The Secret Life of Water Page 4

  Other Forms of Hado Medicine

  We can see that hado medicine holds tremendous promise, but I don’t want to give you the impression that this technology is anything new. The principles were well known by the ancient cultures and incorporated into their daily lives. In fact, there have been many cases where the wisdom of the distant past has been reexamined to discover that the applications are still valid in our day.

  The use of flower essences is one ancient method of healing that has paved the way for hado medicine. The energy and vibration of flowers is transferred to water, and by drinking this water, the patient receives both physical and mental healing benefits. You might postulate that during the transferring process, it is the actual components of the flower that are dissolved in the water, but actually it is only the vibration that gets transferred. Therefore, a chemical analysis of flower essence will detect only water.

  The science of flower essence was established by a British bacteriologist named Dr. Edward Bach. He developed essences known as Bach Flower Remedies, which can now be found throughout the world. In fact, flower essence therapy has expanded to incorporate the characteristics of individual countries. A popular form of flower essence in Japan is called Findhorn flower essence. In northern Scotland, near Loch Ness Lake, there is a community called Findhorn where people from all over the world have come together to live and participate in events and workshops related to living as one with nature and finding one’s true way through life.

  Marion Leigh introduced flower essence therapy at Findhorn. She is a woman whose smile has the brilliance of flowers. I interviewed Marion when she came to Japan several years ago. She told me,

  Our bodies serve as a tool for accomplishing spiritual missions. In order to carry out our mission, we need to release the warped feelings and emotions—fear and grief, sadness, suspicion, impatience, weaknesses, and apathy—that form a block between the spirit and the body.

  Such emotions become the cause of many of the symptoms that we experience. Our modern medicine is for the most part unable to deal with the roots of our illnesses, but this is an area where flower essence has proven to be effective.

  According to Veda philosophy from India, there are seven places on the human body called chakra points that serve as the portals for unseen energy to enter the body. It is said that flower essence makes use of these chakras to heal certain ailments and parts of the body, depending on the characteristics of the flower. The gorse flower prevalent around the area of Findhorn has a vibration of joy and passion and can be used to effectively deal with a lack of energy, depression, and the weakening of the immune system. Scottish primrose is a symbol of peace and is used to calm and harmonize during times of fear or panic. The cherry blossom can be made into an essence that has the ability to return you to your inner path. It can effectively be used to help you overcome negative patterns of thinking and feelings of inferiority that weigh you down, while helping you to regain feelings of love and compassion.

  To make your own flower essence, go outside on a bright and sunny morning and collect flowers. Cut each flower at the stem, being careful not to touch the flower itself with your hand. Then put the flowers in a container filled with fresh and pure water and set it in the sun. In about four hours, the essence of the flower will be transferred to the water. You can add a little brandy to make the water last longer. Store the water in glass bottles, and as you use it, dilute it even more with water. As needed, put a few drops on your tongue. Your body and soul will feel the effect without the typical side effects of modern medicine.

  I decided to see what would happen if I diluted such essence and made crystals. The crystals that resulted were all very beautiful, not unlike the flowers themselves.

  Vibration is something you can’t see with the naked eye, which is why it is difficult to verify the positive effects of hado healing using modern analysis and medical examinations. However, we shouldn’t be too quick to say that there can be no benefits without scientific verification. Many recognized home remedies do in fact make use of the principle of vibration. Homeopathy, as a form of vibration-based medicine, has the ability to heal the body by using vibrational water.

  Homeopathy is a medicine in which “like cures like.” To treat an illness, the poison that causes the symptom is diluted with water by 10 to the power of 10, and sometimes even by 10 to the power of 600 or more. The poison, diluted to almost an incomprehensible level, is then given to the patient.

  Lacquer, for example, often causes a rash when it comes in contact with skin, but when a homeopathic remedy is made using lacquer, it can be used to treat rashes and skin injuries. Freshly cut onions cause tears and a runny nose, but a homeopathic remedy made with onions is good for treating colds, hay fever, and some allergies that have symptoms of teary eyes and a runny nose. This is referred to as “the law of similars.”

  Homeopathy got its start when a German doctor named Samuel Hahnemann noticed that the essence of the bark of the cinchona calisaya, which is used to treat malaria, brings on symptoms of malaria when extracted and taken orally. Hahnemann developed his theory of homeopathy and announced it in the early part of the nineteenth century; thereafter homeopathy gradually spread throughout Europe and the United States. This was a completely new type of medicine, and it was widely prescribed because of the noticeable benefits.

  By the middle of the nineteenth century, more than four hundred homeopathy clinics existed; even physicians to the royal family in England started practicing homeopathy in 1830. In America, homeopathy was so popular by around 1900 that one in five physicians specialized in it. But then medical associations began to form with the intention of getting rid of homeopathy practices. Such organizations, hand in hand with pharmaceutical companies, brought enormous pressure to bear, and soon homeopathy was forgotten.

