Wood Wide Web: The Secret Language of Trees 🌐🌲🌳

 

Inspired by Prernamurti Bharti Shriji | From “Prabhu Main Tera” Magazine 

• May–June 2024 Edition

Have you ever wondered — do trees actually talk?

The great Indian scientist Jagadish Chandra Bose had proven long ago that plants and trees are sensitive beings. Most of us are aware of this! But did you know that trees also talk to each other? 🌳🗣️🌳

We’re not referring to childhood tales about trees having eyes, ears, or mouths. This is a scientifically proven truth ✅🔬.

In reality, the way trees communicate is quite different. When a tree lacks or has an excess of carbon, water, or nutrients 💧🌬️🌱, it uses an electric impulse system ⚡ through its roots to exchange these with nearby trees 🌳🔄🌳.

Trees are so social and empathetic 💞 that when a small sapling 🌱 grows near them, they willingly share nutrients with it — much like how we feed a child 🍲👶 sitting beside us at the dining table.

Trees also have decision-making abilities 🧠🌳. When sunlight ☀️ doesn't reach a tree, it adjusts its branches 🌿 in a way that allows the smaller plants beneath it to receive light ✨.

Trees Warn Each Other Too!

When a tree is attacked by insects, animals, or other organisms 🐛🦌🦠, it releases special pheromones into the air 🌬️🌿. These chemical signals attract natural predators like bats 🦇, wasps 🐝, or other creatures that feed on the harmful insects, acting as a natural defense system.

But that’s not all — trees also communicate through sound waves 🔊🌳. These are frequencies too subtle for human ears, but they can be detected by other plants and some animals 🐾🌱.

For instance, when a giraffe 🦒 starts munching on the leaves of an acacia tree, the tree sends out electrical signals ⚡ through its root network. Nearby acacia trees get the warning and quickly produce a toxic chemical in their leaves 🌿☠️. Noticing the change, the giraffe often moves at least 100 feet away to find its next snack 🌳➡️🌳.

This remarkable underground communication system is what scientists have fittingly named the “Wood Wide Web” 🌐🌲🌳 — a hidden network connecting the forest in ways we are only beginning to understand.

The Science Behind Tree Communication

Beneath the soil 🌱, an invisible network of roots and fungi 🍄 connects trees 🌳 in forests — like an internet of life 🌐. When a tree experiences a lack of water 💧 or essential minerals 🧪, it sends out electrical signals ⚡ to its neighbors, asking for help 🤝. Older trees often share nutrients 🥦 with young saplings 🌿 — just as elders 👴👵 guide and nourish the next generation 👶.

Trees even warn each other of danger ⚠️. When attacked by insects 🐛, a tree releases pheromones 🌬️ that attract natural predators 🦇🐝 to fight the pests. This defense mechanism also triggers neighboring trees to prepare for a similar threat by producing bitter or toxic chemicals ☠️🌿 in their leaves.

Plants and Emotional Sensitivity

A research study in Israel 🇮🇱 proved that trees can sense positive and negative emotions 😊😔. Using special ultrasonic instruments 🎧, scientists recorded sounds that plants emit when deprived of water 💧 — sounds that signal distress, which other plants 🌱 and animals 🐦 can perceive.

In an experiment conducted by IKEA 🛋️, two identical plants 🌿🌿 were kept in the same environment. One plant was spoken to lovingly 💖 by students, while the other was scolded and insulted 😡. After a month, the plant that received love thrived and flourished 🌸🌿, while the other wilted and faded 🍂.

Environment and Post-COVID Awareness

As COVID-19 variants like KP.2 and Flu-Corona 🦠 resurface across India in 2025 🇮🇳, maintaining strong immunity 💪 and clean air 🍃 has become more crucial than ever. Medical experts 🩺 and environmentalists 🌍 both agree: green spaces 🌳 reduce respiratory issues 🫁, lower stress 😌, and build resilience against infections — a reminder that clean air and green cover are no longer luxuries, but lifelines ❤️‍🩹.

Corona taught us that hospitals can run out of oxygen 🏥😷, but forests never do 🌲🌿. Trees are the truest ventilators — silent, selfless, and ever-giving 🌬️💚.

