Viktor Schauberger was critical of modern science for many reasons. At the foundation of his unrest was what he referred to as our mechanistic approach to life. It's true. Modern science and philosophy attempt to describe natural processes using a linear approach—a series of events—as though life itself were a machine.
Nature is not a giant machine churning out the same result over and over again. In fact, because Nature works in cycles, the end result is never the same (see Chapter 2 of Dancing with Water). With each creative cycle, Nature infuses upgraded energy, and as long as circumstances are favorable, life evolves in an orderly fashion. Life is a symphony composed and played in the same moment—impossible to mechanize no matter how sophisticated the technology.
Genetic manipulation is a prime example of this mechanistic approach. Although scientists may understand how to remove and to replace genes (as though they were computer chips), genetic manipulation has consequences. Like so many forms of mechanization, genetic modification is an attempt to manipulate and to control Nature. It supports greed, rather than a "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, and it has disconnected us from the Earth. However, we are on the verge of a new way of thinking that will bring us back into harmony with Nature and with the Earth. One thing that will result is a new form of technology based on the natural approach.
Natural technology emulates Nature. It takes into consideration everything we have learned from our machines and our mechanization and then weaves Nature back into the picture. Where water is concerned, natural purification technologies take gravity into account and they consider the way water slowly percolates through multi-layers of rock and soil in the Earth. When it comes to revitalizing water, flow forms and egg-shaped containers will eventually replace machines that zap and electrocute water to obtain desired results. These natural methods take into consideration water's requirement for spiral movement – and stillness, and they acknowledge the need for a dark and cool environment in which water can "mature." Natural programming (adding energetic "information" as vibrations and beneficial frequencies from Earthly or Celestial sources) has many unrecognized benefits that go far beyond anything man can add to water; it is what water is always seeking.
Even though we are beginning to understand water's need for the natural approach, we are still tempted to use it as a machine—adding and programming it without a thought for its life force. We have yet to understand that when we have thoughts and feelings of gratitude and love, water is much more responsive to us and we are more responsive to water because we respect the life within it. This is a deeper level of the dance with water that we are still learning.