Maximum Yield USA 2009 March | Page 71

“Simply put, all water is not the same.” existence as a mere commodity? If it’s wet, it’s water, right? The truth lies very far from this simple statement, and is a great deal more interesting. Before we can begin to define how we can best utilize water in our gardens, we must fully investigate the potentials and parameters of water and approach this lifeblood in a clean way, a way that respects its importance and subtlety and recognizes that there is more to water than meets the eye. Water is a dynamic, curious and elusive entity. Misunderstood and flowing without form, many are humbled, some are awed, but most are unaware. Some have even personified water with an agenda. As Tom Robbins wrote, “Human beings were invented by water as a device for transporting itself from one place to another.” (Even Cowgirls Get the Blues) Simply put, all water is not the same. There is only one word for it in the English language, yet there are literally too many possibilities upon sampling to guess how many different kinds actually exist. We elicit this understanding every time we invest in one of the many water filtration systems available on the market or make the decision to purchase a bottle of drinking water. Illogically, we exhibit a lack of this understanding when the Environmental Working Group determines that the very same bottled water is not much better than tap water by finding a mixture of 38 pollutants in 10 of the popular bottled water brands in the US. Even the powerful economic forces that generate hysteria when gas prices increase show no influence when it comes to water, evidenced by the price per gallon of gasoline costing less than bottled water from a vending machine. How can it be that something that perpetually falls from the sky costs more than something finite that we are forced to drill from the ground? Think about that.You may be surprised to find out that a forester named Viktor Schauberger (nicknamed the Water Wizard) actually predicted that this would occur almost 100 years ago simply by observing our neglect of waters subtle potential and vital role in biological systems. It is tempting to believe that these differences in water should be measurable if they are so profound. A lot of the reason we fail to recognize the subtleties of our surroundings is due to our creation of technologies that focus solely on the materialistic aspects of our existence. In some cases, such as in the examination of ORMUS, or orbitally rearranged monatomic elements, we literally calibrate ourselves out of MAXIMUM YIELD USA - March 2009 71