by Nancy Robbins
Water consciousness refers to the idea that water can respond to human thoughts, emotions, and environmental influences, potentially reflecting a form of awareness or memory. Water consciousness is a concept popularized by Dr. Masaru Emoto, who proposed that water is sensitive to human intention and can change its molecular structure in response to emotions, words, or music. According to Emoto, positive words like “love” or “gratitude” create symmetrical, aesthetically pleasing ice crystals, while negative words such as “hate” produce chaotic, distorted formations. This suggests that water may encode information and respond to vibrational stimuli, hinting at a form of biological intelligence.
Emoto’s Scientific Experiments
Emoto conducted experiments where water was exposed to written words, prayers, or music, then frozen and examined under a microscope. The resulting ice crystals varied depending on the type of stimulus, implying that water could “remember” or reflect energetic influences. He also explored how water from different sources, such as mountain streams versus polluted rivers, formed distinct crystal patterns, which could be altered through positive intentions or ultraviolet light. Some critics argue that these experiments lacked rigorous controls and reproducibility and so the scientific community has not universally accepted the findings.
Dr. Masaru Emoto’s Philosophy
“From my research, I believe that the water of the oceans has memories of all the creatures that lived in the ocean and that the earth’s glaciers may well contain millions of years of the planet’s history. Water circles the globe, flowing through our bodies and spreading to the rest of the world. If we can interpret this information contained in the memory of water, we can understand the cosmos, the marvels of nature, and life itself.
I always stress that energy is vibrations and vibrations are life. Words are vibrations. Words, therefore, are life. I believe that the ancient peoples knew that everything begins with vibrations and that they were aware that vibrations are life, light, and sound.
I think that humans created words for the purpose of distinguishing these sounds and sharing them with others. So, the sounds of wards are nothing less than a divine gift from nature. Water crystals are illustrating this divine give in their design.
Water is a medium that receives and understands even the subtlest vibrations. Water captures vibrations naturally. Even when these vibrations are in characters, or letters representing language, water shows us the energy they contain in the form of crystals. Water is attempting to communicate something to us. Negative emotions prevent the water from crystallizing. Positive emotions allow it to develop in beautiful hexagonal shapes.
Water makes up 70% of our bodies, and there is little doubt to me that the information in the water goes a long way in the formation of our health as well as our attitude toward the world and the attitude of the world towards us.”
Veda Austin’s Water Consciousness Research
Veda Austin has expanded on Emoto’s research and has sparked a global conversation about the potential intelligence of water. Her approach is a combination of science, artistry, and spiritual perspectives. She believes that water is a medium for communication and holds the potential to hold memory and respond to intention. Her research has led to a growing movement that recognizes water’s spirit and rights, emphasizing the importance of emotional connection and positive focus in our relationship with water. She has written a book, The Living Language of Water, that explores the mysterious and dynamic properties of water. She terms herself as a water crystallographer, having spent 10 years photographing half-frozen water, and delving into the concept that water can store information, respond to human consciousness, and even communicate in a language of its own.
Effects of Water Consciousness
When you place a bowl full of water in a room, it listens to all that reverberates in the room: the frequency, the tone, and the words spoken, be they harsh, gentle, thoughtful, or creative. The water absorbs this as if it were Earth’s ear, receiving, and it is also like the mouth, transmitting. Water listens. When water transforms into steam, vapor, or mist, the messages of the water as memory, thought, stories, and emotions are carried upward directly to the Sun, the lightbody that is in sacred relationship with Earth. Water is listening to the Sun’s rays and communicating the stories of Earth. As clouds and fog, water creates a protective movement to filter the Sun’s potent wisdom and love down to Earth in the acts of rain, sleet, mist, and dew. When water transforms into ice, hail, or snow, its listening and transmission are slowed down so that the message might be read and looked at more closely. There’s intelligence in tracks in the snow, and ice protects the liquid waters of memory, thought, and story.
Water holds the memory of every shape it has entered and transformed into. It records the way it moves through a human being, a river, an orange, a stag, the ocean, a frog, a cloud, a hummingbird, a sunflower, and so on. Through this process on Earth, water is like a library, as it has recorded and stored every living species and water form it has moved through. In this way, all these beings, both living and non-living, are in continuous communication. Since your body is mostly composed of water, the memory of many beings live within you. You are a miraculous, walking, living library of water consciousness. How you choose to invoke your movement, speech, thought, prayer, song, creation, and connection is recorded in the living memory of the body of water you inhabit. All your negative thoughts, harmful actions, and painful memories are also recorded in this vast memory of water. These negative memories may not be your own, but very possibly are memories that water carries as an imprint through your being.
In spiritual traditions, water is regarded as sacred and a bridge between the material and energetic realms, and serves an important role in human consciousness and life. You are a magnetic pulse in the universe, and thus you might attract and reflect various water memories from any point in the space-time continuum on Earth from the past, present, or future. You are influenced by these water memories, and you also are a source of influence as well. You are a bridge made of water.
Healing with Water Consciousness
When you do generational healing, you heal the thoughts and memories held by your body carried by the waters of your various lineages. You are connected through the waters of the blood.
Since your body – your vessel – is almost entirely water, be mindful of the thoughts, intentions, and prayers that your body receives and transmits through its water. Knowing the abilities water possesses we are inspired to drink water mindfully, especially water “programmed” with a positive intention, word, or music, since water can respond to human intention. Environmentally, we can also intentionally improve water quality with positive affirmation or music, to enhance the planet’s well-being, and our own. Her water crystallography has shown how crystal structures change in response to different stimuli – as water can be influenced by words, thoughts, and emotions.
Water has a special and unique relationship with light, and is empowered by it bringing a soothing effect and healing to your body, mind, and heart. You can feel this magical interaction when you focus your gaze on the sparkling light moving across ocean waves, the ripples in a lake, or a glass of water. To enhance this process further, gather water and place it in sunlight, or moonlight to be enhanced with light codes. You can create starlight water, moonlight water, sunlight water, rainbow water, and so on.