Plants are conscious, emit sounds, TALK

The Secret Life of Plants

Talk to plants? While we may not be able to hear them, plants could very well be talking back. [Perhaps they are not great listeners, after all, but they are conscious enough to "speak"]. They talk all the time and especially if they are having a bad day. (Did we forget to water them again?) For the first time in the world, Tel Aviv University (TAU) researchers recorded and analyzed sounds distinctly emitted by plants. The click-like sounds, resembling the snap of popcorn, are emitted at a volume similar to human speech but at higher frequencies, beyond the hearing range of the human ear.

Professors Yosi Yovel and Lilach Hadany (TAU)

Researchers: "We found that plants usually emit sounds when they are under stress, and that each plant and each type of stress is associated with a specific identifiable sound. [That is a distinctive mark of speech rather than just sound making.] While imperceptible to the human ear, the sounds emitted by plants can probably be heard by various animals, such as bats, mice, and insects." More

• Science already knew plants "communicate" with chemical signals and scents (VOAs) through roots, leaves, stems:

(Anton Petrov) Mind blowing: plants 'talking' to each other in real time

Listen to sound plants make when 'stressed'

Indian scientist Bose proved it

(The Independent) April 3, 2023: Plants emit [high pitched] sounds when they are "stressed," a group of scientific researchers has discovered.

A team at Tel Aviv University in Israel recorded and analyzed click-like sounds resembling the popping of popcorn. They found that the sounds plants emitted are at a volume similar to human speech, but humans cannot hear them due to the high frequency.

• Sounds emitted by plants under stress are airborne and informative: Cell
• Science & Astronomy | Israel decoded plant communication signals — hearing trees scream during drought | Facebook
• Plants emit sounds – especially when stressed | Tel Aviv University
• Indian botanist Cambridge at JC Bose on the Secret Life of Plants (SRF)
• VIDEO: Plants are CONSCIOUS, scientist J.C. Bose proved
• Who was visionary Indian scientist Jagadish Chandra Bose?
• Paramhansa Yogananda revealed Bose's plant research in his bestselling classic Autobiography of a Yogi (Chapter 8)

Stone, metal, mineral, crystal are all conscious.

"Each plant and each type of stress is associated with a specific identifiable sound.

"While imperceptible to the [ordinary] human ear, the sounds emitted by plants can probably be heard by various [naturally more sensitive] animals, such as bats, mice, and insects," the researchers said.

Jump straight to Chapter 8 to hear about JC Bose's plant research

Prof. Yosi Yovel and Prof. Lilach Hidany on their scientific findings

Meditation? How conscious are plants?

Sujata helped Siddhartha become the Buddha because she thought he was a tree spirit.

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Journeys with Plant Spirits

Meditation journeys with specific plant and tree spirits? Yes, Mugwort, Rosemary, Dandelion, Yew, Elder, and Wormwood do it. How can we [humans] achieve a calm mind, cleanse our energy fields, and connect with our hearts in preparation for meditating with plants?

Journeys with Plant Spirits includes a progressive series of introductory meditations, adapted from ancient wisdom traditions, to lay the foundation for working with plant spirits.

Emma Farrell explains how to take a connection and relationship with Nature to a deeper level to access plant spirit healing through meditation with plants.

Dryad (tree spirit) lives in tree

Exploring the nature of plant consciousness and how plants perceive, she details how to achieve a calm mind, cleanse an energy field, and connect with heart in preparation for meditating with plants and trees [dryads], showing how the plants can support us not only in the cleansing process but also in teaching us how to sense what is in our energy field.

Offering a progressive series of preparatory meditations adapted from shamanic and indigenous wisdom traditions, the author reveals how to lay the foundation for communicating, working, and developing relationships with plant and tree spirits -- for spiritual connection, personal development, and inner peace.

She then presents meditation journeys with specific plant spirits, focusing on the frequencies within the plant’s bioresonance that can assist us.

Siddhartha awakened with the help of a Tree.

For example, meditation with Mugwort works with the plant spirit’s qualities of alignment and self-awareness to assist with grounding and developing inner vision, whereas Dandelion helps break old habits by working with the plant’s qualities of release, reconnection, and fearlessness.

