The Hidden Messages in Water

Before reading The Hidden Messages in Water by Masaru Emoto, I pretty much viewed water as...necessary for survival, good with lemon, but not exactly a profound entity. This book completely, utterly, and fascinatingly changed that. I'm not even kidding, I actually started talking to my water bottle after reading it. I stumbled upon this book through a friend who was really into alternative science and spirituality. I was skeptical, to say the least. The premise – that water can react to human consciousness, thoughts, words, and intentions, and that this can be seen in the formation of water crystals when frozen – sounded pretty far out there. But the friend was persistent, and honestly, the title was intriguing enough that I finally caved. And wow. Just... wow. The heart of this book lies in the photographs. Emoto and his team exposed water to different words (like "love" or "hate"), music, prayers, and even just intentions, then froze samples and photographed the resulting crystals. The contrast is absolutely stunning and, for me, deeply moving. Water exposed to positive words or beautiful music formed intricate, symmetrical, and beautiful crystals. Water exposed to negative words or heavy metal music often resulted in distorted, incomplete, or even ugly formations. Seeing is believing, and those photos are incredibly powerful visual evidence of something happening. Beyond the captivating images, the book delves into the implications of these findings. It makes you think about the power of our own words and thoughts, not just on water, but on ourselves (since we're mostly water!) and the world around us. It shifted my perspective from seeing thoughts as just internal chatter to recognizing them as having a tangible, energetic impact. Reading this wasn't just an intellectual exercise; it felt like a gentle nudge towards being more mindful and intentional in my daily life. It encouraged me to think more positively, speak more kindly, and approach things with a greater sense of gratitude, even towards something as simple as the water I drink. Is it scientifically peer-reviewed in the traditional sense? That's a debate for others. But does it offer a unique, thought-provoking perspective that can inspire positive change? Absolutely. The Hidden Messages in Water is a book that sparked my curiosity, touched my heart, and genuinely made me look at the world (and my Brita filter) a little differently. If you're open to exploring fascinating ideas and seeing some truly beautiful and surprising images, give this book a read. You might just start thanking your tap water too!

