Memory of Water

Gange ca yamune chaiva...godavari saraswati |

Nàrmade sindhu kaveri jalesmin sannidhim kuru ||*

Water memory basically mean the claimed ability of water to retain a memory of substances previously dissolved in it even after the various number of serial dilutions. It is fascinating to consider that water is the ultimate receiver and carrier of information. A single drop of water can store information beyond someone’s imagination. This suggests that as our brain is 95% water, the watery content of the brain makes it a far more powerful information processor. Water registers energetic imprint from substances, activities and the frequency of thought to which it has been exposed. As water travels, it picks up and stores information from all of the places that it has traveled through, which can thereby connect people to a lot of different places and sources of information when they drink this water, depending on the journey that it has been on. An astonishing paper authored by Nobel prize-winning Luc Montagnier describes memory effects in aqueous DNA solutions. The author proposes the idea that water can carry information via an electromagnetic imprint from DNA and other molecules. It is considered that the easily influenced structure of water is far more significant than our preoccupation with its chemistry. After examining individual drops of water at high magnification, scientists derived that each droplet of water has an individual microscopic pattern, each distinguishable from the next and uniquely beautiful.

Another experiment was then carried out where a real flower was placed into a body of water, and after a while, a sample droplet of the water was taken out for examination. When magnified, the resulted showed a mesmerizing pattern, all of the droplets of this water looked very similar. A similar experiment was done with a different species of flower, the magnified droplet looked completely different, determining that a particular flower is evident in each droplet of water. Through this discovery shows that water has a memory and a new perception of water can be formed.

Human Emotions Change Water:

The human body is made up of 70% water, and our DNA holds a code through which every individual is different from one another by the information of this code. Conclusions could be drawn that human tears can hold a unique memory of an individual being, through the body’s store of water hosting a complete store of information that is linked to individual experience. Water is the information carrier that changes the blood, tissues and reflects the very character of human consciousness. It is believed that beautiful symmetry occurs when water is exposed to loving and uplifting influence.

Importance of the Glassware:

Mostly glass is preferred over polypropylene tubes in research labs because the dissolved silica is capable of forming solid particles with complementary structures to dissolved solutes and macro molecules and such particles will remember these complementary structures essentially forever. Water store and transmit information, relating to solutes, through its hydrogen-bonded network. It is worth noting that contact with water may change glass surfaces forever; a 'memory' effect.

Greek Mythology explains Water:

The ideas of Thales, in Metaphysics 983 b6 8–11, 17–21 water is described as “That from which is everything that exists and from which it first becomes and into which it is rendered at last, its substance remaining under it, but transforming in qualities, that they say is the element and principle of things that are. …For it is necessary that there be some nature, either one or more than one, from which become the other things of the object being saved... Thales the founder of this type of philosophy says that it is water.”

Importance of Water in the Vedic Period and Sacred Hindu texts (Veda, Upanishads and Samhita):

In Vedic texts, water is referred to as Apah or the Waters. Water is considered to be purifying in a spiritual context. ‘Hail to you, divine, unfathomable, all purifying Waters…’(Rig Veda). Water is considered as the first residence or Ayana of Nara, the Eternal Being and therefore water is considered to be the underlying principle or the very foundation of the universe. Atharva Vedas identifies water as the very essence of spiritual sacrifice or ‘the first door to attain the divine order’. In Hindu mythology, water is taken in the palm while taking Sankalpa (solemn vow or determination to perform a task), because water will hold the memory of that vow.

I will be writing more on “The importance of Water in our Vedas and Upanishads” in my next blog. Till then let the thoughts inspire you to drink more water!

* Thanks to my dear friend to enlighten me with these wise words.

The Lucky Break

While reading, came across this interesting piece of advice:

The noun and the verb: Many people want to be the noun without doing the verb. They want the job title without the work. Doing the verb will take you someplace further and far more interesting than just wanting the noun.

The philosopher and writer Nassim Taleb once said: “Hard work will get you a professorship or a BMW. You need both work and luck for a Booker, a Nobel, or a private jet.” Enormous success and outlier accomplishments require that and extreme luck or timing.

It’s not true to think that the world is a meritocracy. Plenty of brilliant people fail to succeed and plenty of not-so-brilliant people find themselves successful beyond their wildest dreams. The world is random and a cruel place that does not always reward merit or hard work/skill. Sometimes it does, but not always. Still, the more usable and practical distinction to make is between what is up to us and what is not up to us. Being recognized for your work may be on someone else but becoming an expert in a field, that’s up to us. Keep reading, learning, going out and experiencing things. Marcus Aurelius said that the key to life was to tie our sanity—our sense of satisfaction—to our actions. We cannot control every situation in our life, but we can always control what we feel and do about it. We should realize that we have power over our minds but not outside events. Will is the ability to choose our perception and take the action we can even when the odds seem unbeatable.

And of course the mother of all philosophies, Bhagavad Gita:

karmanyevaadhikaaraste maa phaleshu kadaachana |

maa karmaphalaheturbhuu maatesangotsvakarmani ||

Chapter 2, Verse 47

This is probably one of the most famous shlokas from Bhagavad Gita and we all have heard of at some point. Krishna here explains that never consider yourself to be the cause of the results as results are not solely depends on your efforts. It depends on multiple factors, for example, situation, other people who are involved. Also, do not attach yourself to inaction because sometimes when the work is hard and burdensome, we opt to inaction.

Do work. Be happy with that. Everything else is irrelevant.

What is Procrastination and how to overcome it?

All procrastination is delay, but not all delay is procrastination. If put in simple words, it is the avoidance of doing a task that needs to be accomplished by a certain deadline. Etymologically the origin of the word “procrastination” comes from the Latin verb procrastinare, which means to put off until tomorrow. It is also derived from the ancient Greek word akrasia — doing something against our better judgment. Psychology explains procrastination as an emotion regulation problem, not a time management problem. Behavioral psychology research explains this as a phenomenon called “time inconsistency.” It is the tendency where human brain value immediate rewards more highly than future rewards. This tendency of delaying helps us understand why procrastination seems to pull us in despite our good intentions.

Let’s accept the fact that we all have faced procrastination at one point or another. It is relatable and universal because the human brain is actually wired for it. We struggle with delaying and avoiding the issues that matter to us. Study identified that there are two areas of brain that determine whether we are more likely to get on with a task or continually put it off. The amygdala - an almond-shaped structure in the temporal (side) lobe and dorsal anterior cingulate cortex (DACC) plays a major role to process and control actions. DACC receives information from the amygdala and decides the action for body. For procrastinators,  the connection between the amygdala and DACC are not as good as in proactive individuals. During emotional situation such as overwhelm/fear to fail, norepinephrine chemical takes over, increasing the levels of fear and anxiety and adrenaline gets pumped in. Different people experience procrastination for different reasons. Most common reasons are anxiety about the outcome of work, struggle with delayed gratification, easily distracted by the surrounding, unable to make decisions in a timely manner.

Understanding why we procrastinate is beneficial, since it can help figure out the answers. The capacity to self-monitor, convert tasks into small and measurable steps is an important executive function to avoid procrastination. Learn to acknowledge the errors, but forgive your procrastination habits and move forward. It will help reduce it in the future.

Hope you find it a good read!!