Akashic Records.. Your thoughts...

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ORIGINAL: Flower

I believe that the Akashic Records, hold all that we have been in all our lives...

I was wondering if anyone here has accessed their records through meditation, or just had a climpse of where these records are..

Dear Flower,

Here's my understanding. Akasha is an "element" of Spirit-Energy which exists everywhere and throughout space. It is in fact the origin of the other four "elements" you might hear mentioned which are Fire (relates to higher mind), Air (relates to mind), Water (relates to emotions), and Earth, the physical plane.

So the records are not in a "place" like a hidden vault etc., but are at a different, higher level of existence everywhere all around us. To "see" the Akashic records is therefore an act of recreating them in the place they took place, or to view them wherever they occurred. The basic idea is that everything that's ever happened can be viewed by various occult/esoteric methods. Seeing akashic records, for example, to give a mundane example, would account for some sightings of ghosts: people are just seeing mundane activities from the past in the same place they occurred.

But I've recently been told that somehow Akasha also holds "records" of the future. That would explain prophecy - but since I believe in free will and that little is predestined, I haven't got my head around that one yet!

The key thing about Akasha IMHO is that although it records, it is much more important as being causative, i.e. it is the Cause of the planes in which we live and the world we live in. It seems as though it's a subject that will become much more widely-known in the present century, for new things on Akasha are starting to come out now.

A net search using the words akasha along with Theosophy may illumine, although Theosophy can be quite wordy.

Hope this helps!

Venetian

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Dear Flower

Well during a past life healing we ask for the life that is most effecting us right now and i saw the most amazing filing system spin at great speed and then suddenly stop and pull out a specific life to be viewed and I can honestly say that is one of the few times that I have seen a past life in full technicolour like watching and being in a real film....amazing.

Never seen Akashic records like it since or before.

being love

kim xx

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Hi Venetian,

Thank you for your indepth reply, quite a bit for me to take in, so will have a few reads.... lol..

Thank you for your time in explaining..

Flowerx

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Hi SacredStar..

Thank you for sharing your experience, and def does sound amazing..

Love Flowerx

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Dear Venetian

Thought your reply made a lot of sense to me - thank you for explaining your thoughts so clearly. The only bit I didn't understand was

The key thing about Akasha IMHO is that although it records, it is much more important as being causative, i.e. it is the Cause of the planes in which we live and the world we live in.

Can you say a bit more about what you mean by this please?

Love and Light
Rachel

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ORIGINAL: Rachel O

The only bit I didn't understand was

The key thing about Akasha IMHO is that although it records, it is much more important as being causative, i.e. it is the Cause of the planes in which we live and the world we live in.

Can you say a bit more about what you mean by this please?

Dear Rachel,

(Boy have I posted a lot tonight! Don't want to hog the threads, sorry!)

It would depend if you are familiar as you probably are with the basic idea of the four "planes" or vibrations of existence (before one gets more into pure Spirit without form). The planes are Earth or the world we see and touch around us, Water (meaning the plane of emotion or the "astral" plane), Air, or the mental plane at which thoughts actually have form and shape, and Fire, sometimes called the "higher mental" where abstract thoughts have real existence. The four planes, according to many schools, or just about ALL schools of esotericism, exist everywhere and we have a body in each which coexist in the same place.

Knowledge of these four planes or "elements" are what most people in esotericism are familiar with. But the existence of Akasha, what it is and what it does, has been little talked about in any occult or esoteric school, though its existence was known even in the ancient Vedas etc., thousands of years ago. Just what it is or how to "trigger" it into action wasn't talked about much, partly because it can give people power to make things "happen".

An analogy which is quite close to the truth is that Akasha is the "electricity" which powers all the other events at every level of existence. Everything is "powered" by the power of Akasha, which is all-pervading. It's the origin from which the other four "elements" or planes of existence are created. So by "using" Akasha the rest of the world can be effected.

It's fascinating to meditate upon this subject of the five elements for I think even unconsciously it can "take" us to places in consciousness. All ancient cultures (e.g. ancient China) knew of the five elements, and wrote of them in various hidden ways such as the four directions of the compass "and the fifth". It relates to the fact that humans have four fingers - and a thumb - which relates to mudras or esoteric hand gestures, since energy may be released from the fingers. The five also relate to the minor tones of the musical scale! For without music - meaning Tone, or Vibration - there would be no Creation. ("In the beginning was the Word...") So even in music we find the five, and if there were not five minor tones to the musical scale, there would be no musical scale; - in just the same way, there would be no tangible, visible universe without the five elements, the fifth and source of the four being Akasha.