I learnt about Masaru Emoto’s water research in the film 'What The Bleep Do We Know!?' It was an information that really left me speechless, and I ordered his books at once. I will not enter here the discussion about the credibility of his research. Allegedly, his water photography technique is not meeting the standard of double-blind tests. So, I will base my book reviews strictly on quotes taken from the books, and try to check his research back with my own twenty years of bioenergy research. This is an approach that allows me to avoid judging the controversy, or any of the positions as ‘right’ or ‘wrong’, yet it helps to see that there is a certain probability that the memory of water is likely to reflect a certain bioenergetic functionality inherent in nature. I will try to bring some structure in this book review by relying not on hearsay, but on the author’s own statements. I will put some quotes and comment on them. If Emoto has not got full credentials, let us look what his writings reveal about him. I got the impression that he comes over as a wise man, a man with a very high level of intuitive knowledge, and also somebody who knows to write. His style is easy yet deep. He knows to express truth in a very clear and pristine way. To begin with, he writes: —So how can people live happy and healthy lives? The answer is to purify the water that makes up 70 percent of your body./xvi Frankly I have never considered before in my life the fact that I consist mainly of water, and that because of this simple fact, I have to do something about that water I am consisting of. Have you? To be true, Paracelsus, one of the greatest healers in human history, said something similar. And my next question, logically so, would be: and why water? Emoto replies: —Water serves as a transporter of energy throughout our body. /xvii Having studied virtually all written traditional knowledge about the bioenergy, after so many years, I overlooked the most essential and thus had to learn it from Emoto, that is, that this ch’i that flows through my body flows through my body because of water, because it basically flows through that watery substance in me. Now, Emoto puts it more precisely: —More now than in the past, the medical community has begun to see water as a transporter of energy, and it is even being used in the treatment of illness. Homeopathy is one such field where the value of water is recognized./xvii Homeopathy is indeed concerned with water. But most of us hardly ever knew why a homeopathic formula is diluted so much, and consists almost entirely of water? When we get to know that water is the magic here, and not the substances that are mixed with it in the homeopathic tincture, all becomes clear. Succinctly speaking, there are two major arguments that Emoto advances in order to explain his research, and that his detractors do not seem to catch up with. What is it that makes water to be a receptor and vehicle for thought? It is the fact that water, as all in life, is vibration and that this vibration can be manipulated through intent. But then, how and why does vibration change its frequency? Emoto writes: —What you really know is possible in your heart is possible. We make it possible by our will. What we imagine in our minds becomes our world./xxii The lesson what we can learn from this experiment has to do with the power of words. The vibration of good words has a positive effect on our world, whereas the vibration from negative words has the power to destroy./xxv Now, in fact this is true. The hermetic tradition taught since times immemorial that words are codified vibrations. The scriptures all converge in saying that in the beginning there was the Word, and that the Word was sacred and had creational power. In old Egypt and India, the hierophants used vibrations for healing. It is crucial to have a glimpse into the background of Emoto’s expertise, which is the Japanese Shinto tradition. Shinto is the native religion of Japan and was once its state religion. After World War II, Shinto lost its status as the state religion of Japan; some Shinto practices and teachings, once given a great deal of prominence during the war, are no longer taught or practiced today—yet they are still an essential part of the Japanese culture, be it only on the level of the collective unconscious. The fact that we vibrate, that we are a particular arrangement of frequencies, has been affirmed by not only the hermetic tradition, but also by clairvoyants. Not only do we vibrate, but we vibrate differently. In a sense, we all come with a unique vibrational pattern. I would like to add one interesting detail that was a surprising result of exposing water to positive affirmations, negative affirmations (insults) or else leaving the water completely unattended. The surprising outcome was that the worst water, the one with the worst crystals, was not the water that had received the insults from the school children who helped carry out the experiment, but the water that had received no attention at all from their part. Emoto comments: —To give your positive or negative attention to something is a way of giving energy. The most damaging form of behavior is withholding your attention./65 This is a fact known from research on child abuse. Children who have been abused tend to go back to their abusers despite the fact that abuse is going to continue. And there was always a question mark in forensic research why children do that, and why they do not, or very seldom, betray their abuser in order to get rid of the abusive relationship? It has been found that it’s because the negative attention children receive in the form of abuse is for them still better than the total lack of attention they get in their homes. This fact may eventually lead us to better understand the true needs of children, because attention and love are one and the same thing. Try to show somebody that you love him or her and try to do that without giving them any attention. You will see that it’s impossible. The very thought of the person is already attention, and by thinking of the person you are sending out a vibration, and energy. What we commonly call love is exactly that bioplasmatic energy that pervades the universe, and that has been given so many names over the ages. And when we think in what Fritjof Capra calls the ‘systems view of life’, it is not astonishing after all to note that a natural element such as water can be impregnated with that energy, or its upside-down version, which is hatred.

I decided to read this book after seeing some of Dr. Emoto's water crystal photographs at Jack Canfield's Breakthrough to Success Seminar in August. The library put me on an indefinite hold for his book, but I was able to sign up for a learning annex lecture by Dr. Emoto earlier this month on October 6 in New York. Then, last week the book became available at the library. If you are looking for a thorough scientific explanation of what Dr. Emoto found and his methodology, this is the wrong book for you. If you want to understand his process for understanding how water crystals may be affected by thought, prayer, music and writing, the book is excellent. In fact, the book explains his work much better than the public lecture did. And the book is a lot cheaper than the lecture was. I was glad to have attended the lecture, however. It gave me a sense of Dr. Emoto who seems to be a genuinely humble and open seeker after truth. As he pointed out in the lecture, his work has raised more questions than answers. But he does give us some theories that will intrigue you. Perhaps the most interesting and important one is that humans can uniquely create earthly harmony by their vibrations. If you are not familiar with his work, he developed a way to take photographs of frozen water that resemble snowflake photographs. While snowflakes vary in the same storm due to local conditions, water crystals seem to vary due to other factors. Pollution and other forms of human interaction appear to play a role. Dr. Emoto shows that human interaction can also create disharmony. The photographs are quite eloquent by themselves. If you looked at them merely for artistic purposes, you would enjoy this book. Many of his observations are based on spiritual beliefs such as in reincarnation so you can take those parts as you will. But they are not essential to enjoying the book. I found that I have changed several things in my life since the lecture. I bathe myself in as much beautiful and elegant classical music as possible. I used to do that and am enjoying my return to this practice. I also take time to retune my thoughts to make them more harmonious. I find that my creativity has been aided by this, and my latest book writing work has gone much better as a result. For skeptics, Dr. Emoto claims that others have repeated his results. I don't know about that, but I'm sure you could check it out if you are interested. I appreciated his reference to Rupert Sheldrake's work on morphic resonance. I had thought of the parallels when I listened to the lecture. If you are not familiar with Sheldrake, he believes that thoughts affect the physical form of the world and the minds of others. He points to experiments where people learn faster after more people have learned something . . . even if they have no physical or written contact with one another. With The Hidden Messages in Water, I felt like another piece of the puzzle about what thought is and isn't fell into place. Dr. Emoto has also started a project to share 650 million copies of this work with young people so that they can sooner learn to live in harmony. I think this book will provide many interesting epiphanies for you. Check it out!

