Plants are
intelligent forms of life who are capable of intention, preference, and
a will to survive, thrive and interact. Scientific research indicates
that plants communicate with insects, animals, human beings and other
plants in order to keep themselves alive and safe. Evidence also reveals
that plants are telling us how to achieve health and wholeness for
humanity and the earth herself.
Plants Are Just Like People
In research which spans more than 100 years, scientists have been
documenting botanical adaptability and the amazing similarities that
plants have with animals and people. Studies indicate that what
metaphysicians, psychics, shaman, tribal people and sensitives worldwide
have been saying about the plant kingdom for millennia is true: plants
are intelligent beings who can communicate with us, and, we can
communicate with them.
Smart Strategies for Survival
In the book, "The Secret Life of Plants," authors Peter
Tompkins and Christopher Bird describe how plants "talk to"
people and what plants "talk" about. Staying alive and safe
tops the list.
To protect themselves, plants have developed highly adaptive and
strategic ways for living. According to the authors, "Plants seem
to know which ants will steal their nectar, closing when these ants are
about, opening only when there is enough dew on their stems to keep the
ants from climbing. The more sophisticated acacia plant actually enlists
the protective services of certain ants which it rewards with nectar in
return for the ants' protection against other insects and herbivorous
mammals," thus serving the same function as friends and allies do
in the animal and human realms. Some vegetation develop a bitter taste,
some ooze gummy secretions, while others grow thorns to defend
themselves.
Prickles for the Pussy
Once plants feel safe, however, they may drop their need for defense. In
one study, a scientist wanted to determine if cacti grow needles
primarily for the purpose of keeping themselves from harm. Safely housed
in a greenhouse, the scientist talked to numerous cacti assuring them
that they were protected and that he cared about them. He encouraged the
plants to feel even more secure by playing soothing music in the
greenhouse. Within several months the cacti dropped all their spikes.
The offspring of these bare cacti were born without needles. Defenseless
within this nurturing environment, the mature and new-born cacti
prospered. After a period of a year of being without their protective
quills, the cacti suddenly began re-growing their bristles and new baby
sprouts were born with needles again. After some investigation, it was
discovered that a house cat had found its way into the greenhouse.
Suspecting that the cat may be the source of the perceived threat to the
cacti causing the reemergence of their means of protection, the
scientist blocked the cat's way of entry. Once the cacti sensed they
were once again safe, all of the cacti dropped their prickly means of
defense.
You Can Hurt a Plant’s Feelings
Plants respond not only to insects and animals but to human emotion and
intention. Plants can distinguish between people who are feel kindly
towards them and people who don't, and our green friends cooperate with
people they like. In one experiment a new scientist came to study some
test plants. Surprisingly, these test plants which previously had been
very responsive, were completely non-responsive during the new
scientist's tests. Investigating the change in the plants' response, it
was discovered that the new scientist incinerated his plants in his own
personal research once his tests were completed. Shortly after the new
scientist left, the plants again began registering activity and
cooperating.
In another study, scientists found that vegetation reacted negatively to
people who found the plants unattractive, even to the extent that the
plants would "faint." When over stimulated by emotions, plants
will "go unconscious" or numb and can stay " moody"
for weeks. Scientific studies show that once plants attune themselves to
a particular person, they are able to maintain a link with that person,
no matter how far away. These
plants register "knowing" not only when a person is returning
to the plants, but when the person makes the decision to return. Other
reports show that plants respond to people talking to them in a caring,
loving manner, such as asking a tree to radically change its growth
direction so that it won't have to be cut, or asking weeds not to grow
excessively in a vegetable garden.
Who Says Plants Can't Move?
In order to stay alive, plants have learned to move and do so in
remarkable fashion, for extraordinary purposes and with high,
extra-sensory intelligence. "Plants," says Viennese biologist,
Raoul France "move their bodies as freely, easily and gracefully as
the most skilled animal or human, and the only reason we don' t
appreciate the fact is that plants do so at a much slower pace than
humans. A climbing plant. which needs a prop, will creep toward the
nearest support. Should this support be shifted, the vine, within a few
hours, will change its course into a new direction." Plants will
even grow towards a support that's hidden from view. France continues,
"Plants are capable of intent: they can stretch toward, or seek
out, what they want in ways as mysterious as the most fantastic
creations of romance." As Thomkins and Bird relate, "Some
parasitical plants can recognize the slightest trace of the odor of
their victim and will overcome all obstacles to crawl in its
direction."
The Sophisticated Musical Tastes of Plants
Through their animated responses to classical and heavy rock music,
plants further divulge their preferences. In studies of plants exposed
to heavy rock music, the plants not only grew away from the music
source, but some grew either abnormally tall and put out excessively
small leaves or remained stunted. In some cases the plants died. When
classical music was played to the plants, the plants grew toward the
music source with healthy growth. The same plants, marigolds, who died
when listening to rock music, flowered when listening to classical
music. The authors report, "the rock-stimulated plants were using
much more water than the classically entertained vegetation, but
apparently enjoying it less, since examination of the roots revealed
that soil root growth was sparse in the rock group, whereas in the
classical group, root growth was thick, tangled and about four times as
long."
In India, Dr. T. C. Singh, in his studies of music and plants, stated
that he had "proven beyond any shadow of doubt that harmonic sound
waves affect the growth, flowering, fruiting and seed-yield of
plants." Singh also reported that girls dancing India's most
ancient dance style accelerated the growth of daisies, marigolds and
petunias. The dancing caused them to flower much earlier than the
control group of plants, presumably because of the rhythm of the
footwork transmitted through the earth.
Plant Devas Caught on Camera!
Kirlian photography is now able to verify the existence of living,
changing light radiating from plants. And many "seers" and
scientists have seen light emanations and moving forms coming from
plants. Hindu sages refer to devas. Clairvoyants and other sensitives
are able to directly see and communicate with the fairies, elves,
gnomes, sylphs and other creatures which live in and among plants.
Tompkins and Bird conclude, "Evidence now supports the vision that
plants are living, breathing, communicating creatures, endowed with
personality and the attributes of soul."
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Drawing from the wisdom of native and ancient spiritual traditions,
Keith Varnum shares his 30 years of practical success as an author,
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