Positive Thinking Power: Dr Emoto's Rice Experiment

Most people agree that positive thinking has power. But just how much power is debatable. Masaru Emoto, a researcher and alternative healer from Japan has given the world a good deal of evidence of the magic of positive thinking.

His experiments demonstrate that human thoughts and intentions can alter physical reality, in this case the molecular structure of water. Given that humans are comprised of at least 60% water, his discovery has far reaching complications. Can anyone really afford to have negative thoughts or intentions?

The rice experiment is a famous Emoto demonstration of the power of negative thinking (and conversely, positive thinking).

In this experiment, Dr Emoto placed portions of cooked rice into two containers. On one container he wrote "thank you" and on the other "you fool". He then instructed school children to say the labels on the jars out loud everyday when they passed them by. After 30 days, the rice in the container with positive thoughts had barely changed, while the other was moldy and rotten.