The Importance of Water (National Water Day)

Today (March 22nd) is World Water Day.  We all know the importance of water for all life on the planet.  But I don't spend that much time thinking about it.  I have watched two movies that have changed that.  

Secret of Water narrated by Lex Lang

(from IMDB) Water - a living substance, the most common and least understood.  It defies the basic laws of physics yet holds the keys to life.  Known to ancients as a transmitter to and from the higher realms, water retains memory and conveys information to DNA.  However, water can die if treated poorly.  Water's arrangement of molecules can be influenced by such factors as sound, thoughts, intention, and prayer, as well as by such toxins as chlorine, affecting all that comes in contact with it.

This movie concentrates on the living nature of water and all the things people can do that can make water sick and even kill it.  It talks about how water has a memory and how all the things people do to water can change it's very nature.  You see how ice crystals form from water that has been subjected to good thoughts and water that has been subjected to bad thoughts, and how much energy the water has in each case.  People talk about how there felt better after drinking water from natural sources as opposed to store bought water.  It was all very interesting.  I saw all the evidence.  But I have to admit I have trouble believing it.  Can you change water by saying nice things to it?  Or sending it good thoughts?  I don't know.  It is a radical idea.  Am I going to start thanking water before I drink it?  Probably not.  But it did get me thinking about how water is treated and often taken for granted.

Flow: For Love of Water directed by Irena Salina and Dan Berger

Flow is about the distribution, disappearance, availability (or lack there of) and privatization of water.

Flow shows how water has become a big business and a private commodity instead of a free and public resource.  It shows the impact that a lot of businesses that sell water are having on the environment and the people living in and around the plants.  It is disheartening to see how policies and greed have made it impossible for many people to get clean drinking water.  If they cannot afford to pay they must make do with whatever they can get, which is often water that makes them sick.  The question of 'since water is a basic human need shouldn't it be a basic human right to have access to it' is raised.  On the flip side you do see the people out there trying to make a difference, fighting companies that pollute the water, finding low cost ways to supply clean drinking water.  It made me think about where my water comes from and how it got to me and the cost of it on all levels.  It made me think about a lot of things that I had not thought about before.  I'm sure it is not the whole story.  No movie told form one side can be.  But it will certainly get people thinking.