Anna Breytenbach

The idea of consciousness that we humans have is also a bit of a construct. In my experience, everything, and I deliberately say thing, everything is infused with this life force, whether animate or seemingly inanimate. You know, it's all energy. It's all energy.

The idea of consciousness that we humans have is also a bit of a construct. In my experience, everything, and I deliberately say thing, everything is infused with this life force, whether animate or seemingly inanimate. You know, it's all energy. It's all energy.

And the density with which those energy sort of units are packed together are what makes something appear to be solid or liquid or serial or just, you know, apparently invisible. So our human idea of consciousness is more like the lens of our inquiry, as we're sort of looking in at one facet of the diamond of life. But everything is part of that oneness and just pulsing with that.

And the density with which those energy sort of units are packed together are what makes something appear to be solid or liquid or serial or just, you know, apparently invisible. So our human idea of consciousness is more like the lens of our inquiry, as we're sort of looking in at one facet of the diamond of life. But everything is part of that oneness and just pulsing with that.

Telepathic communication, therefore, doesn't stop with animals or insects or with single-celled organisms. That's why I do refer to it as interspecies communication. I've had many a conversation with plants and trees, you know, both wild growing and in orchards. with rivers, with lakes, with ecosystems, even the micro ecosystem of a vegetable garden that somebody is planning.

Telepathic communication, therefore, doesn't stop with animals or insects or with single-celled organisms. That's why I do refer to it as interspecies communication. I've had many a conversation with plants and trees, you know, both wild growing and in orchards. with rivers, with lakes, with ecosystems, even the micro ecosystem of a vegetable garden that somebody is planning.

A permaculture friend asked me once to come help, so I just walked into the space and asked a general blanket question into the collective consciousness of the many species that were there, including the minerals and the elements in the soil. And I asked, you know, what is needed, what is wished for, for the most abundant, well-lived life here?

A permaculture friend asked me once to come help, so I just walked into the space and asked a general blanket question into the collective consciousness of the many species that were there, including the minerals and the elements in the soil. And I asked, you know, what is needed, what is wished for, for the most abundant, well-lived life here?

And I've got a myriad of answers from different sort of layers in that ecosystem. I've communicated with a cornfield where the stems of corn that were at the edges of the rows were experiencing extreme hardship because of the unnatural formation. And they were taking the full brunt of the oncoming wind or weather because their brothers and sisters were standing in the line behind them.

And I've got a myriad of answers from different sort of layers in that ecosystem. I've communicated with a cornfield where the stems of corn that were at the edges of the rows were experiencing extreme hardship because of the unnatural formation. And they were taking the full brunt of the oncoming wind or weather because their brothers and sisters were standing in the line behind them.

instead of a more natural, organic shape that would have emerged where they would share the load and distribute, you know, weather or other issues that come in. And so everything is consciousness in a non-unit kind of a way. And we humans seem to have forgotten that as well.

instead of a more natural, organic shape that would have emerged where they would share the load and distribute, you know, weather or other issues that come in. And so everything is consciousness in a non-unit kind of a way. And we humans seem to have forgotten that as well.

I think a large part of my spiritual journey has been informed by and catalyzed by communicating with the more than human world and just sensing their isness, their natural divine spirit that's flowing through without impediment. And there's absolutely no difference in the... self-awareness or intelligence levels of any being.

I think a large part of my spiritual journey has been informed by and catalyzed by communicating with the more than human world and just sensing their isness, their natural divine spirit that's flowing through without impediment. And there's absolutely no difference in the... self-awareness or intelligence levels of any being.

The only issue is how we humans measure intelligence, and then we turn around to project that onto making meaning of how intelligent something is or isn't. But it doesn't take a mirror self-recognition test by a gorilla or an elephant to prove self-awareness. The smallest aphid on the smallest flower is very self-aware, has a life that is meaningful to them and matters to them.

The only issue is how we humans measure intelligence, and then we turn around to project that onto making meaning of how intelligent something is or isn't. But it doesn't take a mirror self-recognition test by a gorilla or an elephant to prove self-awareness. The smallest aphid on the smallest flower is very self-aware, has a life that is meaningful to them and matters to them.

Many people do connect with other humans in this way. I've had friends come in my workshops who have been volunteers in coma care with hospital patients in comas from which they're not expected to emerge. And they've been able to direct even medical treatment and change the patient's environment in their ward based on their wishes.

Many people do connect with other humans in this way. I've had friends come in my workshops who have been volunteers in coma care with hospital patients in comas from which they're not expected to emerge. And they've been able to direct even medical treatment and change the patient's environment in their ward based on their wishes.

And that then proves to make them a lot calmer with all the monitoring that's going on that can prove that in terms of their physiological and biofeedback metrics. Yes, absolutely. I consider myself lucky that I appear to be more wired to connecting with animals because I find humans quite complicated by comparison.

And that then proves to make them a lot calmer with all the monitoring that's going on that can prove that in terms of their physiological and biofeedback metrics. Yes, absolutely. I consider myself lucky that I appear to be more wired to connecting with animals because I find humans quite complicated by comparison.