Love of Water to Uplift a Sense of Feeling Good
Enter the Mystery of Life with Curiosity and Care, My Love Affair with Water Continues...
A new practice I’ve developed this summer is blessing the waters I enjoy. Whenever I’m at a river, creek, lake, or ocean I take a moment to say Thank You, You’re Beautiful, I love You. A prayer, a ritual, an offer of gratitude and respect. Recent travels took me to a lot of pristine and vitally important waterways. This ritual gained momentum finding its way into a new normal for me on that trip.
This idea was inspired from reading about a study a Japanese Doctor put forth years ago in the 90’s. Dr. Masaru Emoto. The experiment was centered around putting words of love and care and prayer, there was even music played, into glasses of water, freezing them and taking photos to study the molecules. The results were stunning geometries from more positive words, like love and beauty. They looked like snowflakes. There was a dramatic difference against the ones holding negative words, which looked scattered and random. The experiment was later debunked by other scientists who call it pseudoscience and not real. Yet parallel studies have been made using plants with similar results. You can experiment with yourself and say such words like I Love You or I Hate You, and I suspect you’ll feel a difference. A feeling of mmmm yes versus ick, no.
So, what does it matter if science is backing this one or not? Sometimes, or maybe most of the time, we must follow what feels good. Often science catches up later to what we can sense with our bodies. It feels good to express my love and appreciation for water. To turn it to myself as well.
It is said there’s no new water made on this earth; it is all recycled. It’s been expressed that even though the Ganges River is polluted it is not as toxic as it should be given the conditions. Some believe, and I think they are onto something, that it is all the prayer put into the river. Prayer and positivity create a juicy elevated vibe so I will follow that feeling and keep up this practise. Sometimes I say it quietly and other moments I shout it out over the raging rapids, or the lake washed with waves. With the idea that I’m somehow affecting the water of the world being a fun companion. Whether or not I really am doesn’t matter because what I am definitely affecting is my state of being. It shifts me by uplifting me.
Many companies have popped up selling structured water devices and cite this Doctors work. I watched an interview with a WA University professor, Dr. Gerald H. Pollack, who speaks about our muscles and our need for structured water. Also called EZ water, also called Intracellular Hydration, and also called Fourth Phase Water. From his investigation into our muscular make up and the role water in our bodies plays he learned inside of us the liquid becomes structured into hexagonal patterns. He said we could convert this in our bodies by drinking fresh water, having pressed juices, eating fresh whole foods, ingesting superfoods plus fibres and electrolytes, being in the sunshine, grounding, and staying positive. I’ve inserted a short video talking about his work from the Discovery Channel below.
What we can gather from these explorations and discussions, and our own sovereign experiments, is that we don’t know everything and that’s a profound thing - to live with an open stance and to embrace the mystery. Surprises awaiting our discovery.
“Not everything is as it appears to be. Leaving some space and open mindedness for a shift in perspective in how you view the world is one of the most important things in my life.” ~Travis Rice
(Same here.)
Gerry is one cool guy and I am leaning in to listen about his lab's work. He proposes in our search for truth on this earth there’s a deep beauty to not holding a firm position and potentially missing out on a prospect or idea that could reshape and shock humanity into a better existence. An existence we are yearning for each day. We have been stripped in ways from living with a deeper meaning weaving our lives together with nature and spirit. Not all of us, yet many.
We can sense the possibility that there is more than meets the eye and foster a connection to an organic evolution of culture that includes everyone thriving. I can feel the power of these practises. That is enough, yet it is more. Pouring the love in and drinking it or swimming in it or just being with it is path to feeling uplifted. And in that space we can play in the cosmic dance of a new reality that everything including us is more than what we’ve limited it to be. It’s inspiring and cultivates curiosity that breaks through the busy-ness of modern life. I for one am freeing myself to be silly enough to be bold and do things a different way. To engage with life in a way that is often wild and whimsical yet rooted in an honest desire to know more than what I’ve been shown as truth and to experience with all of who I am.
Recipe? How about a big glass of H2O - tell it everything you wish to be told and drink up knowing you are one and the same and you are drinking up a new way of relating to self and the world and that is beyond a beautiful thing. Plus taking an opportunity to spread love to
With Love & Care,
Nichola
PS I decided to shake up the happy hour with a twist series and explore a recipe for living a life infused with mystery and magic. Hope you enjoyed it!
Resources on EZ water from a cutting edge scientist:
For more info: Pollack Laboratory | EZ Water | University of Washington
Video with Travis Rice on the Discovery Channel
