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The Power of Water


What would you say if I told you that one of the most powerful tools for our healing is also one of the most common substances on earth? What if I told you that to find large quantities of this miracle substance you need look no further than your own body? “You’re mad, Horse!” you might say. Be that as it may *ahem* — work with me here, I’m going somewhere with this.

The substance is! (drumroll) …Plain ol’ water.

A Japanese scientist named Masaru Emoto has done some amazing work investigating the properties of water. His experiments involved slowly freezing samples that had been subjected to various influences, and photographing the resulting crystals. The first results indicated that clean, pure water would form beautiful symmetrical crystals — whereas samples from polluted areas would not form crystals at all.

The really amazing results came out when Emoto subjected his water samples to different kinds of emotional stimuli. On some, he would focus positive emotions like love and gratitude. On others, hate and derision. He found that, again, the water that received positive attention formed into intricate geometric shapes, whereas the negative samples would freeze into a shapeless mass. This same effect was reproduced even when words and phrases were typed onto slips of paper, attached to the water samples and left overnight. Influences like meditation and different types of music have been tried as well, with similar results.

A summary of Emoto’s work was featured in the film “What the Bleep Do We Know?!” and its implications were explored. The idea was that if this is the effect emotions have on water, and over 2/3 of our planet is water, and over 2/3 of our bodies are made up of water — what can this tell us? The implication seems to be that water is an impressionable substance that can “record” focused emotion and intent in a way that clearly demonstrates the effects of consciousness on physical matter.

Shortly after seeing “What the Bleep…” one day I woke up and found myself sicker than I had been in years. I had been up since about 3am with severe flu-like symptoms. As of about 10am I was still unable to hold down even a few sips of water for more than fifteen minutes. Thinking back on the film and Emoto’s work, for lack of anything better to do I got myself a large glass of water and meditated with it for about fifteen minutes. With the glass in my lap I raised a bunch of energy between my hands, and intended the concept of “perfect health” into the energy. When I felt like I had a good enough flow going, I directed the energy and intention into the water. The result? I was able to finish the whole large glass, and it stayed down. By noon, I was feeling almost back to normal. By that evening I was completely well. Score one for Emoto! ;)

I can’t help but wonder how far this can be taken. I’ve done a bit more experimentation with it, but have a lot of ideas I’ve yet to test. I’m particularly interested in further exploration of the fact that we are all connected, not only by energy as is often pointed out, but physically by the water cycle. Think about it — water passes through every living thing on earth, in and out of the earth, into the atmosphere and back down again. With that in mind we can come up with even more implications and ways this knowledge can be used to improve things at the individual and world levels. Experiments have already been conducted involving group meditations around a lake, which was then noted for having a marked decrease in pollution compared to the norm. (Source) I am also aware of group meditation experiments that have been correlated with a noticeable decrease in the crime rate of the area in which it was conducted. (Source) I’m not aware of whether these two ideas, meditating around a body of water and then noting any change in crime rate, but if such an experiment has not already been conducted, it should be.

What other experiments could be done with water, toward improving our quality of life and coming to a more full awareness of our interconnectedness?

Further reading:

Books — Amazon link to Emoto’s books which document the research.

Masaru Emoto’s official website

Hado.net — Emoto’s company website

–Palehorse

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Keeping Cool in Conflict


While having a discussion earlier about the merits and effectiveness of sending good thoughts and energy to difficult people, I remembered the words of someone from a long time ago who was one of my teachers in more ways than one. This was a communications instructor I had, and she was intent that if we took nothing else from her class, we learned one thing:

“Roughly 90% of what happens to you is not about you.”

My interpretation of this is that when I encounter difficult people in my daily life, 9 times out of 10 they’re reacting to their own internal issue, projected onto me, and thus it’s not worth getting offended. Alternately, if someone does something inconsiderate or thoughtless that I might well find offensive, the “offense” is in reality caused by my perception, and the other person probably didn’t intend any harm at all. This may well be one of the single most useful things I picked up in school; since incorporating it into my philosophy it has dramatically cut down on stress and conflict in my life. Nowadays it’s extremely difficult to offend me or get me to react other than how I choose to, which puts me in a very empowered position in my interactions with others.

When in conflict with others, knowing this it becomes possible to use compassion in a way that actually puts you in the “power position,” rather than being a victim or a doormat. Refusing to react in kind means that you’re not being drawn into a negative cycle of action-reaction, and you’re refusing to take any negativity into yourself. The mental state you’re shooting for says “I’m sorry for whatever is causing you to act this way, and I take responsibility for my own part in this situation, but I refuse to let any negativity into my own energy.” You can then resolve the conflict directly as appropriate, at your discretion. Sometimes it’s just a passing incident best shrugged off; other times a direct confrontation may involve a threat to your physical safety no matter how laid back you are about it. If possible though, the most empowering outcome is when you are able to calmly but firmly state the facts to the other person: “this is why I’m offended” and/or “I refuse to be treated this way.”

At the energetic level I’ve found that this approach can often have a powerful effect as far as dissolving the negativity in a situation. In the case of minor annoyances, mentally blessing the other person makes me feel good, rather than letting my irritation put my mood on a downward spiral. I’ve also come away from situations with very angry people, and instead of reacting with anger myself, either sent them positive energy through our connection or just meditated on regarding them with love and compassion… and soon had them approach me in an apologetic or otherwise positive way. As for actually sending energy though, I would recommend limiting this to people you know well, who you know would be receptive to you under normal circumstances. I say this because there are people who will be hostile to it and not want to reconcile, and would view the sending, either consciously or subconsciously, as a form of attack. In that case I would recommend simply regarding them with compassion and understanding, and avoiding them when possible. Free will is a factor here, and should always be respected.

In the next post I’ll explain how principles of the Law of Attraction can be applied toward dimishing conflict with others in your life.

–Palehorse

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