Omnivorous Desensitization

[Diana]

there is a book called the Secret Life of Plants.

plants scream, we are just not equipped with the sense to hear it.

one part of creation is not to be valued over another. It is all sacred.

Certainly all life is sacred. Anyone who is spiritually awakening, I would hope, understands that, or is coming to understand it.

If one decides to live in awareness and respect for all life, and looks about at the natural world with an eye to perceiving life in its many manifestations, one might perceive a difference in the plant and the animal kingdom.

Animals are predator/prey oriented. The prey run from predators and spend their lives avoiding being eaten.

The fruit of a plant "wants" to be eaten (seeds/fertilizer), or have parts of them taken (pollen), in order to continue as a species.

This suggests to me that the purpose or life plan of each is different, and that plant life serves to provide sustenance in symbiosis with the service provided by animals--the spreading of seed and pollen.

To anthropomorphize plants with a device that measures "screaming," seems sensationalizing to me. A more balanced view, with consideration of the whole picture, might serve in this instance.

If, for instance, the device measured response when a destructive insect was on the plant, the internal "screaming" could be communication with other like plants to warn them to secrete a substance to keep the insects away.