wisewords
A Conversation
with Masaru Emoto
International Speaker and Author
by linda Sechrist
“After my colleagues and
the intention of
I saw how water reacted
instilling peace
to various originating
with respect to water, water can and
will bring peace to our bodies and to
environmental conditions,
the world.
pollution and music, we
decided to explore how our
Can you explain how you made
ed how education has not conveyed
thoughts and words could
water’s importance to all children
these discoveries?
globally. As a result, I decided to carry I had been visually documenting
affect the formation of
the message through my 32-page molecular changes in water by freez-
untreated and distilled
children’s picture book, which is be- ing droplets and then examining them
ing distributed at no cost through my under a microscope with photographic
water crystals.”
website throughout the decade. capabilities. I discovered that when
To date, The Message from Water: droplets from pristine mountain springs
M
asaru Emoto’s innovative re-
Children’s Version has been translated and streams were frozen and photo-
search captures frozen water
into 16 languages. I am working to get graphed, beautifully formed geometric
crystals from water sources
the book published in more languages designs appeared in their crystalline
around the world in photographs that
and distributed through schools. patterns. The opposite occurred when
present an intriguing glimpse into what
However, to effect wider distribution, I droplets of polluted and toxic water
he believes is the mysterious response
believe that more leaders in education from industrial and populated areas or
of water to thoughts, words, music and
must themselves first take an interest stagnated water from water pipes and
pictures. His 2004 book, The Hidden
in the “messages” from water—the storage dams were frozen and exam-
Messages in Water, was a New York
graphic demonstrations of how the ined. These revealed distorted and
Times bestseller. He conducts seminars
molecular changes in the structure of randomly formed crystalline structures.
throughout the world about the impor-
water are affected by energy vibra- After my colleagues and I saw how
tance, understanding and appreciation
tions, thoughts, words, ideas, music water reacted to various originating en-
of water.
and the water’s surrounding environ- vironmental conditions, pollution and
ment. music, we decided to explore how our
Tell us about your
I hope that this book will play a thoughts and words could affect the for-
Emoto Peace Project.
leading role in bringing peace to the mation of untreated and distilled water
world. I may be one man, who alone crystals. We chose several individual
The idea for the Emoto Peace Project
cannot change the whole world, but I words, typed each onto a piece of
came to me in May 2005, while I was
can deliver a message to help change paper and then taped the papers onto
at the United Nations. One of the top-
it. I believe that The Message from glass bottles, which sat overnight. The
ics discussed during the UN’s initia-
Water has the power to effect change next day, we froze and photographed
tive, “International Decade for Action:
by informing individuals that through sample water droplets. We saw incred-
Water for Life, 2005-2015,” highlight-
thinking, speaking and acting with ible reflections of these influences on
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