Monica Gagliano, pioneer of plant bioacoustics, discusses plant consciousness and their ability to communicate through sound, challenging traditional notions. The podcast explores plant cognition, perception, memory, and their connection to consciousness, promoting the common good. It delves into deep listening to plants, interconnectedness with Earth, and the spiritual essence of collaborative writing. Reflects on maternal effects, adapting to change, and collaborating with nature through the Resonant Earth Project.
Plants exhibit cognitive abilities such as perception and learning through emitting and responding to environmental sounds.
The podcast discusses the concept of non-duality and the impact of language in shaping our understanding of consciousness and connection.
Deep dives
Plants Emit Their Own Voices
Plants emit their own voices, demonstrating their ability to detect and respond to environmental sounds. This pioneering research by Monica Galliano extends cognitive concepts like perception and learning to plants.
An Expanded View of Non-Duality
The podcast explores the concept of non-duality, reflecting on the collective conscious being aware and the impactful drama resulting from disconnection. It delves into the language without nouns and subjugation, emphasizing the collapse when recorded and the vast potentiality when not.
Plant Consciousness and Evolutionary Ecology
Monica Galliano's research in plant bioacoustics uncovers the existence of plant consciousness and the ability for plants to listen without the use of ears. The episode discusses the importance of understanding plant perception, learning processes, and memory as integral aspects of their existence.
Resonant Earth Project
The Resonant Earth project aims to bridge generations in ecosystems by facilitating the transfer of maternal environmental experiences to offspring using sound. This collaborative effort with nature highlights the essence of resonance in amplifying shared frequencies and signals in a way that honors environmental complexity and maternal nurturing.
Monica Gagliano is a research associate professor in evolutionary ecology and former fellow of the Australian Research Council. She is currently based at Southern Cross University, where she directs the Biological Intelligence Lab funded by the Templeton World Charity Foundation. She has pioneered the brand-new research field of plant bioacoustics, for the first time experimentally demonstrating that plants emit their own “voices” and detect and respond to the sounds of their environments. Her work has extended the concept of cognition (including perception, learning processes, memory) in plants. Her latest book is Thus Spoke the Plant (North Atlantic Books, 2018).