Apologies, I thought I would go on a quick meditation into the Causes of things. To quote Beethoven, "I must have had a raptus!" :D:D:D

Love, Light, and Life,

Venetian

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Venetian

My God - how do you know all this stuff? It's absolutely fascinating. I am going to print off your post to have a little ponder. But no you are right akasha does not seem to have been as widely written about as the four elements and other esoteric concepts. I had heard of akashic records but not really undertood what they meant or implications. Thanks again - your really are a mine of information!!

Love and Light
Rachel
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Here we go - here's some rather deep stuff on Akasha I copied from an online occult dictionary last year:

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Akasa (Sanskrit) [from akas to be visible, appear, shine, be brilliant] The
shining; ether, cosmic space, the fifth cosmic element. The subtle,
supersensuous spiritual essence which pervades all space. It is not the
ether of science, but the aether of the ancients, such as the Stoics, which
is to ether what spirit is to matter. In the Brahmanical scriptures, akasa
is used for what the Northern Buddhists call svabhavat, more mystically
adi-buddhi (primeval buddhi); it is also mulaprakriti, cosmic
spirit-substance, the reservoir of being and of beings. Genesis refers to it
as the waters of the deep. It is universal substantial space, and mystically
in its highest elements is alaya.

As universal space, it is also known as Aditi, in which lies inherent the
eternal and continuously active ideation of the universe producing its
ever-changing aspects on the planes of matter and objectivity; and from this
ideation radiates the First Logos. This is why the Puranas state that akasa
has but one attribute, namely sound, for sound is but the translated symbol
of logos (speech) in its mystic sense. Akasa as primordial spatial substance
is thus the upadhi (vehicle) of divine thought. Further, it is the
playground of all the intelligent and semi-intelligent forces in nature, the
fountainhead of all terrestrial life, and the abode of the gods.

Akasa is the noumenon and spiritual substratum of differentiated prakriti,
otherwise the seven or ten prakritis, the root or roots of all in the
universe. These prakritis are not merely in akasa, but are the
manifestations of akasa in its various grades or degrees of evolutionary
development. All the ancient nations mythologically deified akasa in one or
another of its aspects and powers (cf IU 1:125 for a descriptive listing of
the many names anciently used for akasa). It is the indispensable agent in
all religious or profane magic: occult electricity, the universal solvent,
in another aspect kundalini. "Akasa is the mysterious fluid termed by
scholastic science, 'the all-pervading ether'; it enters into all the
magical operations of nature, and produces mesmeric, magnetic, and spiritual
phenomena. As, in Syria, Palestine, and India, meant the sky, life, and the
sun at the same time; the sun being considered by the ancient sages as the
great magnetic well of our universe" (IU 1:140n).

Sometimes the astral light is used as a convenient but inaccurate phrase for
akasa. In clarifying the difference between these Blavatsky says: "The
Astral Light is that which mirrors the three higher planes of consciousness,
and is above the lower, or terrestrial plane; therefore it does not extend
beyond the fourth plane, where, one may say, the Akasa begins.

"There is one great difference between the Astral Light and the Akasa which
must be remembered. The latter is eternal, the former is periodic. The
Astral Light changes not only with the Mahamanvantaras but also with every
sub-period and planetary cycle or Round. . . .
"The Akasa is the eternal divine consciousness which cannot differentiate,
have qualities, or act; action belongs to that which is reflected or
mirrored from it. The unconditioned and infinite can have no relation with
the finite and conditioned. . . . We may compare the Akasa and the Astral
Light . . . to the germ in the acorn. The latter, besides containing in
itself the astral form of the future oak, conceals the germ from which grows
a tree containing millions of forms. These forms are contained in the acorn
potentially, yet the development of each particular acorn depends upon
extraneous circumstances, physical forces, etc." (TBL 75-6; also IU 1:197).
The astral light is the tablet of memory of earth and of its child the
animal-man; while akasa is the tablet of memory of the hierarchy of the
planetary spirits controlling our chain of globes, and lik

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Dear Rachel,

Your post got in before my long quote from the dictionary:

ORIGINAL: Rachel O

Venetian

My God - how do you know all this stuff?

I can't resist a little titbit of an answer here. Some debate whether Ascended Masters really exist. And some debate who or what they are. In humility, I'm just a student.