Masaru Emoto’s “The Hidden Messages in Water” is a tour de force that blends science and art. Emoto reveals how water crystals can reflect meaning, beauty, and intention, underscoring his belief that water is a living organism shaped by the atmosphere it inhabits. This groundbreaking work encourages an understanding of water’s mystery and intelligence. The photographs throughout the book deepen an appreciation and insight, allowing readers to witness the universe as expressed through the delicate geometry of water crystals. After reading, I have a renewed respect for water—for its science, its art, and its ability to nourish the body.

Received fast & pristine condition. I’m very pleased. I bought this for a friend. I wish this was required reading in Jr High or High school. How snowflake ❄️ form (or are fragmented) w/ different kinds of music etc. it’s a small must read book-very enjoyable & informative

As much as there are pages with words in this book, there are just as many pages with photographs from water crystals from all over the world - from natural springs, from tap water, and then the images that were taken when different music was played, or when different positive and negative words and statements (samples were taking from many different languages) were written on a piece of paper. Some sample words and statements were "love" and "you fool". The crystal which formed when the word "love" was written in Japanese looked so beautiful and well defined, that it almost made me begin to learn Japanese (soon, I will). But the havoc that the statement "you fool" created - I think that all who happen to use these words frequently either when referring to themselves or others, should take a closer look to get a picture as to what it does to their bodies. It has been known to those who are involved in metaphysical studies that the vibration of love heals the body and that vibrations of fear, hate, lies cause the cells of the body to fall apart. The pictures in this book demonstrate what the vibrations of different ideas, thoughts, emotions, statements and music do to water. This is an enlightening book which is intended to demonstrate the effect that music and words we use have on our bodies, given the fact that our bodies are mainly composed out of water. The current edition of the book is an expanded version of the original book which contained only pictures and was reprinted due to its great demand. The author did make few statements, though, which I do not consider entirely correct - one of them being that "ALL is made out of water" - I believe that, at least in view of both quantum physics and metaphysics, it would be more correct to state that - ALL is made out of intelligent energy - and that water in this case was a medium for experiments which have the workings of energy and vibration at the core. Having an esoteric background, when I picked up this book, I was expecting it to go a little bit further - as in consciously intending outcomes and projecting them upon the glass of water, instead of just writing the words and statement on paper. One can, for example, also use litmus paper to measure the changes in pH levels in water after directing focused energy charged with specific thoughts, either purely mentally or through one's hands, into the glass of water.

