The Wide Web of Communication

By now, just about everyone is familiar with what has been termed the ‘wood-wide web’: Susanne Simard’s stunning discover of the tiny threads of mycelium or mycorrhizal network that lies beneath our feet in a forest, connecting tree roots and allowing ‘mother trees’ to share nutrients and information with saplings and relatives.

The discovery was, of itself, spectacular, but coming as it did less than a decade after the invention by Sir Tim Berners-Lee of our human counterpart — the World Wide Web — many minds were struck by the uncanny similarity.

Was it a coincidence that this human creation mirrored the system our woodlands had been using for millennia? Asher argues that it was not. He insists that the communication technology being invented and constantly improved upon comes from a system hard-wired into consciousness.

Asher and I often discuss communication. Hardly surprising, since our own method of contacting each other falls under the umbrella of ‘non-ordinary communication’.

We had been discussing the way mathematicians, philosophers, computer scientists, theoretical physicists and people like himself, who have the ability to travel out-of-body, can all reach an understanding of the transcendent Realms he visits, albeit with differing terminology. Then Asher drew my attention to the fascination and experimentation with abilities such as mediumship, automatic writing, channeling and telepathy which started to blossom (or certainly experience a resurgence) towards the end of the 19th century and have continued to develop since that time. He suggested there was a yearning within our species to advance the ways in which meaningful contact can be made and insisted that this had been reflected by technology, resulting in methods of remote contact that have changed exponentially in the last decade or two.

I checked whether I was receiving him correctly. Telepathy can be subtle and difficult to pick up accurately at times. Was he making a connection between the current fascination with channeled messages and spiritual mediumship, and the development of messaging, video conferencing, email, social media and so forth?

Asher: Of course. By and large, distance is no longer a barrier and contact can be instantaneous. Such things do not happen in isolation. Humanity has put out a desire to expand the range of methods of communication.

Because we exist as physical, mental, emotional and spiritual beings, the expansion happens at all levels. Additionally, we discover such webs of communication taking place in nature — the fungus network of links between trees is a striking example.

I recall him saying, while sharing material for A Mind Beyond Words, that he had the ability to discover information from a ‘beginningless and endless library’ in The Realms, and that he was guided towards the particular material he needed by something that resembled “an extremely sensitive and empathic search engine”.

In short, Asher claims that as we develop new technology, we are moving ever closer to the the way in which The Realms (or Zero Point Field, Akashic Realms, Implicate Order etc, if you prefer) are organised. He also insists that as the ‘language’ there is telepathy, humanity has already started to develop (or remember?) an ability to communicate in this way.

If the people I meet at fairs while selling or signing my book are anything to go by, there seem to be increasing numbers of teachers, care workers, learning support assistants and relatives working with the non-speaking population, who are noticing and experiencing this.