While sailing, I encountered a fascinating study on water memory. This research, originating from homeopathy studies conducted in 1988 by Jacques Benveniste, the senior director of France’s Institute National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), intrigued me deeply. The study, which proposed that water could retain a memory of substances it once held, was highly controversial and challenged conventional scientific understanding.
Benveniste's findings suggested that white blood cells could be activated by antibody solutions so diluted that they no longer contained any biomolecules. According to this theory, the water retained a 'memory' of the antibodies it had previously been in contact with. If such claims held true, I wondered what else water might be capable of.
My curiosity led me to explore further, eventually uncovering Masaru Emoto's experiments with water crystals. In his video, Messages from Water, Emoto—a Japanese author and researcher—asserted that human consciousness affects the molecular structure of water. He proposed that our thoughts and emotions could alter water’s physical properties, suggesting that even polluted water could be purified through prayer and positive visualization.
Emoto's experiments involved exposing water to various words, images, and music before freezing and examining the resulting crystals under a microscope. He found that water exposed to positive stimuli formed beautifully intricate geometric patterns, while water exposed to negative influences produced distorted and unsightly formations.
Though some critics dismiss Emoto’s research as pseudoscience, I found it compelling. Whether it was because it resonated with my own fears or because I wanted to believe in a deep, intrinsic connection within nature, I felt drawn to the idea. As I prepared to live on the ocean, I hoped to cultivate a harmonious relationship with the water, inspired by both Emoto’s and Benveniste’s findings.
Determined to integrate these ideas into my life, I embarked on a personal experiment. I took a clean mason jar to the rocky shore of the Salish Sea and filled it with ocean water. Over the course of a week, I spoke to the water, expressing my love and asking it to keep me safe while sailing.
I believed that if the water could remember my positive thoughts and intentions, this memory would diffuse into the vast ocean when I poured it back, potentially creating a protective aura around me.
Though some might have thought I was eccentric for my approach, I didn’t let that deter me. Living on the ocean required respect and caution, and a little magic and love couldn’t hurt.
A week later, I released the water from the mason jar into the ocean. Whether my experiment was successful or not remains a mystery, but in my heart, I choose to believe it was. After all, there are people who speak to their plants, who converse with trees, and so why not speak to the water? At the very least, it provided me with peace of mind during my time at sea.
For more on Masaru Emoto’s experiments, visit Messages from Water.
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