Messages in Water Bottles

Every school morning, I sing into my son’s water bottle.

It’s a simple song - just a C major chord. I start by singing his name. Then I go on to sing everything I wish him for that day: Health and Strength, Love, Joy, Life, Compassion, Wellness. Lately I’ve been adding Focus, Attention, Motivation. If he has a test that day, I’ll visualize him doing well as I sing. Or if he seems a low energy, I’ll imagine boosting his immune system. I send him off to school with a bottle full of love.

The fascinating work of Masaru Emoto shows us that the physical structure of water can be affected by what we are thinking and feeling and saying. Emoto found that, when exposed to different words and thought patterns, water molecules would spontaneously form different crystalline structures. 

We ought to pay special attention to this, because we are mostly made of water. Our brains in particular have a super-high water content – estimates range from between 70% and 90%. Water is needed for all the processes in our bodies; we go through a minimum of two and a half litres of water just to get through our normal day.

But Emoto shows us that all water is not created equal. The water we drink has taken on the surrounding energy. Our water has been running through metal pipers through a city, or sitting in a case under fluorescent lights in a convenience store. That’s not the kind of energy I want to drink.

We know how easily we are affected by the thoughts and feelings and actions of others. It is most obvious to me with my little dog. If I’m just walking up the hill, enjoying the air and looking for sticks to throw, he frolics around me and sniffs about his business. But if I march up the road under my own personal black cloud, I’ll suddenly realize that my dog isn’t there. I’ll turn to see him sitting, immobile, at the end of the driveway. He assumes that it’s something he did. Maybe the water in his brain is forming the crystalline equivalent of anger, resentment, anxiety. . .

Mornings can be stressful, getting kids off to school – at least they can in my house. So singing into my son’s water helps twice. It calms me and focuses me on him. And all day, he is carrying and drinking love in a form that he can absorb and digest.

I can’t say that I’ve seen any specific results! It’s rare to know exactly how our positive intentions manifest. But I often feel it from the other end. I know how much better my day can be if I just have a pleasant interaction with the person who’s checking out my groceries. And that person doesn’t even know me.

So here goes, pouring C, E, G . . . Love, Joy, Life . . . and remember your gloves!