Each plant is an expression of the spiritual force of Mother Nature and carries a unique blend of her medicine and wisdom. This book details step-by-step how to effectively work with plant spirits for emotional and spiritual healing, enabling us to awaken spirit to become truly multidimensional and whole. More

• The Secret Life of Plants: A Fascinating Account of the Physical, Emotional, and Spiritual Relations Between Plants and Man – Revolutionary Science on Botanical Consciousness (by Peter Tompkins and Christopher Bird)

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• Yosi Yovel, Lilach Hidany, U of Israel (english.tau.ac.il/plants_emit_sounds); The Independent (UK); Anton Petrov; Emma Farrell; Dhr. Seven, Kalyani, Ananda (Dharma Buddhist Meditation) (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

The Buddhist way to give for Christmas

The Buddhist Way to Give at Christmas | No stress, just pure joy

(Buddha's Wisdom) Dec. 23, 2025: What if we could give at Christmas without stress, guilt, or keeping score?

• 🎁 CHRISTMAS DOESN'T HAVE TO FEEL HEAVY.
• DISCOVER HOW BUDDHIST WISDOM CAN TRANSFORM GIVING.

For 2,600+ years, Buddhists have practiced dāna (letting go, giving, sharing, generosity, charity), the art of generous giving that liberates both giver and receiver.

This ancient wisdom offers a profound alternative to the anxiety, obligation, and reciprocity calculations that often shadow modern Christmas giving.

Through Buddhist teachings, human psychology, and everyday Christmas moments, this video shows how giving without attachment changes not only the holiday season…but the mind/heart behind it.

📿 DISCOVER:

• The ancient practice of dāna and its three stages of joy (before, during, and after giving)
• Why expecting gratitude turns giving into stress
• Why the Buddha said the "gift of Dhamma [the Teaching, Doctrine, Dharma] surpasses all other gifts" and what this means for our Western pagan holiday we call Christmas (Christ's mass)
• The three moods of giving: reluctant, calculated, and free (and which one we're actually practicing)
• The hidden emotional contracts behind Christmas gifts
• How to give, and receive, without pressure, debt, or obligation

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• 01:19 The Christmas giving paradox
• 03:19 What is Dāna? The Buddhist art of generosity
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• 17:29 The ultimate Buddhist Christmas gift
• 19:30 The one gift experiment

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📚 SOURCES AND FURTHER READING:

PRIMARY TEXTS:

• The Dhammapada (verse on the gift of Dhamma)
• Early Buddhist texts in the Pāli canon (teachings on dāna and generosity)
• Accounts of Anāthapiṇḍika's generosity (Vinaya Piṭaka)
• The Buddha's final teaching (Mahāparinibbāna Sutta)

SCHOLARLY CONTEXT:

"Dāna: The Practice of Giving" - Selected Essays from Early Buddhist Texts

"Generosity in Early Buddhism" - Bhikkhu Bodhi's translations and commentaries

"Buddhist Ethics" - Damien Keown (Oxford University Press)

MODERN APPLICATIONS: Studies on mindful giving and psychological wellbeing

Research on gratitude practices and stress reduction

Comparative religious studies: Generosity across traditions

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• Buddha's Wisdom (YouTube), Dec. 23, 2025; Ashley Wells, Dhr. Seven, Amber Larson, Ananda (Dharma Buddhist Meditation), Sheldon S., Crystal Quintero, Seth Auberon (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

First robot suicide, South Korean oddity

They already murder (autonomous drones, super soldiers, smart weapons), go to war, lie (deceive), and have sex. Now they're killing themselves? What's next? Are they going to start drinking? This is like Stanley Kubrick tried to warn about in 2001: A Space Odyssey with HAL 9000, the artificial intelligence aboard the ship in space.

