In Search of ... A Common Bond

Talking to Plants

In Shakespeare's perception … Julius Caesar was warned of the attempt on his life. ' Beware the ides of March ' … the communication said. Its curious to think that … spring … commencing in March … would be the cause of renewed enthusiasm … and raise the possibility of the overthrow of old ideas. It certainly is the season for rejuvenation of the earth … and it would appear … in Shakespeare's view … also the mover of the minds of men.

Perhaps it does. However … the prevailing notion in our societies … would view that as a little strange … like the tides of the moon … the call of birds … the forlorn look on the dog. Is our minds in that way … an instrument in the hands of nature? And how does that influence the lives of men?

In Indic writings … the practice of animism … which continues to this day … occupies a special place of importance … in their understanding of mind and the world. In Navagraha studies … they point to the position of the planets in the solar system .. as a contributing factor to the affairs of man. In essence … it cultivates a will in the human … that is compliant with the experience of idealism.

But beyond the perceived influence of these natural forces … man is tasked to attend to the details of how this idealism … is translated into the organization and life of the society. And while we seem generally united on the ideal … our views of the physical implementation of these ideals … often vary. And while truckloads of committees … labor over the decision making … in political administration … the UN … bilateral relations and so forth … it appears possible that a lone individual may be able to do more.

How? The channels that nature provides for such communication … in a place in the mind … that we intuit with insight … but will never be able to swear to it. Wormholes of the mind? How about ionization … digital … just like the way broadcast communication takes place … with electronic equipment and gadgets. It would explain the experience of idealism by many … who today wouldn't touch the issue with a ten foot pole. But I'm not convinced that its just idealistic dreaming or delusions.

Is man connected that way with the creative energies … in order to be able to communicate with them? Is man in that way a partner to the creative endeavor? Is that a way for one man to communicate his goodwill on the issues to other men … receive and review the views of others … and form a consensus … that is applied at different levels of human society … in relation to its promotion of sound ideals. Is it a collective mind?Would we know whether something like this is taking place on an unconscious basis?

I was encouraged to think that gardeners and farmers … who speak to plants … may at some level … affirm my view. The mentor to Carlos Castaneda … Don Juan … was reported to have gone a step further … in being able to receive communication from plants … regarding their medicinal uses. It brought me to a point of … working out a plan to test the possibility. I wanted to see if I am able to communicate that way … with the creative energies.

I convinced myself … that the creative energies in the world at this time … would be keen in a re-establishment of faith … to have man understand that … we are in contact with the forces around us … and we are right on track with the issues. It might even be a matter of jogging our … beliefs … regarding the way we used to think we did.

So I went out to the garden … and cut two branches fron the plant … Indic name malliapoo … known commonly as Jasmine … scientific classification ... Jasminum Sambac. and placed them both in a bottle of water each. Then I did what I'm accustomed to doing for the past 10 years. I spoke aloud to the forces that be … and informed them of my intent … and requested that … if its true man is in communication with the creative energies … then to help me with the experiment I was undertaking.

I asked that the plant I had labeled as ' experiment ' be allowed to sprout … and the plant labelled as ' control ' be denied sprouting. Its been 7 days … I have 7 sprouts on the experiment plant and 0 sprouts on the control plant. I am recording the procedure and methodology … in an attempt to satisfy myself that I took all steps consistent with an objective finding. I am convinced that I have complied with the usual rules. And there it is …

I had to do it … its been nothing more than my life's pre-occupation to-date. I repeated the experiment today commencing 30 June 2014… to validate the findings … but I'm startled by what I've seen so far … and to encounter the suggestion in my passions … that its always been that way. I'm asking myself what the implications are. We lose the contact sometimes … in moments of intense pressures … but it does come back. I have to say … its changed me.

I've been thinking of Moses on Mount Sinai and the Vasudeva on the field of Kurushetra … and I find myself extending that to the … notion of one man … communicating his faith and goodwill … on the issues … for a consensus … with everyone else. Its the line I draw at rock bottom … before I re-commence my practice of faith again. ' Kawabonga! ' … is that what the kids say these days?

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