Water. What could be more
plain than water? No color. No real flavor. Just a couple hydrogens and an oxygen doing a
molecular dance. These days, even in the
desert, with the twist of a knob we get water.
It is like a genie at our beck and call.
Water cleanses our homes, washes our bodies, sweeps away all manner of nastiness;
out of sight and out of mind. Do you
suppose we take water for granted?

And water carries information. While this might not yet be considered
scientific fact, I am convinced it is so.
No two snowflakes are alike. Why
not? How many crystal designs can two
hydrogens and an oxygen make? How is
that possible? There must be a nearly infinite
number of ways that two water molecules can cling to each other when they slow
down enough to grab hold. And this
foundation is built on to form a snowflake governed by the form of these first
two molecules. Our digital age is based
on just 1s and 0s. Two things. Our DNA is also digital, but it has four
digits that define the vast, VAST warehouses of information that govern how the
elements come together to form our bodies.
But what about this water thing?
Just two hydrogens and an oxygen but their relative positions result in
a nearly infinite number of snowflake shapes.
How much information could we store in that mechanism?
From http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/02/photogalleries/snowflakes/index.html
But what is more interesting, is that there has been shown a
correlation between the structures water crystals form and influences to the
water before freezing. Anger and violent
music directed toward water result in chaotic crystal patterns, while love and
harmonious music result in ordered and symmetrical
patterns. Really?
Similarly, homeopathy, though not the usual focus of modern
medicine, still gets impressive results.
How does that work? A substance
that creates similar symptoms to an illness is put into solution, and then the
solution is diluted. It is diluted to
the point that odds are there is NONE of the original substance left in final
product, remedy pills. But those pills
trigger amazing results. How? Information, that’s how. The water used to dilute the substance to
form the remedy seems to capture instructions from the original substance. That information is read by our bodies, and
the homeopathic remedy actually reprograms how our bodies behave. This information programs our immune systems. We do not know exactly how this works, but it
does. What is amazing is that the more
diluted the substance—the more water is used—the more potent the remedy. That is counter intuitive! But then water is often counter intuitive.
Consider for a moment that when free flowing liquids freeze,
the general rule is that these busy molecules or atoms quit bouncing around so
much and become denser. They lock into a
solid that is smaller than the space taken up by the liquid it came from. Makes sense.
This is intuitive. But not so
with water. Water gets larger—less dense—when
it gives up energy and freezes into ice.
So why the science lesson?


As I type this, this morning, I have watched a sunrise
followed immediately by a snow storm.
This water has filled the air with trillions of individual snowflakes,
all formed with the unique information of those first two molecules that
grabbed hold of each other. If we could decode all the information, what would
it tell us?
Would water tell the story of the creation of life? Would it tell us the secrets of the
stars? Does water store information in
it from the very formation of hydrogen at the big bang, or from the formation
of oxygen as the plasma of stars ran out of fuel and collapsed into heavier
elements?

If you want to know if you are sick, then go get a blood
sample taken. Doctors will analyze that
bit of blood, and tell you what kinds of diseases you have.
If you want to know if the Earth is sick, take a sample of
water. Is it clean? What disease does it carry? Does the water carry life-giving information
that brings health and strength to an environment, or is that water carrying
the stories of poisons and toxins and the abuse of the Earth. Interesting, isn’t it that a little rain
water causes a garden to flourish. More
tap water irrigated to the same garden does not have the same effect. Why is that?
Not all water is the same.
We need to understand water is more than we have
understood. We need to respect water as
a substance that allows for life.
Water. It cleanses. It nurtures. It shapes.
It informs. It matters.

Now that I have built the case for the importance of water,
perhaps we will approach water differently than before. We can now better protect and respect this
life blood of the planet. We can enjoy
the mystery of water and perhaps even unlock some of the secrets of life and
the creation of the universe. And
especially, when we are in the wilderness, we can understand and utilize water
better.
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