Let’s talk about consciousness. I watched a TED talk recently about plant communication. A neuroscientist Greg Gage found a way to communicate with plants. As we all know, plants don’t have a brain nevertheless the scientist found that plants use electrical signals to interact with their environment, much like our own nervous system.
In the experiment Greg Gage interacts with a plant called the Venus fly trap. It’s the plant that catches insects with its leafs. The plant has small hair-like antennas which causes the lobes to snap shut when prey touches them.
The scientist proofs that the plant can count. It only closes if the antennas are stimulated rapidly as if a fly is there. Greg shows that touching an antenna only once doesn’t make the plant close. And apparently the flytrap only shuts if the antennas are stimulated quickly within a 20-second period.
Now, that is a sign of intelligence in the natural world, and I find that very fascinating.
Interestingly, the experiments are based on facts. No belief system is needed to get the results. It is part of our existence whether you believe it or not. Plants are nature – and so are we.
Dr Masaru Emoto, a Japanese scientist with a PhD in alternative medicine, proved that human consciousness could affect the structure of water. That is how powerful the mind is.
In his studies, he found that water exposed to positive words and intentions formed beautiful, symmetrical crystalline structures when the water was frozen, while water exposed to negative words and intentions formed disorganized, asymmetrical structures.
He did an experiment with rice where he poured water over cooked rice in three different jars, then labeling one “Thank You!,” one “You’re An Idiot,” and leaving one unlabeled. He found that the rice that he spoke kind words to remained mostly white, while the rice that he spoke negatively to, turned moldy, providing physical evidence of the power of positivity.
This works without needing a certain belief system. Fact based.
The Gaia tv-show has made a good video on water consciousness and how water responds to human emotion.
Furthermore, I’m fascinated by some of the experiments done by a woman called Veda Austin. Her website is titled The Secret Intelligence of Water.
Veda is a water researcher and public speaker and she has experimented with frozen water and the power of the mind for the last 10 years.
She believes that water is fluid intelligence, observing itself through every living organism on the planet and in the Universe.
Her primary area of focus is photographing water in its ‘state of creation’, the space between liquid and ice. It is through her remarkable photos that water reveals its awareness of not only creation, but thought and intention through imagery.
In her video on her website, she explains “water appears to intelligently respond to human consciousness. It uses its building blocks of ice to design recognizable pictographs enabling it to share its messages or acknowledgement back to us in picture form.”
She continues: “My first experience of this phenomenon was when I projected the thought of my hand into a petri dish of water, froze it, pulled it out, and in the architecture of the ice was a hand.”
Take a look of some of her experiments with water consciousness. She has over 40.000 pictures, according to her website.
It seems water in frozen state is able to create a representation of physical objects. Water even picks up thoughts, music, words and photos. Here are a few of her results, copyright Veda Austin.
Amazing, isn’t it? Pure science again. No belief system required, only consciousness and perhaps an open mind.
Thirdly, electricity is required for the human nervous system to send signals throughout the body and to the brain, making it possible for us to move, think, and feel. Part of the human body is electric and with electric impulses comes electromagnetism.
Are you still doubting that your thoughts are energy?
New groundbreaking technologies are being developed that makes it possible to control external devices through thoughts. This technology is called Brain-Computer Interface or BCI which is a computer-based system that acquires brain signals, analyzes them, and translates them into commands that are relayed to an output device to carry out a desired action.
This is no longer science-fiction but science-facts.
These systems can operate many different devices, from cursors on computer screens to wheelchairs to robotic arms. These kind of devices are not mind-readers – they work by reading and analysing electrical brain signals using advanced technologies like EEG.
If you’re a science buff, you can read more about Brain-Computer Interfaces here: Brain-Computer Interfaces in Medicine. This research from 2012 is published in an official US government website called National Library of Medicine – National Center for Biotechnology Information.
Elon Musk owns a company called Neuralink where they are developing such a brain-computer interface. That solution is an implant in the brain though.
The company mission statement is “Create a generalized brain interface to restore autonomy to those with unmet medical needs today and unlock human potential tomorrow.”
Elon Musk has reportedly said he wants humans to merge with AI “to achieve a symbiosis with artificial intelligence.”
This sounds really great, but I don’t like the idea of implanting technology inside my body. Especially technology that I have not created myself nor have any control of. Such implants receive a lot of resistance from free-thinkers expressing their concerns about transhumanism.
What Elon Musk talks about is not just reading the brain signals but also writing the signals back to the brain meaning that a piece of technology sends or writes signals to your brain. To me that raises a lot concern when considered beyond the context of helping the blind see or the handicapped walk. Who would decide what signals were “written” and sent to the brain?
Integrating science, spirituality, and leadership for the future
The science of plant communication, studies on human consciousness, and the potential of brain-computer interfaces, I find is very relevant for young business leaders.
This combination of science and spirituality might seem outside the norm for the business world and unfortunately we have forgotten our spiritual heritage and we’ve gotten absorbed in materialism, profits, and greed. We’ve forgotten why we’re here and what we are in essence.
If we want to build a better world, we must get to know ourselves and our surroundings first. Part of a leadership training programme should include spirituality, neuroscience, and consciousness studies. We can’t lead blindly anymore.
I’m bringing cutting-edge research to support a new paradigm.
Our consciousness can affect water, and with the plant communication research, we can certainly see that reality is stranger than fiction.
Emotional intelligence, particularly self-awareness, gives you tools to lead from a place of positivity and inspiration. Understanding ourselves as spiritual beings brings a sense of purpose, empathy, and compassion to our roles as leaders.
Embracing a holistic view of leadership, grounded in both science and spirituality offers many benefits.
As a leader, are you aware of your intentions and emotions when you talk to people?
As you can see, like plants, you give off electricity that others pick up. It’s that vibe or feeling we get when we either feel something is off with a person or we naturally resonate with him or her. Mystics call this the aura that most are able to pick up in one form or the other.
Self-awareness is part of emotional intelligence (aka EQ or EI). Being aware of your own state of mind when you motivate people, when you are struggling with conflict, when you lead.
Plants communicate through non-verbal signals, which is a crucial aspect of emotional intelligence. Leaders must learn to read and interpret non-verbal cues from their team members, such as body language and facial expressions.
Apart from enhanced creativity and innovation, emotional intelligence and spiritual awareness help leaders build deeper connections with team members, enhancing trust, collaboration, and collective problem-solving.
I’m here to challenge the status quo and to inspire open minded leaders. We need more critical thinkers and doers. I’m talking about education, and not indoctrination. I call it Spiritual Leadership and this is what I’m offering.
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