It's "fun stuff" for the brain (and inner heart) though, what?

Love, Light, and Life,

Venetian

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I'd like to step in here briefly and say that in Numerology we also use the Akashic records, as holding the names we have been known by in all our incarnations. All our lives are apparently there, in the Vibrations of our various names, therefore our very existances.

Love to you

Gillyxxxxxxxxxx

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Simple explanations of the akashic record, that I've read, describe it as a book of life in which all our thoughts, words and actions are recorded and this book is opened up (at your page) when we pass on through death. There is judgement or mercy (in biblical terms) according to the contents and we have to karmically go forth into other incarnations as a result of those contents.

Well a bit too simplistic for my questioning mind and I agree with Venetian's helpful and more thorough explanation.

Just to compare with my thoughts:

"The Akasa is the eternal divine consciousness which cannot differentiate, have qualities, or act;

This describes the Divine Act of emanation that is not subject to the lower worlds of existence. It is the Singularity of Love in It's Eternal state.

action belongs to that which is reflected or mirrored from it".

And this describes our world (the World of Action in Kabbalistic terminology). And it's here that we experience duality and linear existence, or the negative reflection of the Divine World.

The astral light is the tablet of memory of earth and of its child the animal-man; while akasa is the tablet of memory of the hierarchy of the planetary spirits controlling our chain of globes, and likewise of their child, each spiritual ego. The astral light is simply the dregs or lowers vehicles of akasa.

So, in our mostly unconscious state, we are continually re-creating, through the law of Cause and Effect, actions that re-enforce the lower vehicles of Akasa...(possibly) continuing the cycle of reincarnation.

So I agree here with Venetian:

The key thing about Akasha IMHO is that although it records, it is much more important as being causative, i.e. it is the Cause of the planes in which we live and the world we live in.

And when Flower states here :

Because I believe spirit is a form of energy, I keep wondering how does energy hold all this information?

I, too, am trying to understand how this imprinting occurs.

The following definition (given above) of the Akasa (Akasha) as the Primordial or First Cause accords with the cosmology of various ancient scriptures:

This is why the Puranas state that akasa has but one attribute, namely sound, for sound is but the translated symbol of logos (speech) in its mystic sense. Akasa as primordial spatial substance is thus the upadhi (vehicle) of divine thought. Further, it is the playground of all the intelligent and semi-intelligent forces in nature, the fountainhead of all terrestrial life, and the abode of the gods

Also with wave/particle theory:

Vibration exists as waves that are present in a vacuum (eg, outer space) as well as in a medium such as air and water. What we refer to as sound or tone is just waves traveling through a medium such as air or water, permitting the vibration to be detected by our senses of hearing and touch. Science tells us that visible light and audible sound are just two examples of a much wider electromagnetic spectrum (including microwaves, X-rays, radio, etc.) that may be distinguished by their unique vibration or wavelength. For the purposes of this discussion, vibration and waves are interchangeable inasmuch as they create and are created by each other. While air and water are ubiquitous media through which waves travel on Earth, this is not the case for most of the Universe.
One might inquire as to the medium through which waves travel in the vacuum or void of "outer space." The ancient Greeks would have answered this question by saying that waves travel through the mysterious substance known as aether (i.e., akasha in the Hindu tradition). This aether has been redefined by modern physics as higher dimensions of space that are hidden within the world we observe with our five senses.

So Creati

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Dear Astra,

Yes, I would tend to agree that the future can be foretold so far as the lower mind of humanity is concerned i.e. general trends, but that since we are a part or portion of God, we can change anything. This is simply another way of saying that our Higher Selves have free will. Therefore no prophecy at all is doomed to occur. As "Gods" we can overturn and alter all.

So, yes, this has always been my view on prophecies: that they are tendencies. In fact, the many OT prophets gave great and detailed prophecies, of what WOULD happen, then giving the solution which humanity, by free will, could do to avert those events. Along the lines of, "There will be war and earthquake, unless you repent of your evil ways." If the Israelites changed, no prophecy happened and the prophet sometimes was left looking red faced! But if the Isrealites didn't listen, all that was foretold came to pass.

I view any current-day prophecies in just the same way.

ORIGINAL: astra

And when Flower states here :

Because I believe spirit is a form of energy, I keep wondering how does energy hold all this information?

I, too, am trying to understand how this imprinting occurs.

Because all, even energy, has a primordial consciousness? Something to do with the all-pervasiveness of consciousness?

