The Power of Energy

When I read Masaru Emoto's book, The True Power of Water, I was profoundly moved by his scientific evidence that the energy of our words, and thus our thoughts and feelings behind our words, have the power to alter the structures of water crystals under a microscope. He writes, "We consistently found that water responded to positive words by forming beautiful crystals. As if it wanted to express its joyous feeling, the crystals opened like a flower. In contrast, when water was shown negative words, it did not form crystals." He found that water only manifested crystals when positive words were used, and that love and gratitude formed the most spectacular crystals of all. In contrast, his research showed that negative words produced broken, unbalanced and scattered crystals or none at all. Energy is in and around us.....everything is energy! All things emanate a vibration, some things vibrate positively and others negatively. When you consider that every word, thought and feeling produces a distinct vibration, it brings to your awareness the power that each of us has to affect the world around us. We all know that words of encouragement, love and gratitude elicit positive feelings and positive results. Much like the water crystal experiment, when someone says loving words to us, we light up and feel good. Giving praise and positive encouragement to children helps them to excel, feel secure and have higher self-esteem. On the contrary, negative words, criticism and anger brings about a very different reaction. When we are treated harshly, we do not feel good. Negativity brings about diminished self worth, blame, resentment and elicits more negativity. Emoto also found that giving any type of energy was actually better than giving none at all. "To give your attention to something is a way of giving energy (M. Emoto)." Being ignored or not giving attention to something or someone can have the most damaging results of all. Other negative emotions that affected the water crystals were worry, anxiety and fear which reflects that when you are internalizing those emotions, you are profoundly affecting your own energy in ways that are not supportive. In sessions with clients, I have witnessed the destruction that negative words and behaviors do to relationships, childhoods, working relationships and overall how people feel about themselves. I also get to observe the healing moments, when people finally say, "I love you, thank you, you are amazing, I forgive you and I'm sorry." Some days, I feel I have the best job in the world. I observe individuals very fragile moments and vulnerabilities and watch them find ways to heal, forgive and blossom. That brings me back to the healing energy of love and gratitude. The energy of love and everything it touches is life supporting, life nurturing and all encompassing. Sending love through your thoughts, saying loving things to others and yourself, helps you and everyone that energy touches to shine, just like the water crystals in Emoto's experiments. Be more aware of the profound influence the power your energy has on yourself and others around you, and with each thought, word and feeling.......infuse it with love or gratitude and let the healing begin.