Love Thyself: The Message from Water III

I bought this for my mother who used to read Masaru's various water crystal books in a waiting room. The ideas in it are fascinating to say the least. The images are beautiful but there are moments in it I feel like I'm not getting all of the information regarding the process. It's definitely intriguing and makes one think of all of the possibilities out there, of all the things of which we have barely begun to scratch the surface.

The beautiful photos in the book show how water looks like when assigned certain words. For example, the word "harmony" gave the water a specific symmetrical shape. It seemed that negative words gave water asymmetrical shapes which were disrupted and imperfect. Water is affected by our thoughts (imagine how other living things and other matter is affected also). Our thoughts and emotions are powerful. We can manifest anything we want. Make it positive. Peace and Happiness, Patrick Leonardi

Thankfully, there is alot of original, Spiritual and New Age Material available with the expansion of the Information Age. It is perhaps true that many of us now have been applying Spiritual teachings in our lives, and recognizing Fundamental Truths and Laws of the Universe as part of our own daily life experiences, and may not NEED physical proof or "evidence" of the powers that are contained in our own bodies, minds, and spirits. But for those people that still may need (or just enjoy) to witness Spiritual principles in physical form, "Messages from Water III" (and all Emoto's works) provides such "evidence" of our true power as people to create the world we live in. For those already accepting of such power, Emoto's beautiful photo images of his inspired water crystals resonate with that part of one's higher Self that is beyond language and all forms.

Given Mr. Emoto's spectacular photographic evidence and the power of his own personal convictions - the mere act of reading his book and looking at his pictures makes the reader a better person. One might think that the effect would begin to become less exciting, but it never seems to. The inclusion of his grandchild and kitten is, as always, irresistible. I found the reports from praying adults about how they are most comfortable especially interesting. Meanwhile, the local water, despite alleged benefits of our water treatment facilities, leaves us with highly polluted water anyhow. So, we've been labeling our water and ourselves with the word "love" and conducting our own experiments with the water that we use - including bottled water and wash water. Just imagine if we can actually love ourselves to a 60-70% capacity! If enough people do this - and then love our neighbors too - even our politicians (whether we favor them politically or not) - we COULD change the world - we CAN change it - little by little. First a couple of people, then more, then more - finally the 100th monkey, so to speak. What's to lose? Let's try.

This is a beautiful and lovingly done collection of Emoto's water crystal photos. Most of the pages are simply a large color picture with a brief description of the circumstances of the image. The focus is on positive and vibrant images (the result of water molecules taking on and reflecting the vibrations of events, symbols, printed words, pictures and sounds) with only very few showing the contrast of ugly aborted crystals. I'm pretty excited and blown away by the implication of all this. Many of these pictures seem sublimely profound and magical in their expression. Sometimes I wonder if its too good to be true, but it is beautiful and life changing none the less. This book is basically a non-denominational guide and primer on the power of prayer, positive thought and the unity of humanity's spiritual yearning and traditions. It is a visual celebration of life and our intricate and immediate connections.

This hardcover edition of the original English/Japanese version is smaller in size and does not have the charm-the energy of the original. It seems they did nothing but crop the text and voided it of it's original intention. Funny thing since this bock and author are all about intention. The original series had heavy bound, glossy finished paper with a dust cover that seemed to make it a real coffee-table book that had weight. (Quite literally since the hardbound edition is fewer pages and less weight and smaller dimensions.) I perfer the originals. They are collector's items. The newer versions, of past volumes to be released in the near future will similarly be reworked and, in my view, lessened.