Whenever I think about the remarkable properties of water and its unique life sustaining significance, I am always enthralled by it. We tend to take this prolific natural substance for granted, but it never ceases to amaze me.
Water is formless, yet it is the very foundation of life here on Earth. From microscopic cells to massive rainforests, living organisms rely on water. Covering over 70% of the planet in its oceans, from there water evaporates to form clouds, producing rain to constantly provide and replenish freshwater. Similarly our own bodies contain around seventy percent of water. We could not live without it.
What is so Unique about Water
It is the only natural substance on the Earth’s surface that expands instead of contracting when it cools, and can exist in solid, liquid and gas form, even simultaneously. For example, it can be seen as ice floating on a cold pond with mist or steam vapour rising into the air. And apparently water dissolves more substances than any other single liquid, it is this vital quality that allows our cells to hydrate and maintain our bodies.
Water is also adhesive and cohesive, meaning it sticks to itself and to other surfaces. And it is electro-conductive, which would explain why we are too ! Explore all this and more at home, for your own curiosity or together with other curious minds. I have included links to a number of easy experiments with water at the end of this article.
Water’s Therapeutic Qualities
It is the restful and inspiring, timeless qualities of water that make it so therapeutic. The gentle repetitive sound of water movement in a fountain, river or sea has a calming, meditative effect on the mind that invites deep relaxation. Almost nothing beats taking a peaceful stroll beside water to experience that. Leisure water activities have restorative, as well as invigorating, qualities. Water sports like rowing, kayaking, paddle boarding and surfing tend to stimulate a sense of adventure and forge a connection with nature. Swimming improves mood, muscle resilience and health.
Elemental Influences
As one of the five elements fundamental to all the traditional Chinese arts, including Feng Shui, curved, wavy and irregular shapes, also the colours black, dark grey and blue, represent the water element. Metaphorically speaking, water signifies the ebb and flow of life, ever changing. Harness it for beneficial gain and progress. Block it and it will stagnate, causing problems. Water also possesses polarising Yin and Yang attributes; deep and shallow, order and chaos and so on, always coexisting as an awesome force of nature.
A creative client made her own original indoor water feature, which she placed on her hallway side table to bring its positive energy into her home. She floated pretty pink hydrangea flower heads in an attractive large brass bowl filled with filtered water, activating its movement with a small aquarium pump placed discreetly in it. It looked beautiful and had the desired effect, as she took on a new career path, felt happier and shed some weight that she could not manage to lose beforehand.
Experiments with Water
According to the principles of homeopathy, water has a structural cellular memory, or signature, that retains information patterns. Photo images of water taken by Masaru Emoto aim to show that its frozen structure changes in direct response to positive or negative language and actions. Veda Austin’s photographic experiments demonstrate that water has an intelligence which visibly responds to thoughts, feelings, words and sound. Frozen water in Petri dishes forms corresponding images in the ice. Videos on line show you how to try doing it yourself.
Explorathon’s free pdf “Experiments to Research the Wonders of Water” is well worth downloading. Here are three links to more experiments for you to try. Maybe you will want to share them with family and friends as well:
www.fun-science.org.uk/properties-of-water-experiment-at-home
www.fun-science.org.uk/funscienceblog
https://menanwc.org/Science-Experiments-with-Water
Have fun discovering and exploring the many incredible wonders of water.
with warm wishes
Sylvia
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