Novak Djokovic criticised for ‘dangerous conspiracy theory’

Jesus turned water into wine and Novak Djokovic believes mere mortals can make polluted H20 healthy to drink with the power of their mind.

Novak Djokovic believes in some left-field ideas.

Tennis star Novak Djokovic has come under fire for spruiking the idea people can change the chemical make-up of food and water with their thoughts and emotions.

The world No. 1 is well known for being an advocate of alternative medicine and pushing the boundaries of conventional thinking, even delaying elbow surgery to see if his injury would heal itself without an operation before ultimately deciding to go under the knife.

Djokovic has previously worked with a “spiritual guru”, who reportedly encouraged him to make a loving gesture towards the crowd after every win, as the Serb thought outside the box in search of mental and physical advantages over his rivals.

Djokovic made headlines last month after casting doubt over whether he would accept any coronavirus vaccination should such a thing be made compulsory for tennis players to travel to tournaments, but his latest claims stretch into the realm of the truly bizarre.

In an Instagram Live chat with Chervin Jafarieh as part of his series called The Self Mastery Project, the pair discussed how emotions could make “toxic” food and water more healthy.

“It’s the connection that you’re talking about, the innate connection and really being present and being conscious of the moment and being conscious of the fact you’re drinking water,” Djokovic said.

“I’ve seen people and I know some people that, through that energetical (sic) transformation, through the power of prayer, through the power of gratitude, they manage to turn the most toxic food or the most polluted water, into the most healing water.

“Because water reacts and scientists have proven that, that molecules in the water react to our emotions, to what is being said.

“I truly believe that we should continuously, every single day that when we sit, we sit without cameras, without phones … or even worse having nervous discussions and conflictual (sic) discussions at the table with your close ones during your meal.”

Novak Djokovic has always thought outside the box.

Jafarieh constantly nodded in agreement with Djokovic.

“They saw if you had specific thoughts, specific emotions onto the water, if they were happy thoughts, if they were good thoughts, they created a molecular structure that had a geo-prism based on sacred geometry meaning there was symmetry and balance,” he said.

“On the opposite end when you give water pain, fear, frustration, anger, that water will break apart.”

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Former tennis star turned sportscaster Mary Carillo was “disturbed” by the wild claims and blasted Djokovic for spreading such messages to his huge social media audience.

“We know that he believes in meditation, in prayer, in holistic healing,” she said on The Tennis Channel. “He hated that he had to get his elbow cut, he tried to stave that off for a long time because he genuinely thought he could heal his own body.

“I’m very disturbed that Djokovic and that other guy are saying you can change toxic water to drinking water.

“This is dangerous stuff and when I looked at it … it already had half a million hits. I really hope he backs down from that.”

Sports Illustrated tennis writer Jon Wertheim said while it’s OK to “challenge conventional wisdom” or explore other avenues of sports psychology, this was a step too far from the 17-time grand slam champion.

“He really needs to be careful, there are consequences to this,” Wertheim said on The Tennis Channel.

“It’s a very short jump to these conspiracy theories which now, more than ever, are really dangerous.

“So I was disappointed, like you Mary, to see that because I think there’s a real responsibility that comes with being No. 1 and that includes respecting science and objective truth.”