The Secret Life of Water

By Masaru Emoto
Published by Atria Books
December 2005; $22.95US/$31.50CAN; 0-7432-8982-X

A small adventure beginning with a tiny little water crystal has spread to people all over the world, creating a growing movement. Hearts have been opened, and love, gratitude, and a hope for peace have spilled out, opening the way for a new adventure.

From its arrival on earth to the vast areas it traverses before emptying into the sea, water holds all the knowledge and experience it has acquired. As phenomenal as it may seem, water carries its whole history, just as we carry ours. It carries secrets, too.

In The Secret Life of Water, bestselling author Masaru Emoto guides us along water’s remarkable journey through our planet and continues his work to reveal water’s secret life to humankind. He shows how we can apply its wisdom to our own lives, and how, by learning to respect and appreciate water, we can better confront the challenges that face the twenty-first century—and rejuvenate the planet.

Water has a memory and carries within it our thoughts and prayers. As you yourself are water, no matter where you are, your prayers will be carried to the rest of the world.

Reviews
"I love books that are, on the surface, unbelievable. I know that they will always, in every single case, expand my mind, awaken my consciousness, and show me something to which I have brought myself for a particular and very important reason. Such a book is The Secret Life of Water, which makes complex things simple—and simple things glow with glorious complexity. Author Masaru Emoto’s work is elegant and astonishing and jaw-dropping in its implications. I could not put the book down."
• Neale Donald Walsch, author of Conversations with God

"As Masaru Emoto’s beautiful water crystals demonstrate, our thoughts and words certainly have direct consequences on the world around us. Showing love and respect to water is simple to do and has far-reaching effects for the health of our water, our planet, and ourselves."
• John Gray, Ph.D., author of Men are from Mars, Woman are from
Venus

"With his simple but far-reaching message, Masaru Emoto has made an important contribution to global efforts for peace and harmony. Just as water changes when people turn their thoughts to it, we can facilitate change when we join together with a common consciousness. What a powerful reminder for us as individuals and citizens of the world."
• Anthony Robbins, author of Awaken the Giant Within and Unlimited
Power

"As with Galileo, Newton, and Einstein, Dr. Emoto’s clear vision helps us see ourselves and our universe differently."
• Marcus Laux, N.D., editor of Naturally Well Today

"[Dr. Masaru Emoto’s] contribution to research in spiritual consciousness is positively masterful."
• Caroline Myss, author of Sacred Contracts and Anatomy of the Spirit

Excerpt
The following is an excerpt from the book The Secret Life of Water

A Thankful Heart Is the Way to Happiness

Why do people go through life looking for happiness? Dogs and cats look for food and comfort, but they certainly don’t go to all the trouble that people do in their continual search for happiness. I suppose the reason is that we are the only ones who can align ourselves with the hado of happiness.

Many years ago, I had a discussion with Dr. Ravi Batra, a well-known international economist, and he said something that has stuck with me:

Why do you think people continually search for happiness? The reason is because we people have a link to unlimited existence. But many of us make a serious mistake. We set up conditions for happiness based on riches and fame, momentary pleasures, and things that are limited and always changing.

There are those who are rich beyond most of our imaginations, and yet they continue to want more as they strive in vain to find happiness. The reason it’s in vain is because they are looking to find unlimited happiness in limited money and riches.

Unless we can become one with the unlimited existence, we will never find true happiness. This requires that we raise our consciousness.

All that can be seen with the human eye is of this limited world. Sooner or later, the material trappings will end, and as long as that is how we define happiness, our hearts will always feel hollow.

Of course I understand that casting aside all desire is not possible or even advisable. In fact, desire is not what’s preventing us from finding happiness. An appropriate amount of desire is needed to make people strive for something better, and it’s what made it possible for human society to rise to its current level. The problem arises when we become slaves to our desires. Our modern society operates on the ability to stir up desire in the masses.

It’s no easy task to find happiness in a society established on insatiable desire. So what is it that we need to do to escape never-ending desire and find happiness? The answer is to have a thankful heart.

More than ever, we live in a time when love and appreciation is truly needed. And I think the right ratio for appreciation and love is 2:1 -- the exact ratio of hydrogen to oxygen in the H₂O molecule!

We have seen where words of appreciation and love result in crystals of indescribable beauty. There are no conditions needed for appreciation. We can be thankful for life and for our freedom to move about.

When you align your soul with the hado of appreciation and love, a small drop of happiness will seep into your heart and spread throughout your body. This will link you to the vibration of happiness, and happiness will become a part of your daily life. And this is the secret for finding happiness right now wherever you are.

Author
Masaru Emoto is an internationally renowned Japanese researcher and an independent thinker. Certified as a Doctor of Alternative Medicine from the Open
International University, he is also a graduate of the Yokohama Municipal University’s department of humanities and sciences, with an emphasis on International Relations.

Masaru Emoto’s research has visually captured the structure of water at the moment of freezing, and through high-speed photography he has shown the direct consequences of destructive thoughts and the thoughts of love and appreciation on the formation of water crystals. The revelation that our thoughts can influence water has profound implications for our health and the well-being of our planet.

Masaru Emoto has written many books, including the New York Times bestselling The Hidden Messages in Water and The True Power of Water.

For more information, please visit www.masaru-emoto.net

English translation copyright © 2005 by Beyond Words Publishing, Inc., and Simon & Schuster, Inc.