The Helianx Proposition/page 37

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Commentary


The intense telepathic bonding that the Helianx had evolved over the millions of years of their history had become the bedrock of their lives. It had allowed them the mental agility to concoct extraordinary advancements in the psychobiological sciences and it had shown them how to make contact with the heart of matter. It had formed the center of their social relationships, bringing a transparency that would bewilder a more individuated species; and most importantly, it had led to the creation of the Web. And it was this that, in turn, had given the Helianx access to the immense power available in the arts of focussed psychic attention.

The origins of the Web suggests that it had formed originally as a result of their aquatic background and had further expanded when the Helianx had discovered how to travel in the astral realms. The Web had also been invaluable, in conjunction with the computers, with the design and fashioning of the Great Ship. There is also little doubt that, over time, the Helianx grew to rely too much on the organizing principle inherent in the Web when developing their biotechnology. Latter -day galactic historians have speculated that it may well have been this very dependency that had led, idiosyncratically, to the discovery of the Hub and the consequent opening to the more occulted powers of the Web.

The Web could best be considered as an ever-shifting, high frequency matrix through which mental telepathic activity can flow. Over time, this dynamic matrix formed in the collective mental body of the Helianx, shaped both by the subtle currents of projected thought acting on higher frequency matter, and the Web's own autonomous responses as a self-organizing principle.

The Hub was a far more imponderable affair. It had remained a mystery to the Helianx through much of their galactic wanderings, only coming to light in momentary, provocative flashes of coherence that had hinted of still deeper mysteries. The Hub can be thought of as the psychic center of the Web, a lens or a focussing device, capable of producing a wide variety of effects. A direct experience of the Hub quickly became the grail of the inner work practiced by the Helianx on their interminable journeys through interstellar space. They had had enough brief glimpses individually into this harmonious and resonant state to have theorized that something significantly different might occur if a small number of them were to gather in the elaborate, moment-by-moment, psychic balancing act required for a full-blown connection to the Hub. And, by all accounts, occur it did.

After some further experimentation, it became apparent to the Helianx that the level of intimacy required for contact with the Hub was almost entirely dependent on the composition of the individuals participating. While this might not be surprising to a more individuated species, it serves to illustrate one of the challenges facing a telepathic race: An unrealistic grandiosity leading to a spiritual complacency that can manifest as an unfortunate result of the merging of so many powerful minds.

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