The Shape of Love: Discovering Who We Are, Where We Came From, and Where We're Going

This cutting-edge new work, by the author of the New York Times bestseller The Hidden Messages in Water, presents a revolutionary understanding of life and consciousness and provides answers to the most profound questions of existence.

Introduced in the bestselling The Hidden Messages in Water and the hit cult film What the Bleep Do We Know?, the groundbreaking work of Japanese scientist Masaru Emoto captured the popular imagination and launched a worldwide movement. Using high-speed photography, Dr. Emoto discovered that crystals formed in frozen water are affected by our thoughts, words, and feelings. Since humans and the earth are composed mostly of water, his findings have far-reaching ramifications for individuals, for human society, and for the global environment.

In The Shape of Love, Dr. Emoto shares new images from his research and for the first time draws out the significant lessons of his work. In a clear, conversational style, he interprets the messages hidden in his extraordinary photographs and explains how his discoveries can help us find answers to these eternal questions: Where did we come from? Why are we here? Where will we go after we die? Providing a new way of looking at such important issues as how we treat others and the earth itself, Dr. Emotos findings encourage the positive actions that spell a better future for all.

A magnificent follow-up to The Hidden Messages in Water, The Shape of Love is a fascinating investigation into the intersection of science and spirituality and its impact on our lives and our world.

"As author of several spirituality-cum-science titles including The Hidden Messages in Water, Emoto introduced the world to his claim that a sample of water is capable of responding to human words. Using a high-powered microscope camera, he demonstrated that water reacts to positive language by the formation of beautiful, snowflake-like crystals and to negative terms by forming ugly or distorted shapes. This breakthrough was featured in the hit underground film, What the Bleep Do We Know? While Emoto's earlier works were generally focused on health and healing, his new book attempts to extrapolate a religious narrative of the origins of life on Earth. The hypothesis — which includes the assertion that the water on earth was delivered by God in comets sent from somewhere near the Big Dipper, as well as the claim that humans were 'sent to the earth in the form of water crystals' — is mostly incoherent and unsatisfying. Worse, it strays from the simplicity of his powerful earlier work with the water samples. Still, newcomers will be pleased that Emoto rehearses much of his earlier material, and serious fans will doubtless find his flights of fancy intriguing. 40 color photos, not seen by PW." Publishers Weekly (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.)

"Even the most open-minded reader will become frustrated with Emoto's follow-up to his bestseller, The Hidden Messages in Water, in which he observed how different conditions-in particular, the exposure of water samples to different words, thoughts and feelings-influence the formation of ice crystals. Here, Emoto explains the metaphysical implications of those observations, and proves too fascinating by half; certainly, mysteries at the core of modern physics might be elucidated if his results were replicated by other researchers, indicating an empirical link between human thought and what we perceive as material reality. But the 'doctor of alternative medicine' jumps the gun, stretching those untested results to the breaking point in the service of broad and ultimately unsupportable conclusions. Though the moral philosophy he offers is in fact laudable, it isn't clear at all how it stems from his examination of ice crystals; the same can be said for the cosmology explicated in the book's second half. Though readers may find some inspiration, Emoto's decision to ground so much far-out speculation in scientific observation will turn off any serious researcher who might wish to reproduce Emoto's admittedly fascinating experiments." Publishers Weekly (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.)

Using high-speed photography, Emoto discovered that crystals formed in frozen water are affected by thoughts, words, and feelings. In a clear, conversational style, he interprets the messages hidden in his extraordinary photographs and the larger implications of his discovery.

Dr. MASARU EMOTO is a graduate of the Yokohama Municipal University and the Open International University as a doctor of alternative medicine. His previous book, The Hidden Messages in Water, has sold more than 600,000 copies worldwide. He lives in Tokyo, Japan, and frequently travels to the United States to speak about his work.