As much as my psychology methodological training would force me to rake this book over the coals, I'm RESISTING. For so many decades we have been working on the ideas of how our internal cognitive psychology affects our choices, lives, chemicals, reactions.. and the list goes on. Now, health fields have been saying for decades that we are what we eat & all that we consume does the same. Get on board: holistics, natural medicine, religion, meditation, pharmaceuticals, nutrition, etc. Are we ALL wrong in these endeavors? In our search to make life better & in every thing we discover, academia has been saying: prove it using every method of science available.. then we'll talk. Well, we'll all be dead before everything we are learning is proven beyond a shadow of a doubt. I'm not waiting that long. I found this whole idea very, very provocative and it fits with everything all other fields are trying to "prove" for all of you also. The fact is, this scares people because it just COULD be true and if it is, every one of us needs to change. This is the most powerfully convincing reason (maybe not research)to move us to evaluate & beautify our lives that will benefit everyone else around us when we do change. Just looking at a H20's crystals after a projection of hate/insult reminds me of what we might find in a contaminated junkyard. Isn't that what we have been doing to our world also- turning it into a junkyard? The same crystal w/ a loving projection? Amazingly gorgeous! Isn't that how we FEEL when we look at a lovely sight or are sincerely complimented? This suggests first hand that the damage we do just with words/ thoughts alone (to ourselves & others)is so much further reaching than hurt feelings. Isn't that what psychologists teach clientele as well as students? We ARE water people! A whole lot of water & space. The implications of this theory and what's at stake for our own bodies, lives, Earth, future and souls is just astounding with limitless potential for both good & bad. I'm not sitting around and whining "prove it" and hence, not benefiting from it while waiting. This concept in practice alone can do nothing but good- even if its false! Well, that is, if you are not using it for destruction. Look to the idea. Then, you will start to think better, eat better, act better. That will only be the beginning of an amazing domino/ ripple effect that will drastically improve all lives. If you want to improve anything in your life, SEE "why" & SEE what you will get out it & you won't have to drag yourself along the process. You'll go willingly :) CLOSING: So my fellow methodologists, sit, demand your proof, deny it all until you are satisfied. While you do that....I'm off to the make my world a better place by changing the water in my world into something beautiful! :) May you also be blessed with good health and a happy life through others doing the same as me.

The gist of this fascinating book is that water is the "life-blood" that circulates through all biological life on Earth and it should be treated with all the due respect it deserves. When one comes to understand the dynamics of water, it should not be considered a stretch to then see water as life itself and hence, the "Noblest Element". Masaru Emoto has studied water for years using an intriguing method of analyzing various samples of water from the crystals formed when frozen. Pure water forms beautiful prism-like ice-matrices, while polluted water forms distorted, or no ice-matrices at all. Perhaps the most amazing discovery of Masaru's research is that water demonstrates that it has sentient qualities by reacting with healthy or sick responses to various stimuli such as good, loving thoughts or bad, negative thoughts. These same studies were performed on plants with the same results and related in the book, "The Secret Life of Plants" by Peter Tompkins and Christopher Bird. Both books conclude that ALL life is sentient and dynamic. Skeptical or not, one should find this study of water and ice-crystals to be fascinating and with the many beautiful photographs of crystals included, that makes the book worth the time all on it's own. Indeed, there are few other forms of art so profoundly beautiful, whether from Nature or humans, that can compare with the awesome matrices formed by ice-crystals, especially those from pure, un-polluted water. In her book, "Taking The Waters: Spirit, Art, Sensuality", Alev Croutier also relates the need for respect of water and humble feelings of gratitude for all that it does for us. This is a perspective and over-view of the history of how humans have been "taking the waters" from drinking, to baths, to health spas and more, and all over the world. Towards the end of this beautiful, colorful book, there is a prophecy of the water story from the Cogui Indians who live in the Columbian Mountains and have decided to break their traditional isolation from the outside world by giving humanity a strong warning about the abuse of water and environment. In the Cogui language, the word for water and spirit is the same. [They refer to the act of creation as "water thinking" and all their teachings begin with the question "what is water?" Water is life itself. It thinks, it is alive, and it needs to be fed.]- (p 183). Indeed, considering what water is and does for all life, it needs to be held in high reverence and not abused. Masaru Emoto has truly clarified and enhanced what "Love and Gratitude" really means in his beautiful little book!

Best scientist of our era, great work. RIP EMOTO MASATU

Its not a long book but it is an interesting read. There are less than 200 pages but the price is reasonable. The photos in the book are in 2 sections and they are very detailed and interesting. The author was generous with the photos. I am glad I bought it. I would give it as a gift.

Loved it

This fascinating pioneering evidence that water is alive even as it is within us has since been validated further as technology has expanded. It is essential that everyone understand that our thoughts and emotions contain real power. We CAN improve the world by positive thinking. Seeing is believing!!

Excellant book