Viktor Schauberger, known as the water wizard, was critical of modern science for many reasons. At the heart of his concern was the mechanistic approach to life that modern science has taken.
Schauberger was right. Modern science and philosophy have attempted to describe natural processes using a linear approach—a series of events—as though life itself were a machine. With this approach, whole fields of study are broken into individual events. Scientists can spend an entire lifetime with no comprehension of the big picture. Consequently, an organism is never viewed as a whole—nor is it ever viewed as a part of the even bigger Web of Life.
Genetic manipulation is a prime example of this mechanistic approach. Although scientists may understand how to remove and to replace genes (like computer chips), genetic manipulation has consequences. Like so many forms of mechanization, genetic modification attempts to manipulate and to control Nature. It has traditionally supported greed, rather than the creative system with a greater purpose. Today, computers and computerized machines practically run our world. Yet, as powerful as our technology has become, it has crippled us in many ways, disconnecting us from the Earth and from ourselves. Nature is not a giant machine churning out the same result over and over again. Nature works in cycles (see Chapter 2 of Dancing with Water); upgrades are incorporated with each new cycle and life evolves in an orderly fashion.
Life is a symphony composed and played in the moment—impossible to mechanize no matter how sophisticated the technology.
Natural technology emulates Nature. It takes into consideration everything we have learned through mechanization and then weaves Nature back into the picture. Where water is concerned, natural filtration technologies take gravity into account; they consider the way water is naturally filtered as it slowly percolates through multi-layers of rock and soil in the Earth. This is the concept behind gravity water filtration systems rather than reverse osmosis or other harmful technologies. And when it comes to revitalizing water, flow forms like the WaterFall (shown below) and egg-shaped containers, like the Water Cradle (also below) are a wonderful substitute for the machines that zap and electrify water to obtain desired results. These natural methods take into consideration water’s requirement for free flowing movement. They also acknowledge the need for a dark and cool environment where water can “mature.” Natural imprinting (the addition of “information”) comes in the form of vibratory or frequency input which is always better coming naturally from Earthly or Celestial sources rather than from mechanically generated sources.
Although we are beginning to understand water’s need/desire for a natural approach, we are still tempted to use it as a machine—manipulating it without thought for its life force. Yet water is not simply a vehicle to install and convey programs or information. It is a living consciousness. So when we have thoughts and feelings of gratitude and love, water is much more responsive to us and we can be more responsive to water because we respect the life within it. This is the deeper level of the dance with water we are still learning.
While there are many good technologies for treating and revitalizing water (some of them machines), the authors of Dancing with Water have found that simple is often better. They believe that even the best of the machines will eventually give way to more natural technologies that allow water the freedom to respond in the dance as an equal partner. The authors invite you to join them in remembering to Dance with the Water.
