The Properties of Water
By Ryan Catherwood
August 16th, 2008
Full Moon/Lunar Eclipse

Water, we are sorry. Water, we love you. Water, we thank you. Water, we respect you.  This is the Water Prayer from Dr. Masaru Emoto, a Japanese scientist who was the first to photograph the crystal properties of water. This prayer vibrates apology, love, gratitude and respect for our most precious resource on earth, water.

Consciousness of human beings all over the world is beginning to open to the vast potential and healing properties of Water. This consciousness has come to us as we realize that the Industrial Era has committed serious crimes against our elements, to our earth, to our air, through fire and to our water. Our waterways have become dumping grounds for trash, sewage and oil products. This seemed to be the easy way to deal with waste but now we are realizing how these actions are affecting our world and our health. Over population, consumption, waste and energy concerns are now driving humanity to find alternatives to the ways we live our lives because soon our lives may depend on alternatives.

In the past week I have had the honour of attending two sacred water ceremonies. It is amazing how synchronicities occur when you aligned with harmonious aspects in the universe. Last Saturday I met with a small group of people at Cates Park in Burrard Inlet and participated in a Water Blessing ceremony lead by a First Nations Elder named Dave Courchene Jr. Last night I sat in the United church on Oak Street with over 500 people and listened to Dr. Masaru Emoto himself speak of how the effects of words being placed on the bottles of water change the shape and vibration of the crystal structure of  water. Dr. Emoto was mentioned but not interviewed in one of my favorite Documentary/Dramas ever, “What The Bleep Do We Know?” In the scene the main character is running late and just misses her subway train. She notices on the wall of the subway that there are posters of water crystals photographed by Dr. Emoto. The shapes show how they are affected by the words placed on their containers. Words like ‘love’ and ‘harmony’ form beautiful structures, but words like ‘hate’ and ‘war’ form let’s say less than beautiful forms. A stranger then walks up to her and says, “Amazing how words have an effect on water, imagine how our own words affect us?”

The water ceremony at Cates Park had the greatest affect on me. Our small group gathered under a cluster of trees and Dave began to share with us the importance of each one of us being there that day. “We are going to pray to the spirit of the water today, and ask for forgiveness for what we and our ancestors have done to her.” Dave said with intent and passion, “We all have the power to heal the water that has been saturated with pollution. I look out at the harbour behind us and see boats and tankers all leaving waste in their wake. But today we will fill our small containers of water with light and love and then return her to the ocean.” Dave then began the prayer ceremony by smoking tobacco from a pipe and blessing the four corners of the earth. I brought a 1 litre container of water with me, I held it close to my body and began to pray. I prayed that everyone who was unconsciously polluting the waters would become conscious of their actions and recognize the wrongs being done. I prayed that the boating industry would come up with alternative fuel sources and that my family that works on the river and ocean make the changes needed to support cleaner water. I put all of these prayers into my 1 litre as all of the people around me put their prayers and light into theirs.

At the end of the prayer Dave asked us all to go down to the ocean only a few hundred metres away. He asked the women to pour their prayer water in first because the women were traditionally the protectors of the water. When the women were finished pouring their intent and love into the ocean I poured mine. The water left my container and joined the ocean. Dave assured us that our prayers would now reach people all over the world, the water would rain on people, people would swim in the water and people would drink the water. Our prayers would heard and felt.

In elementary school I am sure the teacher mentioned to us that our bodies are mostly made of water, around 70%, and we marveled at the thought of our water bodies.  The school systems now need to teach our children that our water needs to be protected and held sacred. Dr. Emoto has started a worldwide initiative to educated children about the properties of water. The Emoto Peace Project will distribute “The Message from Water” picture book to 650 million children worldwide in 45 languages for free to ensure that our future generations have a chance to live in peace and with clean drinking water.
Water ceremonies like this are now being conducted all over the world and the spiritually conscious people are spreading the word of light and love and water. Cleaning up the worlds water supply will not happen easily but once people reclaim their power and begin to become conscious of their right to clean water, the Governments and Corporations of the world will have no choice but to clean up their act. A new world is coming and it is filled with spirit, love and crystal clear water.

Water, we are sorry. Water, we love you. Water, we thank you. Water, we respect you.

Related links:
The Emoto Peace Project – http://www.emotoproject.org/english/about.html
Dave Courchene Jr. The Turtle Lodge – http://www.theturtlelodge.com/