I want to take you to a country and the work of a man who showed just what a powerful force gra-
ti-tude really is. His name was Dr. Masaru Emoto and the country is Japan. He was a Doctor of
Alter-native Medicine, a researcher, author and entrepreneur who was in search of the power of the
ener-gy of our thoughts and the evidence of what they create. I am honoured to have attended a
lecture by the great man.
Dr. Emoto knew about micro clusters and he studied the structure of water, most especially the
crys-tals of frozen water. Please note at this point that your body is made up of over 80% of water.
He took flasks of water and experimented with directing different qualities of thoughts at them. He
then froze the water and studied the structure of the water crystals which formed. What he discov-
ered was astonishing.
In one of the experiments, Dr. Emoto directed the thoughts ‘thank you’ at a flask of water and when
he looked at the water crystals, he saw something similar to the small image. Beautiful, symmetrical
structures giving a feeling of balance and growth.
Then he directed the thought ‘you are stupid’ at another flask of water and when he looked at the
water crystals that had formed, and he saw something similar to the top left image: A destroyed and
devastated mess with no definition and no symmetry. What a difference one single thought makes!
So the power of gratitude is real. Consciousness has measurable effects on the structure of water
crystals. The more you feel gratitude, the more the water in your body transforms into a healthy,
co-herent life-giving force. Your words hold both inner and outer power in the world.
Your Inner Power. Your inner power comes from the words that you speak to yourself in your mind.
The pictures of the water crystals tell the story of what you are creating within you. If you bathe your
cells in negative commentary about yourself, others and the world; your system will reflect it internally
as unhappi-ness, dissatisfaction and possibly even physical conditions. If you focus on using words
of positive power about everything that you experience, your whole body transforms on the cellular
level and you benefit in profound ways.
Your Outer Power. Your outer power comes from the fact that energy has a vibrational frequency and
each thought that you have will be broadcast like radio waves into the world. The saying 'what goes
around comes around' is ancient wisdom. The frequency of thoughts you send out is the same
frequency of what you attract in. You will get what you expect.
So no matter where you are in the world, let us use the energy of gratitude to unlock the real power
of intention
The Gratitude Space. Take a quiet moment now, as you are reading my article and either bring to
mind or write down: A list of your achievements this year, what skills you have developed, who you
have helped and give thanks to yourself. Who has helped you, inspired you, challenged you, broad-
ened your horizons this year, and give thanks.
Who this year has shown you unconditional love, respect, understanding, given you time, shown
you your value, and give thanks. What opportunities for growth you have attracted this year and
give thanks. Then take the energy of all of that gratitude and feel it swell your heart with a warm,
loving energy. Breathe that energy in and feel your cells being bathed in it. Then focus that wonderful
energy and with a thought, send it out into the world. Like the ripples of a pebble dropped into water,
your thought will beneficially influence everything and everyone, everywhere and return to you in
unex-pected and delightful ways.
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