Water, Gratitude, And The Mirror

Water is a big part of this book, and here's why. Your body is mostly water. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, up to 60 percent of the adult human body is water, and babies are born at about 78 percent. Your brain and heart are about 73 percent water. Masaru Emoto was a Japanese author who spent years photographing water crystals. He believed that water responds to words, intention, and emotion, and that water spoken to with love and gratitude formed beautiful crystals while water exposed to hate formed broken ones. His work is not accepted as proven science, and I'm not asking you to take it as fact. I'm telling you what I believe and what I practice. If water responds to intention, and you are mostly water, then the words you speak over yourself matter. Think about how important water is. When you were born, the water broke first. Water came before you did. The world is largely made of water, and water brings life to everything. Without it, nothing grows. It's a key element of life, and it's in you. Give it gratitude every time you drink, all through the day, not just in the morning. Every sip is a chance to say thank you. That's what ties the water work to the mirror work. When you hold your water and thank it, you are practicing intention. When you look yourself in the eyes and say, "I'm sorry that happened to you. I love you," you are speaking that same love over the water that makes up you. If a trauma comes up during meditation, or randomly out of nowhere, go to the mirror. Have compassion for yourself. Work through it, and follow your heart with what may need to be done.

Look yourself in the eyes and say, "I'm sorry that happened to you. I love you." Sometimes you might cry. Let it happen. And it ties into gratitude. Every day you'll say thank you for the things people take for granted: the water, the sun, the stars that have guided people for direction, this planet, the ground under your feet that lets you discharge your electrical charge, the agriculture that feeds you, and another day. Keep it simple. Say it and mean it. Gratitude isn't only for the morning. Give gratitude all day for everything. Change your perspective on everything that's happening around you. Treat it as understanding, growth, and awareness. If you look at it that way, it's all beneficial. Don't sit there thinking about how bad your life is. That's the whole point of the gratitude, the water, and the mirror. If you want to take it the extra step, write words on your water bottle. Not only are we expressing gratitude and intention, the words amplify the power. That's just what I practice.