Akashic Records / Akashic Field / Book of Life
And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened:
and another book was opened, which is the Book of Life:
and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
Revelation 20:12
and another book was opened, which is the Book of Life:
and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
Revelation 20:12
Akashic Records - From Wikipedia
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Akasha is a Sanskrit word meaning "sky", "space" or "aether"; a term used in theosophy (and Anthroposophy) to describe a compendium of mystical knowledge supposedly encoded in a non-physical plane of existence.
The akashic records are described as containing all knowledge of human experience and the history of the cosmos. They are metaphorically described as a library; other analogies commonly found in discourse on the subject include a "universal supercomputer" and the "Mind of God". People who describe the records assert that they are constantly updated automatically and that they can be accessed through astral projection[1] or when someone is placed under deep hypnosis. The term akashic records is frequently used in New Age discourse.
C.W. Leadbeater, who claimed to be clairvoyant, conducted research into the akashic records. He said he inspected them at the Theosophical Society headquarters in Adyar (Tamil Nadu), India in 1910 and recorded the results in his book 'Man: How, Whence, and Whither?' The book reputes to record the history of Atlantis and other civilizations as well as the future society of Earth in the 28th century.[2] Alice A. Bailey writes in her book Light of the Soul on The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali - Book 3 - Union achieved and its Results': “The akashic record is like an immense photographic film, registering all the desires and earth experiences of our planet. Those who perceive it will see pictured thereon: The life experiences of every human being since time began, the reactions to experience of the entire animal kingdom, the aggregation of the thought-forms of a karmic nature (based on desire) of every human unit throughout time. Herein lies the great deception of the records. Only a trained occultist can distinguish between actual experience and those astral pictures created by imagination and keen desire.” |
In 'The Law of One, Book I', a book purported to contain conversations with a channeled "social memory complex" known to humans as "Ra," when the questioner asks where Edgar Cayce received his information, the answer received is:
"We have explained before that the intelligent infinity is brought into intelligent energy from eighth density or octave. The one sound vibratory complex called Edgar used this gateway to view the present, which is not the continuum you experience but the potential social memory complex of this planetary sphere. The term your peoples have used for this is the "Akashic Record" or the "Hall of Records".[3] References
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The Book of Life: The Akashic Records
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Akashic Field – Memory of Nature?
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The Akashic Field
Mystics and sages have long maintained that there exists an interconnecting cosmic field at the roots of reality that conserves and conveys information, a field known as the Akashic Record. Recent discoveries in the new field of vacuum physics now show that this Akashic field is real and has its equivalent in the Zero-Point Field that underlies space itself. This field consists of a subtle sea of fluctuating energies from which all things arise: atoms and galaxies, stars and planets, living beings, and even consciousness. This zero-point Akashic-field – or “A-field” – is not only the original source of all things that arise in time and space; it is also the constant and enduring memory of the universe. It holds the record of all that ever happened in life, on Earth and in the cosmos, and relates it to all that is yet to happen. The Akashic Records The Akashic Records is a term used in Theosophy (and Anthroposophy) to describe a compendium of (mystical) knowledge encoded in a non-physical plane of existence. These records contain all knowledge of human experience and the history of the cosmos. They are metaphorically described as a library; other analogies commonly found in discourse on the subject include a “universal supercomputer” and the “Mind of God“. People who describe the records assert that they are constantly updated automatically and that they can be accessed through astral projection or when someone is placed under deep hypnosis. The concept was popularized in the theosophical movements of the 19th century and is derived from Hindu philosophy of Samkhya. It is promulgated in the Samkhya philosophy that the Akashic records are automatically recorded in the atoms of akasha (“air” or “aether”), one of the five types of atoms visualized as existing in the atomic theory of Ancient India. History of Akashic Records Those who champion the truth of the Akashic Records assert that they were accessed by ancient people of various cultures, including the Indians, Moors, Tibetans, Bonpo and other peoples of the Himalaya, Egyptians, Persians, Chaldeans, Greeks, Chinese, Hebrews, Christians, Druids and Mayans. It is held that the ancient Indian sages of the Himalayas knew that each soul, jiva, atma, or entity recorded every moment of its existence in a “book”, and that if one attuned oneself properly then one could access that book. |
Nostradamus claimed to have gained access to the Akasha, using methods derived from the Greek oracles, Christian and Sufi mysticism, and the Kabbalah. Other individuals who claim to have consciously used the Akashic Records include: Charles Webster Leadbeater, Annie Besant, Alice Bailey, Samael Aun Weor, William Lilly, Manly P. Hall, Lilian Treemont, Dion Fortune, George Hunt Williamson, Rudolf Steiner, Max Heindel and Edgar Cayce amongst others. A Chinese man named Sujujin was reported to need only the first name of anyone to access the Akasha and describe their life history. Another Chinese seer, named Tajao, explored a variety of topics in the Records which span over two thousand years. In Surat Shabda Yoga cosmology, the Akashic Records would be located within the causal plane of Trikuti. Description and Explanation of the Akashic Records The Akasha is said to be the library of all events and responses concerning consciousness in all realities. Every lifeform therefore contributes and has access to the Akashic Records. It is asserted that to gain access into the Akashic Records, every individual human can become the physical medium, and various techniques and spiritual disciplines (e.g., yogic, pranayama, meditation, prayer, visualization) can be employed to quiet the mind, become a “witness”, and achieve the focused, preconscious state necessary to access the Records. While accessing the Akashic Records, both the events and responses are said to be perceived. This is analogous to having a meta-enhanced cinematic experience. When accessing the future, the events are known, but the responses are only probable. Based on an individual’s responses in the past, the Akashic seer/reader can investigate probable future responses and give the highest future probability. A simple illustration of this might be witnessing several alternate endings to the main characters in a movie. At some point in the evolution of the Akashic reader, however, a state of unification and awareness can be achieved whereby even the future responses are known with absolute clarity instead of only as a probability. http://blog.world-mysteries.com/science/akashic-field-%E2%80%93-memory-of-nature/ |
What are the Akashic Records?