  This is just one more example of how the most beneficial things often receive the most negative pressure. But while homeopathy was once cast aside, it is again starting to regain its former reputation. Homeopathy is now taught in thirty or more medical schools in England, and state-operated hospitals now specialize in it. In France, homeopathic remedies can be purchased at the neighborhood drugstore; about 10 percent of German doctors are homeopathic physicians. In recent years, a homeopathy medical association has been established in Japan, and more and more people are becoming aware of the benefits of this practice.

  Healing Comes in Unexpected Forms

  Two hundred years ago homeopathy was recognized as an effective form of medicine, and many people over the years can testify to its effectiveness. But it goes mostly unrecognized by modern medicine. I know of one well-known scientific journal that has featured article after article supporting the benefits of homeopathy, but the articles, often published with a note of derision from the editor, have gone mostly ignored.

  Many in the scientific community would say, “We know that a lot of people use it, but there is no scientific proof for the benefits of homeopathy.” If homeopathy had no benefits, don’t you think it would have been forgotten a long time ago?

  I will be the first to admit that saying that water has the ability to read and memorize information turns scientific common sense on its head. But such unscientific phenomenon are more common than we may think.

  Dr. Teruo Higa, a professor at Ryukyu University in Okinawa, has been striving to spread the use of a form of organic bacteria he developed called Effective Microorganism (EM). EM is a liquid formed from bacteria. It has been shown to be perfectly safe—even beneficial—for people and the environment. When EM is applied to soil, the result is a bountiful crop without the use of chemicals or synthetic fertilizers. When used to treat polluted water, the water becomes drinkable. It can even be used to treat the dioxin resulting from the burning of refuse.

  While Dr. Higa was doing research on EM, he had a strange experience. He poured the EM liquid in a ceramic container, poured it out, and then cleaned the container, but the properties of EM persisted. He washed the c
ontainer repeatedly, but he couldn’t get rid of the EM properties. He tried to sterilize the container with high heat, but even that failed to eliminate the EM properties.

  This gave Dr. Higa an idea. He transferred the EM into a new ceramic container. At 700 degrees centigrade, a temperature that certainly would allow no life form to survive, the bacteria survived and became baked into the ceramic. This goes against scientific common sense, but EM ceramic has proven to work and now has various uses in the home (such as water treatment and building materials), in the environment, and in agriculture.

  We can say that this is another indication of hado science. All matter has its own hado, and water relays this information. The molecules of water carry messages like the magnet of a computer disk. Hado can be either beneficial for life or harmful for life. But even if the vibration is good for life, if water—the mediator—is impure, the hado will not be relayed correctly.

  Dr. Higa asserts that in nature there exists both a flow of revival and a flow of destruction. For example, if a piece of fruit is left sitting, it will soon rot and emit a foul smell. This is the flow in the direction of destruction. But fermentation is the flow of revival. Fermentation is a process that creates sauerkraut, yogurt, bean-paste soup, soy sauce, cheese, liquor, and many other foods. Both fermenting and rotting are the work of microorganisms, but they are not the same.

  EM is a collection of microorganisms that do the work of revival. When EM is added to the soil, it enhances the power of existing microorganisms; the result is high-quality vegetables without chemicals or synthetic fertilizer. EM is completely safe for humans, and it doesn’t deplete the soil.

  In contrast, consider chemicals and synthetic fertilizers. Chemicals do eliminate harmful insects, and synthetic fertilizers do ensure bigger crops. But their use kills even the good insects along with all the microorganisms that would normally enrich the soil. Chemicals provide instant gratification, but the long-term and lasting result is destruction of the soil. In fact, much of the farm soil now in use is, according to most definitions, lifeless. We alone have the power and responsibility for restoring the cycle of nature.

  Many aspects of our modern society appear to be in destruction mode. For the pursuit of momentary pleasure and convenience, the cyclical laws of nature have been ignored and replaced by the convenience of use-once-and-throw-away.

  And we are beginning to hear the groaning from our tortured planet. We are at a point when we must realize that if we want to continue to call this planet our home, we need to change—not the planet, but ourselves.

  We have to stop being agents of destruction and start becoming agents of revival. The slogan “From a destructive-type human being to a revival-type human being” may be added to our list of slogans by which we will live from now on.

  One of the most beautiful sights you’ll find in Japan is a group of tiny islands not far from Hiroshima. Starting in 1998, the people who lived on the islands got together and decided they had to do something about the polluted water that surrounded them. Batches of EM were made and distributed to each home by volunteers with instructions to put it in their drains. The results were immediate and unmistakable. The clumps of sludge along the shore disappeared and schools of fish began to return. There are now octopuses and abundant clams, something that had existed only in the memories of the oldest inhabitants. The area is known for its seaweed crop, and when EM was added to the water used to wash off the harvested seaweed inland, sludge in the ditches and waterways was soon gone, and even the seaweed quality improved.

