molecules through photography. These studies are groundbreaking in that they have changed the way people now can view this resource. Water may actually have a consciousness. His photographs are astounding, showing that water physically responds to emotions. Emoto discovered that water from clear springs and water that has been exposed to loving words shows brilliant, complex, and colorful snowflake patterns. In contrast, polluted water, or water exposed to negative thoughts, forms incomplete, asymmetrical patterns with dull colors. Whether this research is valid or not has been debated and I am sure future study of this relationship will increase. What I like about this study, is that it supports the idea of our interconnectedness to each other and that we could be influencing each other and ultimately our environment through our intentions.

Presently, some may feel angry and hopeless when considering what is happening with the Gulf oil spill. Dr. Emoto suggests that we can be of assistance to the water and its inhabitants through our thoughts. He strongly believes that water responds to our emotions and that love and gratitude will help heal the water. He requests that people send the energy of love and gratitude to the water and all the living creatures
in the Gulf of Mexico and its surroundings with this intention, “To the whales, dolphins, pelicans, fish, shellfish, plankton, coral, algae, and all living creatures…I am sorry. Please forgive me. Thank you. I love you.” He recommends this meditation and notes that fear and anger will not help the situation. Instead, we must envision the water as healthy and not ailing.

Its interesting to ponder that we are made of 65% water, similar to our planet that is mainly 70% water. We are more water that anything. I find this comparison electrifying. We are in essence water creatures, created and sustained by water. We share a profound alliance to this molecular form. Reflecting on this connection, I am aware of the messages that I/we are sending out to ourselves, each other and ultimately our planet. Can the lessons demonstrated from Emoto’s research be applied to our own lives? How we speak to each other and how we feel about ourselves may be influencing our very bodies cells. We could be hindering ourselves not just emotionally but physically through our negative thoughts. I ask myself “How much am I contributing to the darkness in the world?”

It is fascinating to think that maybe the earth’s body is a mirror image of our collective psyche. If we are all connected than perhaps all of our communal beliefs are reflected externally in our planet’s environment. Could we then make inferences in regards to the oil spill about our own lives? We may ask ourselves, what is deep down in humanity that needs to be released? What archaic beliefs need to be transformed? The inevitable liberation from our oil dependency could be paralleling our own transformation and we can also reflect on a personal level to begin our own individual “clean up”. We can ask, What do I need to let go of? What beliefs are not serving me anymore? I like to think that maybe we are collectively shifting outmoded paradigms that will be altered to something better. Our combined energy is creating our future and we are all responsible.