Traditional Indian Solutions for Air Purification

Following the guidance of Prernamurti Bharti Shriji 🙏, many devotees and wellness enthusiasts have started using cow dung cakes 🐄 mixed with ghee 🧈, neem leaves 🌿, and camphor 🔥 to purify their homes 🏡. When burnt, these traditional materials release antibacterial vapors 🌬️🦠 that cleanse the air and uplift the atmosphere — a Vedic method 📜 now gaining scientific validation 🔬✅.

🌿 HaritKranti | Guru Purnima Mahotsav | Prernamurti Bharti Shriji 🌿
"SAVE NATURE TO ENSURE FUTURE"

During the auspicious occasion of Guru Purnima 🌕, under the divine guidance of Pujya Prernamurti Bharti Shriji 🙏, devotees offered their love and gratitude not just through prayers, but through action —
🌱 By offering plants at the sacred lotus feet of the Guru 🌸👣.

This symbolic gesture was part of the HaritKranti initiative 🌿, reminding us that true devotion also means caring for Mother Nature 🌍.

On Raksha Bandhan 🪔, a HaritKranti Vedic Raksha Bandhan was celebrated — tying rakhis not just to brothers 🤝, but also to trees 🌳, pledging to protect them as guardians of our future 🌱💚.

Let this tradition continue to inspire us all —
To nurture the Earth 🌏 as we revere the Divine ✨.

#HaritKranti #GuruPurnima2025 #PrernamurtiBhartiShriji #GreenDevotion #HaritkrantiVedicRakshaBandhan #PlantForThePlanet

Sanatan Culture: Trees as Divine Family

In our culture, trees are sacred beings 🌳✨. They’re not just part of nature, but part of our family 👪🌿. In older times, before leaving home for travel, people would say:
“Please water the plants in our absence” 💧🙏.

Scriptures say:
“दशकूपसमावापी दशवापी समो हदः।
दशहदसमः पुत्रो दशपुत्रसमो द्रुमः॥”

Ten wells equal one pond, ten ponds equal one lake, ten lakes equal one son — but one tree equals ten sons! 🌳👦👦👦👦👦👦👦👦👦👦

In the divine leelas of Lord Krishna, the trees of Vrindavan responded to his moods. During his departure, trees withered in sorrow 😢🍂, while gopis embraced them, crying in separation 💔🌿😭.

The relationship between divine beings and nature has always been central to Indian spirituality 🕉️🌺.

Global Movements Rooted in Tree Love

• In the Philippines 🇵🇭, students must plant 30 trees 🌳🌱 before graduating 🎓 — a commitment to nurture the planet for future generations.

• In Rajasthan’s Khejarli village 🇮🇳, 262 Bishnoi villagers sacrificed their lives ✊🌿 to protect trees from being cut down 🌳❌ — a powerful legacy that inspired the Chipko Movement 🤝🌲 and led to national forest conservation policies 📜🌏. As a result, then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi imposed a 15-year ban on tree felling 🚫🌳.

This World Environment Day (June 5), Take a Pledge:

"Nothing too grand — just plant one tree 🌱.
Care for it 💧, speak to it 🗣️, befriend it 🤝.
And watch how wonders unfold in your life ✨.

Because one tree can save many lives 🌳❤️,
and many lives together can save countless trees 🌍🌿."

So let’s —
Plant trees, save the Earth, and let life blossom 🌳🌸🌏.

Interesting Fact:

Did you know that World Environment Day and the sacred festival of Ganga Dussehra both fall on June 5th this year? Reminding us to purify both nature and soul. 🌿🌊

Ganga Dussehra celebrates the holy descent of Maa Ganga to Earth, and what better day to honor rivers than the one dedicated to our environment? 🕊️

As we plant trees and promise to protect our forests, let’s also resolve to keep our rivers clean — for where trees breathe, rivers flow. 🌳💧

The ancient Ganga, like the trees, carries healing power — both need reverence, not exploitation. 🌱🙏

Let this sacred day, inspired by Prernamurti Bharti Shriji and echoed in ‘Prabhu Main Tera’, awaken the inner eco-warrior and devotee in us all. ⚡🌎

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