“What Enters the Soil, Enters the Soul” – A Reflection by Veerji

We once believed the soil was invincible.

That no matter what we dropped into it — plastic, dust, chemical, ash — it would absorb, filter, forgive.

But I think we forgot something important:

Soil is alive. And what reaches the root… reaches the fruit.

A recent study shows that tiny particles — microplastics and nanoplastics — which have become everywhere, are now making their way inside plants. Not just around them. Not just on their surface. But into their tissues, their systems, their life.

And I think — that changes everything.

The plant is not separate from us.

We eat it. We breathe what it exhales.

We offer it to gods.

We plant it at birth.

We burn it in death.

So when the plant begins to carry plastic in its cells,

I think we are not far from plastic entering our prayers.

These tiny, invisible intruders are affecting how plants grow, how they transport water, how they breathe through their roots. Over time, it could affect nutrition, crop yield, even our ability to rely on the Earth’s generosity.

And all because we treated the Earth like a dustbin, not a womb.

What are we leaving behind?

The modern world has become coated in microdust —

Invisible particles from tires, packaging, textiles, machines —

Floating in air, flowing in water, settling into fields.

And now I think the plants have begun to inhale what we exhale.

They are absorbing not just minerals —

But the memory of our negligence.

So what now?

Should we fear every fruit, suspect every vegetable?

No.

I think the answer is not panic — but presence.

Let us reduce plastic before we try to remove it.

Let us revive traditional packaging, and local farming wisdom.

Let us begin composting what is natural,

And stop mixing the synthetic with the sacred.

Because when we cleanse the soil,

We don’t just protect the plant.

We purify our future.

In meditation, I once asked, “Why do we suffer from things we cannot see?”

The answer that came:

“Because you stopped seeing the consequences of small actions.”

I think —

“A single seed carries food for generations,

But a single particle can carry harm for centuries.”

Let us protect the root.

So the fruit may nourish.

Let us walk lightly,

So that the Earth may breathe deeply again.

Prakruti Pranam

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