Thursday, May 27, 2010

Good Vibrations

Sometimes you hear people say "That person gives me a good vibe"; it's a fuzzy out of focus way of describing how a person effects you. I propose that there might actually be a scientific use for this term.
The other day I was discussing how the movie "What the Bleep Do We Know" described the work of Masaru Emoto as proof that there are powers and forces beyond our knowledge. Emoto's experiments suggest that the mind has the ability to effect and shape matter.
In case you haven't heard of Masaru Emoto:
"Emoto's water crystal experiments consist of exposing water in glasses to different words, pictures, or music, and then freezing and examining the aesthetics of the resulting crystals with microscopic photography."



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The images seem to suggest that positive thought and music makes water form aesthetically pleasing and symmetrical shapes while negative images and thoughts result in chaotic structures. Most internet resources about the phenomenon seem to use the images as evidence for supernatural and spiritual forces that in fact exist in the real world. I'm not necessarily refuting anyone's claims, but I am offering an alternative explanation.
I was thinking about it the other day I realized something. Water itself, whether it is a vast ocean or a small pond exhibit a range of disturbances from large giant waves down to the tiniest microscopic ripples. Picture the cup of water in that famous scene in Jurassic Park where the Tyrannosaurus was approaching. Each thumping step made the cup vibrate with ripples. What if that cup of water was sensitive to all vibrations not just dinosaurs? What if even if you can't see it, a cup of water not to mention all water was vibrating as a result of the energy around it? The human body is mostly water, but it is an electrical system. Maybe the collective activity of our circulatory system, nervous system, and whatever else is giving an overall vibration. I've heard people say that the human body gives off non-visible spectrums of light and that's what an Aura is.
It would be like giving off a quiet note. Maybe certain thoughts are like a B flat and others are an F sharp. Where some thoughts and states of the body leave us in a soothing rythmic pattern others make us give off nails scratching along a chalkboard. If water was sensitive to this, and it was possible to freeze or photograph the water while it was in a given state, then Emoto's experiment would be explainable with known scientific method.
Unfortunately, Emoto is criticized because others have not necessarily been able to get the same results. My point isn't really even to prove that emoto is wrong or right. I'm only suggesting that some people might actually be giving off good vibrations. Sometimes they're a note that fits our own rythm with perfect harmony. Sometimes a person disturbs your inner pool into a chaotic mess. I for one am going to be more conscious of whether or not someone gives me good vibrations because I prefer that my life be a song that others will keep playing on repeat.

Let's make some music together,

-MM

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