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Water: the Matrix of Life

Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov




Water is the vital fluid of the earth. Rivers and streams represent the arteries and veins of the earth, the lakes represent its plexuses, and so on.

Like blood, water is a priceless, indispensable element which nourishes and brings life to all creatures - rocks, plants, animals and humans. Even crystals need water in order to be formed; crystals and precious stones can exist only if a few particles of water are present in their composition. Without this water they crumble into dust. It is the water that gives gems their hardness, their colour and their translucent character. And vegetation, which has its roots buried in the soil, is the etheric body of the earth. Yes, trees are the earth's etheric body, and water is the fluid that sustains the life of this body. Flowers, trees and plants fashion and vivify the earth through the medium of water.

If you want to penetrate the secrets of nature you must try to understand the importance of water. You must meditate on what it means, on its properties and its power, on all that is concealed within it. You should feel reverence for it as a manifestation of the feminine principle, of the sublime Mother who enfolds us in her purity and light.

Inner transformation
It is time you began to understand the important part that water plays in nature and made up your minds to work with it in order to transform your inner life. It is all very well to enjoy walking beside a river or a waterfall, to appreciate a drink of fresh spring water, or go for a swim in a lake or in the sea, but you are not really working when you do that. You will never produce the slightest change in your inner life unless and until you learn to communicate with water, until you begin to talk to it and make friends with it.

Making friends with water
The first condition that has to be fulfilled if you want to make friends with water is to approach it with respect. You must realize that water is the home of many pure and beautiful entities who will not look kindly on you if you fail to show some love and consideration for them. If you want to go for a swim for instance, especially if it is in a lake, you must not do so carelessly; you must take the trouble to put yourself in a suitable frame of mind. Start by asking the entities that live in that water for their permission to bathe in it, because when you do so it is as though you were washing away your impurities in the water in which they live, and as you can understand, this could be very disagreeable for them. Be careful and considerate therefore.

to be continued