In the anticipation of thunderstorms.

A story about heart cells and not only.

It is March, the first month of the Spring season, and we are expecting the renewal of life. It feels good to hear spring thunderstorms, and hopefully there will be enough of it everywhere in the Northern Hemisphere.

Thunderstorms bring not only fresh water but also lightning, another element necessary for life to thrive, it turns out. Lightning and life seems not compatible, but a recent study showed that some electromagnetic waves (7.8Hz — the fundamental peak of the Schumann resonances) emitted during lightning is beneficial to our cells. It increases the ability of our cells to cope with stress conditions.

Lightning is a discharge which happen due to the potential difference created in the atmosphere or between ground and the atmosphere. Aerosol particles facilitate lightning. According to the Gaia theory, life-forms are coevolved with the environment. And since lightning is beneficial to living cells, some life forms like fungi might have found a way during millions of years of evolution to cause lightning. Fungi could use their tiny spores to facilitate lightning. A fun fact, mushroom’s yield is doubled during lightning strikes. Thus, fungi could be considered a main suspect in causing thunderstorms to happen.

Some lucky enlightened people say they feel oneness with nature, with all life. And the rest of us, we say meh. But the above study about lightning and living cells gives us a hint that life forms could be connected somehow in some way. Extremely low frequency electromagnetic waves with wavelengths comparable with the Earth size penetrate every living cell. I am connected to you, the reader, right now.

Indeed, there are many things that are invisible to us yet.