All living things are inherently connected
Because all matter is energy and all energy is matter, every living thing on the planet is in a state of infinite connectedness. We’re all made out of the same stuff. How we interact with other humans, nature, cosmology, and consciousness itself has a cause-and-effect relationship to the well-being of ourselves and our ecosystems. Most of us feel a peaceful bonding with nature when we take a stroll in a lush forest or sit by the side of a graceful stream. We feel connected. We feel part of something bigger than ourselves, and the feeling strokes our souls and brings respite from the stresses of life. But is it something more than just a good feeling that connects us to nature? Studies show how plants and humans react similarly, if not identically, to the same chemicals. In the early 1900s, physiologist Jagadis Bose covered large, mature trees with a tent and then introduced them to chloroform, which they breathed through their stomata. The trees could then