South Korea's first robot suicide. What happened? | Vantage with Palki Sharma

(Firstpost) July 5, 2024: In a surprising turn of events, overworked South Korea has witnessed its first reported case of a "robot suicide." A civil officer robot deployed by the Gumi City Council "threw itself" down a flight of stairs, sparking an official investigation into the incident. Did the robot kill itself? What happened and why? Palki Sharma brings the report. #firstpost #palkisharma #vantageonfirstpost

China's military shows off robot dog with automatic rifle mounted on its back

(ABC 7 Chicago) May 29, 2024: During recent military drills with Cambodia, China's military showed off a "robot dog" with an automatic rifle mounted on its back, essentially turning man's best (electronic) friend into a killing machine to kill man. abc7chicago.com/post/chinas-m...

• 18 activities society vilifies that should be accepted

Super soldiers here to kill for capitalism

$100b Slaughterbots. Godfather of AI shows how AI will kill us, how to avoid it

(Digital Engine) April 19, 2024: New Atlas robot from Boston Dynamics and Figure 01 from OpenAI, leaked $100 billion OpenAI plan and a new project to avoid our extinction. Sam Altman, Elon Musk, Geoffrey Hinton, Sora.

To support and learn more about the project, please visit: digitalengine. Experts, please get in touch via: aisafetypath.org. ABOUT: aisafetypath.org/about-us. If we're lucky enough to reach someone who can fund this on a larger scale, we'd love to hear from that person.

• Stanley Kubrick, 2001: A Space Odyssey; Palki Sharma (Firstpost); ABC 7 Chicago; Pfc. Sandoval, Seth Auberon, Shauna Schwartz, Ashley Wells (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Princess Kate dying of cancer (or dead?)

Illuminati goddess? Kate's coronation outfit inspires worship

The "sickly" look of cancer is not due to cancer. It is due to toxic chemo. The theory is that we'll kill you and destroy your natural immune system, but just barely, so that cancerous cells die, but we'll try to save you at the last minute. You might die. You'll probably die. But if you live, expect to be bald, sick AF, losing teeth and vitality all in the name of profits because we could treat the body gently and work with it. But we prefer expensive cutting, burning, and irradiating. Hope you have insurance, and if you do, what business is it of yours if we squander those payments. It's not like it's coming out of your pocket. Anyway, insurance won't pay for gentle things.

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Princess Kate's health update | 60 Minutes AU

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(60 Minutes Australia) March 24, 2024: The Princess of Wales releases a video revealing her cancer diagnosis.

• While we were distracted by the “Where’s Princess Kate Conspiracy,” Deagel’s depopulation forecast confirmed by censored Pfizer documents

I'm fine and loving life. Look!

SYNOPSIS: Catherine [Middleton-Windsor], Princess of Wales (2024) Devastating. Frightening. Overwhelming. For anyone, a diagnosis of cancer is tough to comprehend. But it’s even more so when you’re one of the most recognizable people on the planet. In little more than 36 hours, Catherine, Princess of Wales has shown what a courageous woman she is. [Why, she's a regular Princess Di Jr.] She’s also, inadvertently, taught the world a valuable lesson: that gossip and rumor are more often than not the furthest things from the truth.

Saint Mother Theresa with Saintly Mother Princess Diana, the world's favorite British royal.

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Hope we don't break up before I become king.

[But what is the truth? Is she already dead? She can't be! I saw a picture and heard reports in the mainstream media that her royal PR firm was putting out doctored propaganda photos and fake reports of her being spotted in public looking just fine. Sure, she hasn't been seen in a while and no one knows where she is really, but that's what body-doubles are for.]

Me 'n you, K, not Baldy. - O, Hairy!

[The House of Windsor cannot afford a scandal like this at this time, so you'll understand if all damage control systems are deployed to squash this story and speculations about the royal's whereabouts, life-status, and/or health. So let's all pray that God save the queen-to-be so that Britain can live long and continue to rule the world from that city-state-within-a-city known as the financial district of London where the world's banking is done with the help and support of the city-state-within-a-state known as DC as the world's military arm and the city-state-within-a-city known as the Holy See in Rome, the heart of the Holy Roman Empire or spiritual arm of the unholy trinity. See The Ring of the City documentary for an explanation of how things work on this planet if this is not making sense. In any case, we still have Ginger Harry Windsor as a backup king and Black Queen-to-be Meghan Markle.]