Venetian

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Dear Flower

Just like a flower knows how to grow, the rain knows when to fall and the sun knows when to shine.

being love

Kim xx

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Dear Venetian...to address your points:

Yes, I would tend to agree that the future can be foretold so far as the lower mind of humanity is concerned i.e. general trends

I was trying to say, in my view, the future can't really be foretold ( but, yes, possibly the general trends only) because of so many unconscious choices and diverse actions of humanity... which creates so many possible futures. And I think seers like Case were/are viewing an actual Future, but one of many possible futures.

but that since we are a part or portion of God, we can change anything.

Yes..this is what I meant when I said "When we become our Higher Minds and consciously make Choices then we fulfil the purpose of Creation".

This is simply another way of saying that our Higher Selves have free will.

I believe we can activate Free Will, which is the Provence the High Self, from either the higher (conscious) mind or the lower (unconscious) mind

Therefore no prophecy at all is doomed to occur. As "Gods" we can overturn and alter all.

Consequences of conscious or unconscious actions will manifest ( Law of Cause and Effect).
But prophesy, per se, can tap into many possible/probable futures. So one future, say our time line, may not have World War Three but another future may have...because the consequences of all thoughts and actions have to manifest "somewhere", at "sometime"

I do believe we have the ability "As Gods" to change all possible futures but that's going to take a "critical mass" of fully conscious and enlightened beings to do this (in my view, the work of Christ Consciousness)

So, yes, this has always been my view on prophecies: that they are tendencies. In fact, the many OT prophets gave great and detailed prophecies, of what WOULD happen, then giving the solution which humanity, by free will, could do to avert those events. Along the lines of, "There will be war and earthquake, unless you repent of your evil ways." If the Israelites changed, no prophecy happened and the prophet sometimes was left looking red faced! But if the Israelites didn't listen, all that was foretold came to pass.

I think some of the Prophesies of the OT ( thinking more of the Messianic prophesies, as opposed to doom and gloom) occurred within a key cyclic point within this particular time cycle and which did link more profoundly into the Divine Purpose (the unifying process of God and mankind ) which I see as outside space/time and therefore not subject to the unconscious actions of manknd.

I have a whole different take on the purpose of the Israelites....which will, if I haven't already done so :), go totally off thread.

ORIGINAL: venetian

ORIGINAL: astra
And when Flower states here :
Because I believe spirit is a form of energy, I keep wondering how does energy hold all this information?

I, too, am trying to understand how this imprinting occurs.

Because all, even energy, has a primordial consciousness? Something to do with the all-pervasiveness of consciousness?

Yes, primordial consciousness consists of sound waves which we also consist of in our microcosmic state. And just to repeat what I said above:

Just as the Macrocosm is made up of the Four Elements plus the Aether, so is mankind.
When we breakdown the material body we find we do exist as light waves or particles which are subject to our creative impulses ( or the uncertainty principle in Quantum language), and I think it's these electromagnetic impulses that imprint on the Akasa Screen in the Continuum...so in every moment we are (kind of) producing a film record of our lives, through the vibrational waves we give off.

love-light
astra

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Dear Astra,

ORIGINAL: astra

Consequences of conscious or unconscious actions will manifest ( Law of Cause and Effect).
But prophesy, per se, can tap into many possible/probable futures. So one future, say our time line, may not have World War Three but another future may have...because the consequences of all thoughts and actions have to manifest "somewhere", at "sometime"

I do believe we have the ability "As Gods" to change all possible futures but that's going to take a "critical mass" of fully conscious and enlightened beings to do this

I'd just take up this thread again. Here I rather depart from Akasha and go more into the astral plane (with the particular use of this term that it is the depository of all the accumulated emotions of humanity, including fears and negative emotion - "human", not Divine - emotion).

Insofar as fear is concerned, IMO if enough of the masses of humanity fear a thing, or expect it to occur, then a "critical mass" is built up within the astral realm, and the astral realm is the immediately causative plane/realm/vibration above the physical.

Which is why here and elsewhere I've posted that fear - or expecting calamity - is never IMHO a positive thing. (Preparation in calm caution may be.) For sufficient accumulated fear that this or that disaster - war or natural - is going to occur can precipitate just that thing.

Regarding "possible futures" that you write of, then, they become - negative AND positive - the more likely, the more people fear them or look forward positively to the good ones. Which is a good argument for positive thinking about the world's future, and if correct is good cause not too overly scare-monger.

Venetian