Sending Love and Gratitude to Water

Dr Emoto's experiments with water show that the formation of beautiful water crystals is influenced by words, music and human intentions etc. Here are some interesting links :

Emoto Peace Project - Picture book of "The Messages from Water" Children's book in various languages : http://www.emotoproject.org/english/picturebook.html

In 3rd August 2008, Dr Emoto conducted a ceremony of sending Love and Gratitude to the waters in Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia. A huge and beautiful double rainbow was sighted after the ceremony :
http://www.masaru-emoto.net/english/e_ome_home.html

Water crystal images before and after the ceremony : http://www.masaru-emoto.net/english/baikalcrystal.html

Message from Dr Emoto regarding the ceremony : http://www.masaru-emoto.net/english/baikal.html

Report about the ceremony by Dr. Korotkov : http://www.masaru-emoto.net/english/ediary.html#0902

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How are Frozen Water Crystals Photographed? : https://www.hado.net/ (watch video on lower left)

Heart Matters

Recently I came across articles about the 'Heart'.

* In 1980s, Harvard psychologist Dr David McClelland conducted an experiment whereby he showed a group of students a video about Mother Teresa (an embodiment of care and compassion). He compared the students' immune system before and after watching the video by measuring their IgA, or secretory immunoglobulin A levels (IgA is an important measurement of immune system). He discovered that the students' IgA levels increased after watching the video. Other researchers went on to conduct similar experiments using self-induced care and anger. They discovered that generating the feeling of care and compassion greatly increased the test subjects' IgA levels while experiencing the feeling of anger greatly reduced the IgA levels (IgA levels still not back to normal even after six hours!)

Reference link : http://www.heartmath.com/solutions-immune-system-2/ ( Take note of the words which say : Key findings: Heart-focused, sincere, positive feeling states boost the immune system, while negative emotions... )

* Other facts discovered and researched at HeartMath Institute show that the Heart generates the strongest electromagnetic field in the body, influencing the brain and the rest of the body. It sends more signal to the brain then the brain sends to it. Moreover, the Heart is also the strongest biological oscillator in the human body. The other physical organs are also oscillators. (Using the example of a pendulum clock which is also an oscillator with its rhythmic tick-tocks. If you have a room with many pendulum clocks, the biggest oscillator is going to synchronize the other tick-tocks in the room to its own tick-tock rhythm). As a result, the Heart is constantly affecting the rest of the body system with is rhythms. Scientists realized that if you influence the Heart, the while body is automatically influenced. Positive Emotions such as appreciation, compassion, love and other good qualities of the Heart translates to better brain function and immunity.

Reference Links :

http://www.heartmath.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=25&Itemid=49
http://www.heartmath.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=28&Itemid=51&limit=1&limitstart=2

Other Reference : The Healing Power of The Heart by Tan Hwee Meng, Lapis News 4th Issue October - December 2008 ( http://www.lapislazulilight.com/Inner_Work/Index_Lapis_News_Inner_Work_Article_11.html )

Identifying the bird at Mount Faber

I have emailed Nature Society (Singapore) to help identify the bird which I spotted at Mount Faber. They have replied promptly, identifying it as the female Laced Woodpecker. The male bird will have a reddish crown.
This is the Nature Society (Singapore) website : http://www.nss.org.sg/index.html

Sighting of bird in Mount Faber

Last month, while walking up a flight of steps leading up to Mount Faber, I spotted this bird that was pecking fervently at a hole in a tree trunk. Is it a woodpecker?




Map of the place with a blue marker that approximately indicates the place where I saw the bird (you can drag and zoom or click on 'View Larger Map') :

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Gratitude and Child's Development

In Rudolf Steiner's lecture (The Child's Changing Consciousness: As the Basis of Pedagogical Practice), Rudolf lectured extensively on the development stages of the child. I like to highlight and summarize one of the interesting section.

In Lecture Six (page 124), Rudolf discussed on the three fundamental human virtures, namely gratitude, love and duty. Rudolf pointed out on the importance of nuturing and cultivating the virtue of gratitude in the growing child as it will greatly benefit the child's whole life. The child should live in an environment which is permeated with the mood of gratitude which to a great extent, depends on the behaviour of the people around the child. The development of the this virtue (gratitude) in the child not only affects its (the child's) physical development but also serves as a foundation for the child's development of other virtues such as love and duty.

Reference : The Child's Changing Consciousness: As the Basis of Pedagogical Practice by Rudolf Steiner

Download page for this lecture : http://steinerbooks.org/research/archive.php#waldorf

Two Book Reviews

Recently I read a number of books by Rudolf Steiner. Here are two book reviews which I submitted to Amazon.com for the following titles :
Agriculture: An Introductory Reader: A Collection (Pocket Library of Spiritual Wisdom)
Architecture: An Introductory Reader (Pocket Library of Spiritual Wisdom)

Book reviews link :

http://www.amazon.com/gp/cdp/member-reviews/A2IYDB9W2W6QGT/ref=cm_cr_dp_auth_rev?ie=UTF8&sort%5Fby=MostRecentReview

The Two Righteousness At Zhu Ya

Here is my summarized and translated version of the story contained in the Chinese Text Book of Virtues, Book two, Chapter on Righteousness( 义). Please pardon my translation errors and let me know if you spot any errors.

During the Han Dynasty in the region of Zhu Ya, there was a county magistrate who passed away. His second wife, with her nine year old son and the daughter of his first wife returned to Zhu Ya to attend to his funeral. The daughter of the magistrate's first wife was called Chu and she was thirteen years old.

During that time, there was strict laws against the possession of pearls. Those who brought in pearls faced the death penalty. Chu's stepmother had a pearl chain which she usually wore at her wrist. Before reaching Zhu Ya's customs, she had removed her pearl chain and threw it away. Without she and Chu noticing, her son went to pick up the pearl chain and put it into her small container.

At Zhu Ya, the custom officers searched and found the pearl chain in the mother's container. They questioned the three of them, "Who should be punished?" Chu immediately replied, "My mum had already thrown away the pearl chain, I secretly went to pick it up and hide it in the container. I should be punished!" Chu's stepmother went on, "I'm the one who love the pearl chain so I should be the one to be punished!" Both stepmother and daughter, with tears flowing down their cheeks, pleaded to be the one to face the death penalty. The custom official greatly admired and respect their righteousness. He was willing to take their place to be punished. He threw away the pearl chain and sent them home.

Original Chinese story available HERE 《德育课本》,二集卷六,《二十四义》, 编号 : dykb2-06, story number 6.