The Secret Life of Water
Masaru Emoto
When I was a child, I had a recurring nightmare. The ground shook beneath my feet, and a volcano spewed out red-hot lava. The ocean turned into a huge wave that enveloped everything, knocking over houses and buildings like blocks, and all the people ran about screaming as the earth moaned.
There was a time when it seemed like I had this dream every night. I'm no longer bothered by the dream. In fact, it stopped when I published my first book of water crystals. But I suspect I have seen the dream thousands of times over the years. Sometimes it scared me so much that I jumped out of bed wide awake and ready to run for my life. To this day, I still don't know the meaning of the dream or why I saw it over and over. I know it was just a dream, but that scene of hell still lurks in my memory as if it were real.
There have always been people who believe the end of the human race, the destruction of the world and global catastrophe are imminent. I don't believe such a bleak future is waiting for us, and I've always tried to take a stand against such negative predictions. The reason for my optimism is that I feel that the words engraved in our hearts might just have an effect on the direction in which the world is moving.
But I must admit that it sometimes does seem that the world is taking the steps which will lead straight to the destruction of the human race. No matter how positive you try to be, it's hard to ignore the fact that we are faced by an avalanche of problems of our own creation. That's why I sometimes wonder if the recurring dream I saw as a child wasn't more than just a child's dream. What could we possibly do to change this course even slightly?
Words from the heart
I have had many experiences with praying over water with the locals in places such as Lake Biwa (the largest lake in Japan); in Lucerne, Switzerland; on the shores of Lake Zurich; in the Bahamas; and in other parts of the world. In every case, there was a striking difference in the crystals made from water collected before the prayer and after the prayer, and the subsequent crystals were always beautiful and glorious.
Words spoken from a heart filled with prayer takes on the form of hado [life energy or vibration], and this leads to a new world being eternally created. The power of prayer has the ability to reach far distances of space and time. Through the photographs of water crystals, I have strived to help people from around the world understand the power and wonder of prayer, and I have encouraged people everywhere to pray for peace in the world. I decided that I would ask people to join together on a particular day to send hado of love and peace to the Sea of Galilee, which flows into the Jordan River. The people who drink its water would receive this hado, and their bodies would be filled with beautiful energy. Can you just imagine the possibilities for peace?
Before I set the date, I discovered something quite surprising. Another name for the Sea of Galilee is Lake Kinneret, and kinneret, in Hebrew, is the word for harp – the shape of the Sea of Galilee. And it also happens that Lake Biwa is named after the biwa, a traditional harp-like instrument in Japan. Could the similarity be more than a coincidence?
I decided to set the day for the special prayer for July 25, 2003. This day is very important on the thirteen-month calendar used by the Mayans. It is called 'the day out of time', the one extra day on the Mayan calendar.
Even in this modern age, perhaps we have the spirit of this day buried within us. I intend to work toward making this an international day of prayer for expressing love and appreciation for water.
A year prior to the date I set for sending hado to the Sea of Galilee, I established what I call the Project of Love and Thanks to Water. This was a project aimed at unifying the souls of people from around the world and raising consciousness on July 25, 2003.
My first efforts focused on expanding the circle of people willing to participate in the prayer. I asked everyone I knew to do the following: On the 25th of each month, either at 7:25 in the morning or 7:25 in the evening, face a body of water and express your love and appreciation. You could do this anywhere, such as your kitchen or your bedroom. A glass of water would suffice. Gently say to the water, 'I love you' and 'Thank you.' As you do this, imagine the power of love and appreciation flowing through you into all of the water of the world.
All water, even a glass of water, is connected to all the rest of the water in the rest of the world. The hado of love and appreciation that you release will become streams of brilliant gold and silver light in the flowing water and reach out to the entire world, ultimately covering it in light. The result will be a testimony of the healing and harmonizing of our planet.
Water carries within it your thoughts and your prayers. And as you yourself are water, no matter where you are, your prayers will be carried to the rest of the world.
So, pray. Pray for the victims of meaningless wars and landmines, for orphaned children, for the sick and the bedridden. There is much you can do from now on, and even a lot you can do at this moment.
I recall that horrible recurring dream I saw as a small child. It wasn't warning me about my fate to witness the gloom and doom of the human race. It was teaching me what I must do in life. But it wasn't a lesson for me alone. It was for you and for everyone else who reads this: Fill your soul with love and gratitude. Pray for the world. Share the message of love. And let us flow as long as we live.
From The Secret Life of Water, © 2005 by Masaru Emoto, published in the UK in 2006 by