Watch your language...your body is listening!

Have you heard of Dr. Masaru Emoto and his research into water crystals? Dr. Emoto discovered and documented with photographic evidence that the crystals formed in frozen water vary in appearance depending on the thoughts directed toward them.

The first photo shows water exposed to the words "you make me sick." The second photo shows water exposed to the words "love & gratitude."

Dr. Emoto found that water which had been exposed to loving words show beautiful, complex, and colorful snowflake-like patterns when flash frozen. He also found that water exposed to negative thoughts formed erratic, disjointed shapes with murky colors when they were flash frozen, just like polluted water does.

Notice how the water that received thoughts of love and gratitude formed crystals that were symetrical and clean looking, while the water that received the thought you make me sick is discolored and severely deformed. Perhaps giving thanks for our food is more than an exercise in religious expression!

If you saw the movie, "What the Bleep Do We Know," there was a scene where the movie's principle character, Amanda, missed her train. This gave her time to view photos of Dr. Emoto's frozen water crystals that were on display at the train station.

As Amanda was contemplating the photos, a stranger walked up to her and said, "If our thoughts can do that to water, what can they do to us?" Since our bodies are about 70 percent water, that's an interesting question to ponder.

Our self-talk can affect many areas of our lives, such as our self-worth, attitude, energy level, performance, relationships with others, and . . . our health.

A lot of us have one or more negative, self-critical dialogues that repeat themselves day after day in our minds. We may be so used to it we don't even notice what we say to ourselves. If someone else said to us some of the things we tell ourselves we'd likely be highly offended.

By changing our self-talk from negative to positive we can greatly influence our health, relationships, performance, attitude, and outcomes for the better. When we notice these negative repetitions of the mind we need to replace them with positive affirmations.

When you catch yourself talking negatively to yourself, remember the water crystal experiment . . . your water-filled body might be listening!

I'm holding the high watch!
Rev. Donna