So we did this for one of our Family Home Evenings.
So here are our Jars The Happy Jar, the Sad or Hate jar, and The Good words bad tone of voice.
Here is what they look like almost a month later
The happy jar still has big rice particles its hardly broken down at all the water is clear and it has a sweet smell to it.
Here is the Yell or use a angry tone with happy words jar. The water is more yellowed and the rice is not as complete some of it is very mushy and it smells a bit.
Here is our Hate or sad jar. CAN I JUST SAY IT SMELLS LIKE PUKE!!! Very yucky smell comes from the jar. It started to ooze and turn brown and black there are no rice fragments it is all mushy from top to bottom. AND did I mention that it stinks?! My girls started feeling sorry for it and started saying I love you to the jar at about week two so that kind of messed up the experiment but it was exactly what I wanted them to learn. To say nice positive things to fix "sad jars" and to not say mean things or you will hurt other people. When mean words or tones are flying through the house its now common to hear One child say to the other "Remember the three jars!"
30 But this much I can tell you, that if ye do not watch yourselves, and your thoughts, and your words, and your deeds, and observe the commandments of God, and continue in the faith of what ye have heard concerning the coming of our Lord, even unto the end of your lives, ye must perish. And now, O man, remember, and perish not.
3 Nephi 12:22 or Matthew 5:22
22 But I say unto you, that whosoever is angry with his brother shall be in danger of his judgment. And whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council; and whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.
Here are some other Great Videos to Check out on the water study and just sound and thoughts in general and how they affect us.
How Thoughts Affect Our Reality LINK to youtube
There are SOOO many of these but not all of them have clean language (you would think after doing the experiment they would clean up their mouths but no such luck.) This one is clean. You can look at others if you like. Just search rice experiment and see what you get.
And if you STILL want more on how to apply this to the Gospel check out my teacher's post HERE
