With wild rice, it was always meant for other creatures but when human beings first showed up the little beings showed the perceptive human beings - the native peoples - that this was safe to eat but you had to know how to get to it, when to wait for it and then to eat it and they observed and what to do and how.
And then since sensitive people amongst the humans were able to tell which area was meant for the little beings that ate the rice, the little beings pointed out by not going to an area and the sensitive people could also feel by moving their hand towards that area that that area was meant for them.
When rice did not grow so well at times then further observation by humans revealed that one has to sing to the plant to welcome it and this is how singing to plants got started.
When you sing you must be joyful. You must welcome it. It must feel welcome. So it's not sufficient to do the songs, you have to be welcoming and that is why when those songs are sung, as very often, the other beings that might be nearby also feel welcome. Such as the bees that do pollination and others. And when you do this you are fitting in to the flow of life where each form of life supports the other.
This is why the little beings often make sounds. Sometimes people do not understand why do the birds sing? Because they are welcoming life. Why do the insects make little noises? Because they are welcoming life. The more we learn to welcome life the more we will be at peace with our world and our world at peace with us.
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Photo is © B. Kim Barnes, used with permission, and can be found at http://www.flickr.com/photos/kimbar/3599894780/.
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