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Study shows water has memory



Water is the driving force of all nature ~ Leonardo Da Vinci




Masaru Emoto was born in Yokohama in July 1943. He is a graduate of the Yokohama Municipal University's department of humanities and sciences with a focus on International Relations. In 1986 he established the IHM Corporation in Tokyo. In October of 1992 he received certification from the Open International University as a Doctor of Alternative Medicine. Subsequently he was introduced to the concept of micro cluster water in the US and Magnetic Resonance Analysis technology. The quest thus began to discover the mystery of water. He undertook extensive research of water around the planet not so much as a scientific researcher but more from the perspective of an original thinker. At length he realized that it was in the frozen crystal form that water showed us its true nature.


He has gained worldwide acclaim through his groundbreaking research and discovery, that water is deeply connected to our individual and collective consciousness.


The observation was done in various ways:

  1. Observe the crystal of frozen water after showing letters to water

  2. Showing pictures to water

  3. Playing music to water

  4. Praying to water.


Natural Water


Mr Emoto took water samples from around the world, slowly froze them, then photographed them with a dark field microscope with photographic capability. As each water crystal is unique, around 90 photos would be taken of the same water source, and the water crystal photo that represented the majority would be chosen.


Generally, clean healthy water creates beautifully formed geometrical crystals, while polluted water is too sick to form any crystals at all.

Water and Music

Mr Emoto exposed water to different types of music. Distilled water would be placed in a bottle between two speakers and specific music would be played for one hour. The water was then frozen and photos taken.



Water and Words


Mr Emoto decided to see how thoughts and words affected the formation of untreated distilled water crystals. This was done by typing words onto paper, then taping the paper onto glass bottles overnight. He used words like 'Thank you', 'Love' 'Appreciation', 'You make me sick, I will kill you.


He found that he negative words 'You make me sick, I will kill you' resembles an image of polluted water.



Thoughts and intent on the water

Buddhist monk (Reverend Kato Hoki, chief priest of Jyuhouin Temple) offered a prayer over very polluted and toxic water from the Fujiwara Dam for one hour.

After the prayer coupled with intention, the water seemed to have an extraordinary ability to restore itself back to its natural, harmonious, geometric symmetry.




What Does This All Mean?

With regard to the molecular structure of water, our intent (thoughts), words, ideas and music have a profound healing or destructive effect on the water. Since the human is 70% water — Ultimately it means that what we think creates our reality, not just emotionally but physically. Since the planet is also 70% water these experiments have profound implications for the environment also — Could this mean that we could ‘think’ a polluted stream clean again? Since asking the question I've learned that these experiments are indeed being done in Japan through Mr Emoto's work. Three hundred people, usually led by someone proficient in focus and meditation (a buddhist monk for example) will gather around a polluted stream and focus healing and wellbeing onto the water for approximately one hour. Mr Emoto has reportedly documented these on film. According to eyewitnesses the water would become visibly clearer approximately 15 minutes after the meditation. If this is indeed the case ... the possiblities are endless.

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