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May/June 2004 Featured Stories
The Hidden Messages in Water

by Masaru Emoto

The average human body is 70 percent water. We start out life being 99 percent water, as fetuses. When we are born, we are 90 percent water, and by the time we reach adulthood we are down to 70 percent. If we die of old age, we will probably be about 50 percent water. In other words, throughout our lives we exist mostly as water.

From a physical perspective, humans are water. So how can people live happy and healthy lives? The answer is to purify the water that makes up 70 percent of your body.

Water in a river remains pure because it is moving. Then water becomes trapped, it dies. Therefore, water must constantly be circulated. The water – or blood – in the bodies of the sick is usually stagnant. When blood stops flowing, the body starts to decay, and if the blood in your brains stops, it can be life threatening.

But why does blood become stagnant? We can see this condition as the stagnation of the emotions. Modern researches have shown that the condition of the mind has a direct impact on the condition of the body. When you are living a full and enjoyable life, you feel better physically, and when your life is filled with struggles and sorrow, your body knows it.

So when your emotions flow throughout your body, you feel a sense of joy and you move towards physical health.

Moving, changing, flowing – this is what life is all about.

So just what is water? Your first answer might be that it is a life force. More now than in the past, the medical community has begun to see water as a transporter of energy and it is even being used in the treatment of illness. Homeopathy is one such field where the value of water is recognized. Homeopathy proposes that water has the ability to copy and memorize information.

Among all medicines, there are none with the healing powers of love. Since I came to this realization, I have continued to tell people that immunity is love. What could be more effective at overcoming negative powers and returning vitality to the body?

However, I have recently felt the need to change my terminology. I now know that it is not love alone that forms immunity, but love and gratitude. I became convinced of this from the following experiment.

I heated water in a microwave oven and then attempted to see the impact of the magnetic field on crystals. I used two types of water: distilled water, and water from the tap shown the words love and gratitude. The crystals formed from the distilled water were deformed and incomplete, but the water shown the words love and gratitude formed complete crystals. In other words, love and gratitude were able to make the water immune to the damaging effects of the magnetic field.

I have mentioned that water shown the words love and gratitude forms the most beautiful crystals. Of course the word love alone has the ability to create wonderful crystals, but love and gratitude combine to give the crystals a unique depth and refinement, a diamond-like brilliance.

Since becoming entranced by the wondrous powers of water, I have been blessed with the opportunity to see and conduct experiments on many types of water from around the world. Each sample of water has its own unique and beautiful characteristics.

I have also seen with my own eyes how the water of the world is becoming polluted. The World Trade Organization has stated that the twentieth century started with wars for oil, but that in the twenty-first century we will see wars for water.

Pollution originated within our own consciousness. We started to think that we wanted a bountiful and convenient lifestyle at any cost, and this selfishness led to the pollution of the environment that now affects every corner of the globe.

We have seen through the crystal photographs that water is the mirror of our souls. What do our souls look like – and how should they look? These are questions that can also be answered by water. In what direction are we headed? What is our role in protecting this planet? Such questions can only be considered when we recognize the greatness of the human being. Perhaps it is time that we stop seeing the human being as the evil agent. I think we underestimate the innate abilities that we each have. We have enormous power.

Our emotions and feelings have an effect on the world moment by moment. If you send out words and images of creativity, then you will be contributing to the creation of a beautiful world. However, emitting messages of destruction you contribute to the destruction of the universe.

If you become aware of this, you will no longer be able to speak words of anger to those around you, or blame others for your own mistakes and weaknesses. You have the capacity to change the world within a moment. All you must do is make a simple choice. Are you going to choose a world of love and gratitude, or a tortured world filled with discontent and impoverishment? The answer will depend on your attitude at this very moment.

Permission to excerpt from Beyond Words Publishing, 503-531-8700
The Hidden messages in Water, Masaru, Emoto, MD, ISBN:(1-58270-114-8, $16.95, soft cover 192 pages (64 color)