The Hidden Messages in Water
Masaru Emoto
Beyond Words Publishing
Nonfiction, Spirituality
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Description
Years ago, Dr. Emoto began studying the effects of environmental influences on water, as demonstrated in frozen water crystals photographed under a microscope. He discovered remarkable differences in crystals formed from pure and polluted water, and how water reacted to such influences as classical music, heavy metal, and even repeated sentiments such as "Love and Gratitude" and "I Hate You." According to his findings, water seems to record and "remember" influences it has been exposed to, an idea with potentially great ramifications throughout the medical, scientific, and natural worlds. His work was mentioned in the movie What The BLEEP Do We Know!?, and he has lectured around the world. Here, he describes his findings and provides pictures of water crystals formed under various influences.
Review
This certainly is a different book, and considering the implications of quantum physics on the nature of reality and interconnection of all matter and energy, it seems
that Masaru Emoto could be onto something. If nothing else, he presents some beautiful pictures of water crystals. I disagreed with some statements, however, such as the
oft-repeated idea that animals in the wild only kill to eat. This simply isn't true, as has been demonstrated time and again, though a healthy ecosystem can absorb a certain
amount of wastefulness (and other animals are less likely to kill out of sheer malice, as humans are known to do.) He also says that plants and animals respect the space of
other plants and animals, an idea which anyone who has ever dealt with invasive pest species and noxious weeds knows is flat-out wrong. Of course, given the principles
outlined in this book and apparently demonstrated in several experiments, it may be that today's wildlife is picking up on humanity's ever-increasing obsession with greed and
self-gratification, though I don't know if such a concept could ever be tested or proven; even Darwin posited competition as a primary driving force of adaptation and
evolution, not to mention extinction.
All in all, it's an intriguing concept, if maybe a bit shaky on hard proof. Considering how vital water is to life on Earth, perhaps it is time we started paying more
attention to what we're doing to it and what it, in turn, is doing to us.