Emoto Masaru - The Hidden Messages in Water

The Hidden Messages in Water

More than ten years have passed since I began taking photographs of frozen ice crystals.

For years before that I had conducted research into the measurement of wave fluctuations in water, but when I started learning about crystals, I discovered that water expresses itself in a vast variety of ways.

I learned that these photographs of crystals are filled with much wisdom for us. In contrast to tap water, natural water displays a beautiful array of crystalseven more so when the natural water is exposed to beautiful music. There are also fascinating differences generated in the crystals when the water is shown different words, such as gratitude or stupid. These crystals are filled with lessons concerning how we shouldand mustlive our lives.

In June 1999, I published a collection of photographs in a book called The Messages of Water from a small publishing company that I called Hado Kyoikusha (Wave Fluctuation Publishing). Although this book was self-published and not intended to be sold in the large bookstores, word of mouth resulted in it becoming a bestseller.

This is something that almost never happens in the publishing industry. I was filled half with amazement as this was happening right in front of my eyes, and half with appreciation for the many people who took the time to tell others about the book.

In order to share my book with more people, I had all the Japanese explanations translated for an English version. This led to further successes, and I began receiving requests from Switzerland and other countries throughout the world to give lectures.

The publishing of these crystal photographs, with the many messages that they have for the world, couldnt have come at a more appropriate moment in history, and it may well be a sign of the times that so many people are receptive of these messages. I thank God that I have been given the opportunity to work in this capacity.

I understand that some people have difficulty with the word or concept God. The main focus in this book is water. And the more you understand water, the more difficult you will find it to deny the existence of a god. Id like you to think about your feelings on this topic as you look through the crystal photographs found herein.

When I was first asked to write this book for Sunmark Publishing in Japan, I immediately knew that there were many marvelous things inside me that I wanted to write about, and when I told this to Nobutaka Ueki, President of Sunmark Publishing, he said that was what he wanted me to focus on. He even sent along a subordinate, Ryuya Saitou, to hear my lectures in Switzerland.

Now that the book is finished, I am filled with a sense of satisfaction. This book has given me a stage from which to speak to you about the fluctuation theories that I have studied for more than a decade, and also about my own experiences, my research based on the observation of human behavior, and my own thoughts concerning the cosmos.

I wish to take this opportunity to express my appreciation to Masashi Tanigawa, president of Kokoro Inc., Naoki Uchiki, Chief Editor of Sunmark; Tatsuya Saito; and also to the people who I interviewed for this book.

I also owe appreciation to Tetsuya Taguchi, past president of Nichirei Ice Inc., who provided much of the water that I used to make the crystals introduced in this book.

Thank you to Beyond Words Publishing for publishing this book in English, so that more people around the world can read about our relationship with water.

I must not forget to offer my gratitude to all the readers of this book. And, finally, I must say thank you and pay my respects to the water of the cosmos.

Thank you.

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Copyright 2001 by Masaru Emoto
English translation copyright 2004 by Beyond Words Publishing
Translated by David A. Thayne

Originally published in Japanese in 2001 by Sunmark Publishing, Inc., as Mizu Wa Kotae Wo Shitterli

Published by arrangement with Beyond Words Publishing

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In memory of my maternal grandfather,
aunts, and uncles

CHAPTER ONE
Of What Is the Universe Made?

CHAPTER TWO
The Portal into a Different World

CHAPTER THREE
Consciousness Creates All

CHAPTER FOUR
The World Will Change in but a Moment

CHAPTER FIVE
A Smile That Fills the World

U nderstanding the fact that we are essentially water is the key to uncovering the mysteries of the universe. If you reexamine the world around you from this new perspective, you will start to see things as you have never seen them before.

The various events that unfold throughout a persons life are events reflected in water. The individual and society make up one enormous ocean; by adding our individual drops to this ocean, we participate in the formation of society.

I wanted as many people as possible to hear the message that water has for us, and so I decided to publish the photographs of the ice crystals. This act was only a small drop, but it created a ripple that resulted in an ever-expanding wave that has had enormous impact on my life, and the lives of many others.

I first published my photographs in 1999, six long years after I started out on this unusual venture. During those first six years, a mountain of photographs had accumulated and was just sitting there in my office.

To prepare the photographs for publication, I tried to put them in some sort of order, and as I did so I started to realize that there was a story unfolding before my eyes. I began to realize that there was a grand and marvelous story that each individual crystal was trying to tell me.

As soon as I latched onto the idea of publishing my photographs, I talked to several publishers about my idea, but no one seemed interested. Rejection didnt change my determination to have my photographs published, and so I decided that I would publish them on my own. But I soon realized that though I could afford to have the photographs printed and bound into a book, the restrictive distribution system in Japan wouldnt allow me to have the books sold in bookstores.