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Healing ourselves and the planet: The Water & Peace Global Forum

Posted on March 1, 2010 by continuum wellness| Leave a comment

Message from Masaru Emoto, Author of “Message from Water”

Announcement of “Water & Peace” Global Forum 2010 at Lake Biwa
March 20-22, 2010
Biwako Hall, Otsu City, Shiga, Japan

http://www.masaru-emoto.net/english/lake-biwa/main.html

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To Those Whose Body Is Mainly Composed Of WATER:
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I am Masaru Emoto, a missionary of water and an author of “Message from
Water” and “The Hidden Messages in Water”.

Recently, many forums and conferences have been organized with water as
its main theme. Yet, most of them are focusing only the physical aspect
of water.

However, in addition to the physical body, we have the mind (and spirit).

We have learned from water itself, through “Message from Water”, that
water is not only essential to our body but also it has an intimate
relationship to our mind.

In other words, water is the mirror to reflect our mind.

As a matter of fact, we believe that the abnormal weather conditions
such as floods and droughts and natural disasters like tsunamis and
earthquakes are caused by the pollution of water on Earth, which in
turn is ultimately brought by the distortion and disharmony in our
mind, thoughts and emotions.

Other serious problems in politics, economy, education, medicine and
so on are also concerned with the mind of our collective consciousness,
and therefore it can be said that water is ultimately involved in all
of those problems.

Don’t you think that we can take a step toward the solution of these
water-related problems by considering the aspect of water which is
connected with our mind, thoughts and emotions?

For this purpose, we have decided to hold “Water & Peace” Global Forum
2010 at Lake Biwa, Mother Lake in Japan, on March 20 to 22 (March 22 is
the World Water Day declared by the United Nations).

Musicians and artists who understand water deeply will perform their
music, dance and art, and scientists and spiritual leaders will talk
about water and consciousness. There will be a lecture on a completely
novel method to extract energy from liquid water.

Also, there will be several live experiments that will scientifically
prove that our consciousness affects water. And, all the participants
will pray for the water of Lake Biwa and the whole world with our
sincere Love and Gratitude at the closing ceremony.

The energy of our Love and Gratitude will be amplified and expanded
by the power of the Golden Pyramid of Peace, which is presented by our
co-organizer Gudni Gudnason, and carried to every corner of this planet.

This will be the world’s first Water Forum of this kind with “Water &
Peace” as its main theme. After this Forum, our consciousness toward
water will be elevated significantly, and the water on this planet
will be changed completely and become crystal clear!

There will be a new vortex of energy, like a pair of dragon gods,
emerging from Lake Biwa to create a world of Truth and Great Harmony.

We are honored by the presence of Princess Martha Louise of Norway at
the Forum. Also, Sergey Viktorovich Lavrov, the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs of Russia, will send us his official message regarding this
Forum.

Would you please join us in this Forum and become one of those who
co-create this historical moment?

If, unfortunately, you could not come to Lake Biwa and attend this
Forum directly, we would really appreciate if you could send us a
donation to show your intention that you agree with the purpose of
this Forum and support this Forum financially.

For each one of you who have made a donation, we will prepare a bottle
of water with your name on it and put it under the Golden Pyramid of
Peace during the ceremony so that the amplified energy of Love and
Gratitude will come to you through the water.

We would be grateful if you could send your prayer of Love and
Gratitude to Water on March 22 simultaneously with our prayer ceremony
in the Forum.

You will experience by yourself the energetic connection of Love and
Gratitude through the water with you.

By the way, if you are interested in spreading the Truth of Water to
the general public, we strongly recommend you to attend the
International HADO Instructor School which will be held on March 23
and 24 at Lake Biwa and learn the Secret of Water directly from myself.

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Down South: Blacks Have Increased Risk of Strokes

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UAB Study Shows African-Americans Have Highest Stroke Rate, Southerners More Likely to Die

February 26, 2010
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – African-Americans age 65 and younger are more than twice as likely to have a stroke compared with Caucasians in any region, and people who have a stroke are more likely to die in the South than elsewhere, according to researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) School of Public Health.

The findings are from UAB’s Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) study, one of the largest ongoing health studies that includes more than 30,200 U.S. participants.

This new report is among the first to show major regional and racial disparities in stroke rates. It also underscores the need for targeted stroke-prevention and care strategies in those at greatest risk, said Virginia Howard, Ph.D., a UAB associate professor of epidemiology and a REGARDS co-principal investigator.

The study was presented Feb. 26 at the International Stroke Conference in San Antonio.

“This is the first study to take national data and really lay it out on the table,” Howard said. “We found in the 45-54 age group that blacks have a 2.5-fold greater stroke rate compared to whites, which is startling.”

The study also shows a stroke rate greater than 12 percent higher in eight Southeast states known as the Stroke Belt – Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North and South Carolina and Tennessee – with the highest stroke rate in the coastal states of Georgia, North and South Carolina.

“These are stroke-incidence data. It doesn’t tell us how to fix the problem, but it gives us our clearest stroke picture to date in this country,” Howard said.

In the new study, REGARDS researchers reviewed data on more than 26,500 participants with no history of stroke. They kept in periodic telephone contact with the participants for nearly five years and documented 299 strokes to which they applied a rate formula. In the 45-54 age group, the stroke rate is 192 percent for African-Americans compared with 74 percent for whites.

“That disparity in the incidence rate evens out and changes as you monitor stroke in older Americans. In fact the racial differences reverse, so by the time they reach about age 80 and older, whites have a higher stroke rate compared with blacks,” Howard said. It is not clear why the differences change with age, but it may have to do with different types of strokes occurring in different age groups.

The bottom line is that certain subgroups are at greater risk and need to pay closer attention to their stroke-risk factors, said George Howard, Dr.PH., a UAB professor of biostatistics and a REGARDS co-principal investigator. Stroke-risk factors include family history, high blood pressure and high cholesterol, diabetes, obesity, tobacco use and other variables.

The new study was collaboration between UAB, the University of Cincinnati, the University of Vermont in Burlington, Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, N.C. and the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS). Funding for this study comes from NINDS.

About the UAB School of Public Health

The UAB School of Public Health is a community of scholars and professionals working and teaching in varied arenas of public health with the goal of fostering research and best practices crucial to the health of our nation and its peoples. The school offers more than 20 areas of study and manages dozens of research and community-service centers.

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