You may recall that a few weeks ago I blogged about my experiment to ascertain whether affirmations do actually work.  In order to prove or disprove this theory, I conducted the LOVE, HATE, IGNORE rice experiment which clearly demonstrated the effect of words on cooked rice, and so when drawing a direct comparison between the grains of rice and the cells that make up the organs of our physical body, it proved that words (affirmations) have an undeniable effect on each of us. (Click here for that blog)
Words (Affirmations) are heralded as having the ability to dramatically impact our body, our life, what we attract and what we “no longer consent to” in our lives. Positive thinking is simply words in thought (pure energy) form.
However, whilst the rice experiment demonstrates what happens to the physical cells and so systems of our bodies (respiratory, urinary, cardiovascular, etc), that’s only approximately 30% of our body, whereas the remaining 70% of our body is made up of water. So, what happens to the larger proportion of our flesh and blood, if we are bombarded by ourselves (or by others) with positivity, negativity; or ignore our body’s call for action through it coming down with ailments, diseases, allergies, etc.
Many years ago, when I was a student of The Balance Procedure (I now teach this holistic system – click here for my webpage), I was fascinated to learn about a Japanese businessman and New York Times bestselling Author called Dr Masaru Emoto (22nd July 1943 – 17th October 2014), who conducted experiments with water.
He found that water that had been exposed to different words, prayer, music and/or positive and negative “energies”, changed!  After exposure to these “influences”, the water was then frozen and the resulting water crystals which were clearly seen through a microscope, showed the effect that such “vibrations” had had on each sample.
He claimed, and demonstrated, that emotional "energies" and "vibrations" could change water’s physical structure and that water exposed to positive speech and thoughts created visually “pleasing” ice crystals, and that negative intentions yielded “ugly” ice formations. Once again, this clearly demonstrates the effect of positive affirmations or negative thoughts, words, etc.  
The photographs below show the results.
In addition, Emoto showed that different water sources produced different ice structures and that water from a mountain stream, when frozen, showed beautifully shaped geometric patterns whereas water from polluted sources created distorted, randomly formed ice structures.
So, let us draw a comparison here with a human (or animal) body which has been polluted with chemicals from overly processed drinking water, food production, convenience foods loaded with additives and preservatives including “bad” salt (“good” salt is essential to our well-being), too much sugar, alcohol or nicotine (not to mention the formaldehyde and arsenic that we also inhale with cigarettes). The upshot is that we now have a polluted body from what we ingest and our water crystals are “ugly”.

We can, however, bring about change and, according to Emoto’s research, counter these effects with positivity. Personally, I use both The Balance Procedure and with Reiki – both of which bring about a positive mindset and lifestyle. Using The Balance Procedure cards (link here to my TBP page) and the affirmations daily, we consciously decide to make positive changes to ourselves.

Indeed, the Reiki Mantra or Reiki affirmation as I call it, (most call it the “Reiki Prayer” but that does not resonate with me) is:
Just for today I won’t be angry,
Just for today I won’t worry,
Just for today I will be kind to every living creature (including myself),
Just for today I thank my teachers, my parents, my elders,
Just for today I do my day’s work honestly,
Just for today I count my many blessings.
With this Reiki Mantra / affirmation, we are invoking positivity and with my Reiki students, I encourage them to speak it every day as well as part of the process of giving a Reiki treatment to themselves, friends, family and, with Reiki level 2, their clients. Because part of being a good channel for Reiki healing, is being in a fit enough state ourselves, for the energy to travel though us to those in need. (If we are not in a positive state ourselves, our own body keeps the Reiki healing energy as we need to heal ourselves first – we cannot give from an empty cup.) (Click here for my Reiki pages)
Although it is not always easy to eliminate pollutants and toxins from our way of life, we can also “Reiki” what we put into our body to cleanse it first and turn those “ugly” crystals into “pleasing” crystals. When I train and attune my students in my Reiki level 1 courses, I show how to do this.  This is effectively “praying” over the food or water and takes just a few moments to transmute negative into positive.
If we combine the rice experiment (physical cells) with Emoto’s water experiments, we can appreciate how negative thoughts and energy effect our body in its totality. Water is indeed the source of life, quite literally, and so is intertwined with every cell in our body, our blood, lymph, tears, skin, sweat, lubricates our food via saliva. Water empowers our brain to function effectively as it enables the electrical current (synapses) to crisscross and invoke actions and thoughts and when we are dehydrated our brain begins to slow and become confused, hallucinate and function degrades.  I have to wonder if the dramatic increase in Alzheimer’s and dementia is due to pollutants that cross the blood/brain barrier via our water.
(In 2020, as many as 5.8 million Americans were living with Alzheimer's disease.  The number of people living with the disease doubles every 5 years beyond age 65. This number is projected to nearly triple to 14 million people by 2060. (Source: Centers for Disease Control & Prevention.))
I train clients online via Zoom and in-person (currently here in southern Spain), in both The Balance Procedure and Reiki, both of which are powerful modalities for positivity to bring about, maintain and promote personal wellbeing and you can use for your friends and family before heading onto Practitioner level (if you so wish). Reach out for a discovery chat and/or check out my website pages.
Peace of mind and love to you all.
 
Linda Jane W – Holistic Mentor, Psychic Healer, Practitioner & Teacher.
Author of Wakey Wake-Up Rise & Shine. Second edition available on Amazon.