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CNN shill promotes mainstream media narrative

Has anyone seen Hairy and Meggone? - Ehem, we shan't speak of them, shall we? (UK Royals)

Doctor shares biggest takeaway from Princess of Wales Kate Middleton [Windsor]’s cancer diagnosis [though she was set to be Queen Catherine when her cheating husband ascended to the throne as prostate cancer fells old King Charles]

(CNN) March 22, 2024: Chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta reacts after Catherine, Princess of Wales, revealed she has been diagnosed with ovarian cancer and is in the “early stages” of [fatal] treatment. #CNN #News

Cures versus Treatments

Eds., Wisdom Quarterly COMMENTARY

Humans can heal humans divinely?

It's sad that this should be happening now when researchers are claiming to be on the verge of a cure for cancer:

• Cancer 'breakthrough' as needle '500 times thinner than human hair' could lead to cure
• Fake search for a 'cure': Cancer breakthrough and the heroes behind it get spotlight in new $how

This, in spite of the fact that "cancer" refers to 1,000 different diseases, not a single thing called the Big C. And never mind that there are hundreds of cures for it/them, many of them made illegal and shut down to preserve the Cancer Treatment Industry, which rakes in billions a year to keep the public terrorized and draining the life savings of the ill before they die from a lack of effective intervention.

Reiki is a real thing. But my doctor said...

In fact, few people die of cancer. What they die of are the deadly treatments promoted by the profit-driven medical industry. Some of the worst ideas in modern medicine are deadly embalming chemicals for the living ("chemotherapy") and surgery (cutting, excising, bursting open tumors to spread cancer after the body has segregated the cancer cells in a bundle when if these bundles/tumors were left alone one might be just fine.

Nature can heal? Is that how it survived?

Baking soda, Essiac tea, Ojibwe tea, alkalizing diet, green detox flushes, massive dietary changes away from known carcinogens like fried foods (acrylamides), ultra-processed foods, flesh of dead animals embalmed in preserving chemicals like sulfites, colorants, natural flavors, dairy full of pus, rancid fats, stale and toxic packaged products, pesticides, microplastics, stripped sodium, dead white sugar, lack of micronutrients (trace minerals), and epigenetic triggers. There are other options: reiki, pranic healing, spiritual intervention, medical intuitives, a library of solutions provided by Edgar Cayce, and best of all, The Cancer Control Society (CancerControlSociety.org) to provide all of these in one outlet.

Get up and do something useful. Learn from it. It's not personal (cancercontrolsociety.org).

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But it seems people want to die paralyzed by fear, obedient to the white lab coat clad priests of the Oncology religion. Die. Who cares? What was their money doing in your pockets anyway? Give it back, and then kick the bucket. Obey. If even the rich and famous do not seek out real cures, what's the chance that anyone from the workaday population is going to access it?

The body can heal itself, and we can help it.

Actually, the lower one is the better the chances are to break the spell of the mainstream media (and slick advertising campaigns for hospitals and cancer "treatment" centers, drugs, and surgeries) and the pull of our tribal medicine men indoctrinated into the tenets of a Western medical system more interested in alleviating symptoms with drugs one takes for life than "curing" anything. There's no profit to be made by curing things. The best thing that ever happened to doctors are increasing cancer rates. It gives them work and riches so long as no one ever cures anyone.

And what about prevention? Never mind. That's a nonstarter as far as doctors are concerned. So keep microwaving foods and food-like stuffs and using plastics, Styrofoam, and heavy metal contaminants without ever chelating them out with cilantro, chelates, flushes, activated charcoal, or energy healings.

What is mindfulness? How it works

Just a thought. Isn't it odd that many "hands on healing" sessions (Shumei, Sukyo Mahikari, Reiki, Christian prayer circles, etc.) are offered free or by voluntary donation without long lines forming? We scoff at paying for the comfort and genuine loving hands but think nothing of parting with thousands for poisons to "kill" cancer out of us.

As Americans we push ourselves until

we're SICK then hand over our hard-earned fortunes

to doctors to try to get well again.

Subtle Art of Not Giving a F: 40 truths (video)

Mark Manson, March 9, 2024; Pat Macpherson, Dhr. Seven (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

WARNING: Use of harsh and gratuitous language in doling out harsh truths, graphic, sexual, vulgar!

