It has been postulated by scientists on and off for most of my life that trees and plants feel pain and have something equivalent to
emotions. Some of this (primarily research done in the 60s and 70s, I
believe) has been largely debunked as wishful thinking and biased
testing, but by the same token there has been mounting evidence that
trees and other plant life do communicate with each other, even help
each other in forests by sharing nutrients with their neighbors, or if
distressed enough that they will certainly die... donating their last
reserves to those same neighbors. They don't even have to be the same type of
tree for this to happen.
In this way... I find it exciting to
think that big forests operate much like a brain, with each individual
tree functioning as a neuron. But what if it went a step further, and
the forests were more like a community? Each leaning on the other for
support, and giving sacrifices for the greater good during tough times?
All I know is, every time I go for a hike in a dense forest... I feel a
deep sense of peace and relief. Their gentle swish of branch and leaf,
their cooling shade, and for lack of a better word... their vibe... it
brings me joy.
We could learn much from the language of trees...
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