"The Message from Water"

Ever hear of Masaru Emoto? Neither had I (unfortunately) until an interesting mid-meeting conversation with some of my coworkers yesterday.

Masaru Emoto is a Japanese researcher that has done some fascinating work with the formation of water crystals and in his book, “The Message from Water,” makes the claim that human vibrational energy, thoughts, words, ideas and music affect the molecular structure of water.

His research began when, by freezing and photographing water crystals, he discovered that water from different sources has different crystalline structures.

On the left is an image of a water crystal from Biwako Lake, a large polluted lake at the center of Japan. On the right is a crystal from Sanbu-Ichi Yusui Spring Water.

Playing off the popularity of music therapy, Emoto then decided to look into the affect music had on the formation of water crystals.

On the left you are looking at a water crystal that was "listening" to Beethoven's Pastoral. On the right, a Tibetan Sutra.

This is when Emoto took the truly revolutionary step. By placing certain words on glass bottles overnight he hoped to show a link between thoughts and crystal formation. The results were astonishing.

Above are two crystals formed in bottles with positive words on them. On the left was "love and appreciation and on the right was "thank you."

The two crystals above were formed in the negative bottles. On the left was written "You make me sick, I will kill you" and on the right "Adolf Hitler."

So what does it all mean? Is it really possible that an inanimate object such as water can “react” to human energy? What causes the reaction: the words themselves or the thoughts and intentions of the person placing the words on the bottle?

Emoto himself admits this is a difficult question to answer. I like to believe it is the positive or negative human energy that causes the differing crystal formations. After all, I’m guessing water, reactionary or not, can’t read.

To provide further evidence that human intention affects water crystals, Emoto performed experiments with prayer. Check this out:

Stop and think about the implications. Our thoughts, our intentions, our prayers, all have an immediate impact on our surroundings. It’s out there, but Emoto has demonstrated that we have the control to make our world ugly or beautiful with only our positive or negative energy.

So believe in the power of prayer and the resounding effects of good deeds. Wish your coworkers a good morning. Buy your girlfriend or wife or mother flowers for no reason. Take your dad fishing. Pray a prayer of blessing for a complete stranger just because you can. And watch your world beautify (if nothing else, at least the water will look better).

Be positive and be well.

Thanks for reading.

P.S. Of course I realize the irony of Zizzle-Zot telling other people to be positive (particularly when placed back to back with yesterday's post, among others). It's definitely a case of the pot calling the kettle black. Whether or not I can follow my own advice in real life remains to be seen.

But rest assured that for the purposes of Zizzle-Zot, etc. I will remain a cynical ass.