Many who follow my work as a spiritual medium will probably not know that I have won awards, not for my mediumship, but my knowledge of plants, especially the more exotic variety.
Plants are living organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. Precise definitions of the kingdom vary, but as the term is used here, plants include familiar organisms such as flowering plants, conifers, ferns and mosses. The group is also called green plants or Viridiplantae in Latin. They obtain most of their energy from sunlight via photosynthesis using chlorophyll contained in chloroplasts, which gives them their green colour. Some plants are parasitic and may not produce normal amounts of chlorophyll or photosynthesize.
Precise numbers are difficult to determine, but as of 2010, there are thought to be 300–315 thousand species of plants, of which the great majority, some 260–290 thousand, are seed plants.
Plants are not too dissimilar from ourselves, they have varying degrees of tolerance to heat and cold, they need water and food and like us humans, bloom in the sunshine. Their leaves contain veins that run through them and their storks act like a body carrying nutrients. In addition, like us humans, plants feel pain which can be measured through electrical impulses, they also become sad and often die when neglected or through disease or old age. However, when they flourish, they create beauty and energy for all to feel.
Apart from the beauty of Plants, they also have a deadly side to them, most are harmful if digested or produce deadly fruit, others can attack us if we get too close by giving off chemicals, and others have needles that can be very painful as well as bringing us out in a rash. Some may have seen the film “The Happening” with Mark Wahlberg who finds himself in a scenario where by varying species of plant life learn to communicate with one another thus attacking the most basic human instinct of all – survival.
Dione Fortune a well know professional occultist and author wrote in one of her books that one the west of Africa, white Europeans where mysteriously dropping dead, yet the locals were unaffected. She concluded that the reason for this had been that the dense vegetation was somehow poisoning the visitor who were not used to the strong chemicals that the plants seemed to be giving off.
Yet many of our today’s cancer treatments come from tropical plants as well as other homeopathic remedies.
In today’s society, it has become very popular to have tropical plants in offices where people work, recent research and scientific evidence have shown that plants in the workplace can reduce absenteeism by up to 20% and can stimulate productivity and creativity in employees. They also perform other functions by cleansing the air and improving our health as well as helping to humidify the air and relieve dry eye symptoms.
Most of us have heard of someone or know of someone who is green fingered. Who seems to have a natural ability to grow and maintain living plants. Is it just down to knowledge that we are able to grow plants or is it something else? We have often heard of someone who talks to plants, maybe we do it ourselves or we have laughed about someone who has.
However, as with the case of plant responses to different types of music being played, there is no definitive answer to whether plants grow faster because they are being talked to. The idea appears to be that plants may grow faster if people talk to them at close range. The reason tends to be twofold. One is that people expel carbon dioxide when they talk. Plants take in CO2, and release oxygen, as part of photosynthesis. So more CO2 helps photosynthesis, which leads to more energy reserves for plant activities, and therefore improved plant health. The other is that people up close to their plants pay more attention to plant appearance and needs. So they are quick to spot, and control, stresses and stressors such as pests and diseases.
Actually, for carbon dioxide to even begin to affect the plant, you would have to talk to it for at least seven hours a day. Most scientists believe the reason talking and music help plants is because of the vibrations caused by sound waves or the pitch at which you speak. It is believed that plants like sound at around 70-92 decibels.
There may be another reason... Experiments that have been conducted show that positive thoughts can change the molecular structure of the world around us, as demonstrated by Japanese author, Masaru Emoto. The plants in my garden at home grow at an incredible rate. I believe this to be due to the positive intention and love that I send out into the garden on a daily basis and in return, just by stepping out into my garden my spirits can be lifted and I feel happier and more connected than I was before going out into it,- even on a rainy day.
© Paul Cissell 2012 www.paulcissell.com
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