40 harsh truths I know at 40 but wish I knew at 20

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck

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First, who is Mark Manson? He is the author of the very popular, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck.

Today is my 40th birthday. Here are all the things that I know at 40 that I wish I knew at 20.

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Monkey mind solutions to stop overthinking

Dr. Jenny Taitz, NCBC via Health, MSN; Dhr. Seven, Ashley Wells (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Psychologist shares 5 exercises she does to 'stop overthinking everything'

As a clinical psychologist, I've spent 14 years teaching people how to regulate their emotions and cope with difficult situations.

One of the biggest issues my clients struggle with is overthinking. It's an exhausting habit that can turn a stressful challenge into even more anxiety.

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  [It's magnified and amplified in sitting meditation, when we're trying to let go and just let things be. The habit of rumination takes over the show and just won't let go! That restlessness and worry is called "monkey mind," perhaps the most distressing of the Five Hindrances, obstacles to blissful stillness. "Meditation" does not mean controlling the mind. It means no longer letting the mind control us. Overthinking, over intellectualizing, paralysis-by-analysis are all pointless upsets that squander energy better spent on calm and insight. We need a reset.]

Here are five things I do when I need to stop overthinking everything:

1. Recognize when I tend to overthink

Shiva, when do you tend to overthink?

The first and most important step is pattern recognition.

What times of the day do I get lost in my worries? Do I notice physical signs, like clenching my jaw? Are there negative themes that come up again and again in my head? 

Then I reflect on when I am less prone to rumination, even when something difficult happens. I might worry less when I go to the gym after work, or when I listen to a funny podcast [or soothing music] on my commute. 

Arming myself with these details can help me be prepared with strategies as soon as I notice the warning signs.

2. Get some distance from myself

Solutions detailed in Stress Resets

A big reason why overthinking when I am upset backfires is because it immerses me even more in whatever I'm going through. 

The next time I notice myself sinking into fruitless rumination, try to see the bigger picture. This strategy is called "self-distancing."

I observe whatever difficult experience I am ruminating about as if I were a fly on the wall, [depersonalizing] rather [being] than directly involved. Taking a step back can provide the perspective I need to feel like I can change the channel.  

3. Swap 'why' with 'how'

The simplest way to replace negative thoughts with more constructive thinking is to shift from asking "Why?" questions (like "Why me?") to "How?" questions (like "How can I move forward?") Notice the difference: "Why" is a dead end, whereas "how" leads to productive action.

If I went on a date, for example, and the person didn't message me after what seemed like a great time, rather than ponder why, I focus on how I can create a relaxing night for myself.

By doing this, I consciously shift from unproductive ruminating to empowered planning.  

4. Write it out

When I need to process my feelings or an experience, instead of overthinking, I practice expressive writing. 

I do this exercise over the course of three days:

• Day 1: Spend 15 to 20 minutes writing about the stress and trauma that is plaguing me.
• Day 2: Write about how the experience has affected me.
• Day 3: Describe how the experience relates to my current life and what I want for the future.

This practice has been shown to help reduce symptoms of depression, even weeks or months later.

Researchers say it's because writing can help us go deeper into our emotions, while also creating some distance and an end point. 

5. Reschedule overthinking

Dr. Jen Taitz | LA Certified CBT DBT Therapist

To make my overthinking feel less compulsive, I consciously postpone it until later. I give myself 10 minutes to ruminate about a problem at 7:00 pm every night then move on. 

Another bonus is that there's a good chance that I'll get so caught up in my day or evening that I'll forget to return to my worries at the appointed time. When I become conscious of them, I'll be able to see my thoughts with more perspective.

When I want to avoid the debilitating all-day background buzz of rumination, I instead turn overthinking into something more contained. This way I give myself some freedom and power back.

Dr. Jennifer L. Taitz, Ph.D. (drjennytaitz.com), is a licensed clinical psychologist and the author of Stress Resets: How to Soothe Your Body and Mind in Minutes. She graduated magna cum laude from New York University and earned her doctoral degree in clinical psychology from Yeshiva University's program at the Albert Einstein School of Medicine in New York.

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