  A nearby village called Akitsucho heard about the success, and they also distributed EM for free to the villagers, and again the effects were immediate. The waterways became clean, frogs returned, and clams started appearing in the once-barren bay.

  The waters near Akitsucho produce some of the best oysters in Japan. When the town’s residents put clods of dirt containing EM into the oyster beds, the quality of the ocean water improved, resulting in bigger and better crops than in recent memory. The use of EM spread quickly along the coast, culminating with the formation of the Seto Inland Sea Environment Conservation Council in 2002.

  The people along the coast have taken the first important step to restore the revival and circulating type of society. Healing isn’t only about the recovery of our own physical health. We need to think about the healing of the land, the rivers, the oceans, and the planet in its entirety.

  But what does healing the planet really mean? The answer is a return to the circle of life—the circulation of resources, of water, and of life. That is our responsibility as occupants of this delicate and crystal-like planet.

  CHAPTER THREE

  Cycles of Water, Cycles of Life

  According to a theory first proposed by Luis Frank at Ohio State University, and confirmed by NASA and the University of Hawaii, water arrived on this earth after traveling through space. In every minute of the day, about twelve comets, some as heavy as 100 tons, fall to earth. These comets are made up mostly of ice. When the ice reaches the atmosphere, it forms clouds and eventually falls to earth in the form of rain to fill the ocean. And since we are mostly water, in a sense we all come from outer space.

  You’ve probably gone outside on a clear night to lie on your back and look up at the stars. Did you ever experience a feeling like nostalgia, maybe memories of long ago? When you gaze at the heavens, your soul is taken back in time millions and billions of years. Do you ever get the feeling that you yourself are somehow floating up there in the cosmos, like a planet of one? It makes a lot of sense that we would be so eternally and universally enchanted by the heavens.

  From the time when Yuri Gagarin, the Russian cosmonaut, first broke the earthly shackles in 1961, and Neil Armstrong made one giant leap for mankind, the possibility that you and I might someday make the journey ourselves has steadily become more of a reality.

  Scientists currently have their sights set on Mars. NASA is already working on concrete plans to send a manned spaceship to Mars, paving the way for people like you and me to become aliens on a distant planet.

  But traveling to Mars presents several challenges, and here again, the solution may well be found in water. Among the risks of space travel is the weakening of muscle and bone due to the lack of gravity, not to mention the mental stress of spending long periods in isolation. Cosmic radiation is another problem. Space is filled with radiation from distant universes as well as from the solar flares of the sun, which can be especially harmful. Safe space travel requires close observation of the sun and a way to escape the intense radiation as needed. Such a place would need thick and sturdy walls.

  One way that NASA is addressing this obstacle is by working on building a room in a spaceship with walls made of columns of water. The water could be used for consumption and for preparing water-based foods—and for protection. When a solar flare occurs, the water in the columns would act as a shield for the voyagers until the danger passes.

  Because the weight of a spaceship must be kept to a minimum, only a limited amount of water can be carried. The average person uses about 180 liters of water a day; on a space vessel, this amount can be reduced to 3 liters. But even that small amount would add up quickly for a crew on a long journey. This is where recycling of water becomes an important issue. Systems are now being developed to effectively recycle the water used for drinking and bathing and even to recycle sweat and urine.

  When the NASA probe Odyssey touched down on Mars in May 2001, they discovered that large volumes of water existed in the form of ice just beneath the planet’s surface, meaning that water existed on the surface of the planet at some period in the distant past. If this frozen water can be used, then it opens up the possibility that this planet can be made green like our own so that people can someday inhabit it. Work is now moving ahead to make this a possibility.

  In 1996, NASA conducted an experiment on Devon Island in Canada to simulate life on Mars. The experiment studied biological scenarios, living condit
ions, and telecommunications. The temperature on Devon Island is low and the land is barren, not unlike the environment of Mars. Scientists were studying the feasibility of space colonization, but there are other implications of the experiment. Our planet is deteriorating at a rapid rate, and no one has a definitive solution for global warming, overpopulation, starvation, pollution, and water shortages. It makes one wonder how long our own planet will remain friendly and inhabitable. Will we someday be faced with the realization that the only way we will survive as a species is by moving to a distant planet such as Mars? It is no small problem. Understanding water’s remarkable journey to and through our planet may bring us closer to the answers we are searching for.

  The two-minute life span of a water crystal is revealed through photographs.

  The drama of life is played out in just two minutes, between the time the crystal forms and when it disappears.

  A small white granule forms on the tip of the frozen water droplet. In a brief moment, a crystal jewel appears under the microscope and then melts away.

  Words are reflected in the water.

  We showed words to water in a glass beaker.

  Happiness

  A crystal of almost perfect shape is formed, like an exquisitely cut diamond. Perhaps this tells us that balance is an important condition for happiness.

  Unhappiness

  This faint and weak crystal is out of balance and appears as if it is only partially formed. Unhappiness is not the opposite of happiness—it’s what we experience on the way to happiness.

  Hang in there.