QnA with Sri Sri
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 2015

Q: I participate in the mass chanting programs you conduct. My friends ask me “Why are you chanting? What will happen with you sitting somewhere and chanting?”

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: You know, the scientists have been talking about the Butterfly Effect. When a butterfly flaps its wings in South America, it has an impact on the clouds that are hovering around China. With this being the case, we cannot think that if we sit and do some chanting, it will have no impact on the world consciousness. Every little thing has an impact on the universe because we are an integral part of this universe. There is one research that was done by a scientist from Japan and the result of the research is shared in our website as Video. Water is a composed of very tiny crystals. So we can see how different sounds affect the composition of these crystals in the said video.
As you can see from the video, chanting has a profound effect on the molecular structure of water, and our body is composed of 70% water. Using negative words and unpleasant sounds affects the molecular structure of water adversely.
If you have seen the video, chanting impacts water so positively. When we sit and chant these ancient mantras, the crystals of water take a perfect shape (implying harmony and peace). This perfection in the microcosm brings about perfection in the macrocosm, in our society and in the people around us.

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