I have been marvelling at the life-giving properties of water. We are having a long spell of dry hot(ish) weather, and it is remarkable how dependent we are on water for growth and survival. We have a rudimentary irrigation system of drip pipes set up in the garden, which requires a large 1000 litre tank that has to be kept topped up. And the level of heat in the greenhouse means that the tender young plants there have to be watered a few times a day to compensate for the high levels of transpiration from their leaves. So despite the provision of soil, matter, heat, and protection, without water our plants don’t survive. They quickly wilt and die. And I have always found it a miracle of nature that you can take the stem from a living plant, place it in a jar of water, and within a few days or weeks, roots will appear, and a whole new independent plant has been created. Just water and water alone sustains all life. Amazing.
You may have heard of the work of Masaru Emoto (https://masaru-emoto.net/en/masaru/), a Japanese scientist who described the abilities of water to respond to sound, emotion, and intention. In general terms, the crystalline structure of water changed to reflect the energy of what was directed towards it; with the higher vibrations of love, compassion, and good will creating beautiful ordered geometric patters, and the lower vibrations of anger, frustration and ill will creating disordered crystallography.
This work has been developed further by other scientists since then, exploring water’s ability to conduct energy, transmit information, hold memory, and to communicate. Lately, the pioneering work of Veda Austin (https://www.vedaaustin.com/podcasts) has shown that water is indeed a living intellingence, a direct conduit to consciousness that may hold the Earth’s akashic records and the history of the Universe itself. And our bodies hold this consciousness within us.
We are 60-70% water, with every cell, tissue, and sinew dependent on water for food and function. Dehydration, in the form of insufficient water and salt in the body, impairs the body’s ability to maintain healthy homeostasis. Veda has also shown through her work, that at the interface between the different phases of water exists light. So water and light are intimately connected.
Imagine then, as you sit or stand reading these words, water is transmitting the intelligence of the Universe through your being, and light is being emitted back out into the Universe as a reflection of your state of mind and your intention. What you see in your external reality is therefore a direct reflection of what you have created within you, and as such you have the power to change that at any time. You send your intention out into the world, and creation answers. The whole system of life has been set up this way so that you may co-create in any given moment.
The message water gives us then is that life is all around you. You have not been abandoned or forgotten. Life exists all around you to support you, to nourish you, and to give you what you need. All you have to do is to place the seed of your intention into the waters of life, and watch it transformed from potential into reality. And you can do this every single day. Each morning that you wake up from the sea of consciousness, is an opportunity to plant new seeds. Each time you recognise that you are in a situation that you don’t want, change the seed, replenish the water, and see what happens.
The basis of all life is the interplay between light and water. I see the miracle of that expressing itself every time I walk through the garden. I just forget that that miracle applies to me too. I tend to see only my faults and the places where the light is lacking. But I think that’s the gift of living a difficult life. You learn how to tend, how to weed, how to bring life back into the world, and how to choose day after day what you prefer, what you want, and who you want to be.
In many spiritual traditions water represents the emotion, the divine feminine, the ability to nourish and nurture. The power of water is not in force, logic, or oppression, but in the strength to give love and compassion whilst maintaining sovereignty and boundaries. Supporting life and creativity, while supporting yourself and attending to your own needs. So think about this as you go about your day today – where is water trying to bring fresh new shoots into my life, where have I shut it out, where have I cut it off. Where can I tend and weed and make room for water to create magic in my life.
‘Hado creates words
Words are the vibrations of nature
Therefore beautiful words create beautiful nature
Ugly words create ugly nature
This is the root of the Universe’
Masaru Emoto