(From ‘The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus The Christ’ by Levi – 18 May 1844 to 13 August 1911)
(From ‘The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus The Christ’ by Levi – 18 May 1844 to 13 August 1911)
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'Akasha' is a Sanskrit word, and means ‘Primary Substance’, that out of which all things are formed. According to Aquarian philosophy, it is the first stage of the crystallisation of spirit. This philosophy recognises the fact that all primordial substance is spirit; that matter is spirit moving at a slower rate of vibration, becoming, as one master expressed it, a coagulum.
This Akashic, or primary substance, is of exquisite fineness and is so sensitive that the slightest vibrations of an ether any place in the universe registers an indelible impression upon it. This primal substance is not relegated to any particular part of the universe, but is everywhere present. It is in very fact the ‘Universal Mind’ of which our metaphysicians speak. When the mind of man is in exact accord with the Universal Mind, man enters into a conscious recognition of these Akashic impressions, and may collect them and translate them into any language of earth with which he is familiar. In the infinite One manifest we note the attributes of Force, Intelligence and Love, and a person may be in full accord with one of these attributes and not with the others. One may enter fully into the spirit of the God of Force and not be imbued with the spirit of Intelligence; or one may be wholly absorbed with the spirit of Divine Love and be far removed from both Intelligence and Force. Furthermore, a person may enter fully into the consciousness of Holy Breath, or Supreme Intelligence, and be not at all in rapport with either Love or Force. Knowledge is not gained through the spirit of either Force or Love. It is only from Universal Mind, which is supreme Intelligence, called by Oriental scholars the Akashic Records, and by Hebrew masters the Book of God’s Remembrance, that knowledge of any kind can be obtained. |
Consciousness: we note three phases of it:
1. Consciousness of the omnipotence of God and Man 2. Christ consciousness, or consciousness of Divine Love 3. Consciousness of the Holy Breath, or of Supreme Intelligence We must bear in mind that one of these phases of consciousness does not necessarily imply either of the others. People are frequently found who are completely filled with the Love of God, are far advanced in the science of Christ consciousness, who are absolutely ignorant; have not the slightest conception of the laws of natural things or of spiritual things; are not in rapport with the great Teacher which is the Holy Spirit. The Akashic Records The imperishable records of life, known as the Akashic Records, are wholly in the domain of Supreme Intelligence, or Universal Mind, and the Akashic Record reader must be in such close touch with the Holy Spirit, or the Holy Breath, as the ancient masters call this spirit of Supreme Intelligence, that every thought vibration is instantly felt in every fibre of his being. Differentiation: Since all space is charged with the vibrations of thoughts of all kinds, how may the Akashic Record reader differentiate and gather only the thoughts and life events of a particular person or group of persons? Every person has his own distinct vibration and when the reader fully understands the law of discrimination his whole being is tuned for the reception of the one particular tone and rhythm, and it is impossible for any other tone or rhythm to make the slightest impression upon him. This principle is demonstrated in wireless telegraphy. |
It required many years for Levi to learn the Law of Differentiation, and to come in rapport with the tones and rhythms of Jesus of Nazareth, Enoch and Melchizedec [previous incarnations of the spirit which manifested as Jesus] and their co-labourers. But under the direction of the Spirit of Supreme Intelligence he has attained unto this accomplishment, and now he instantly feels in all his being the slightest vibrations that come from any of these great centres and, of course, all of his transcriptions are true to the letter.
Thoughts of God and Man
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"The first thought, the first word, was the Creator's. His thoughts still live today, surrounding us unseen and filling universal space, reflected in material, living creations produced for the number one creation - Man!
Man is the child of the Creator. And, like any parent, He could wish for His child no less than what He has Himself. He has given him all. And even more - freedom of choice! Man can create things and perfect the world by the power of his thinking. No thought produced by Man disappears into oblivion. If it is a thought of radiant brightness, it will fill the space of light and rise on the side of the forces of light. A dark thought, however, will fall on the opposite side. And today any Man may make use of any thought produced at any time either by people or by the Creator. |
In order to discern the thoughts of the Creator, one must attain a purity of thought appropriate to Him, as well as the pace of His thinking.
To discern the thoughts of enlightened people, one must possess their purity of thought and the ability to think at the same rate. If a given Man has insufficient purity of thought to communicate with the dimension of the forces of light - the dimension in which radiant thoughts dwell - then Man will draw his thoughts from their dark counterparts, and will end up suffering himself and causing others to suffer." Book 2, 'The Ringing Cedars of Russia' by Vladimir Megre see: Recommended Books/the-ringing-cedars-series |
Edgar Cayce on the Akashic Records
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Book of Life - Akashic Records - #1 A.R.E.
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Edgar Cayce on the Akashic Records
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The Akashic Records or "The Book of Life" can be equated to the universe's supercomputer system. It is this system
that acts as the central storehouse of all information for every individual who has ever lived upon the earth. Learn how you are in charge of shaping your own destiny and how you can tap into your records—your past lives, your present experiences, and your unfolding future—to create the life you desire. edgarcayce.org
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Akashic Records - Edgar Cayce's 'Book of Life'
Akashic records have an energy imprint of every thought, emotion, action that's ever happened. Edgar Cayce - a popular psychic - accessed the records in his readings. Akashic records, also called the universal book of life, refer to the library of information comprising every thought, emotion, desire, perspective, action, event that has ever transpired on earth. Akashic records were popularized by the sleeping prophet, Edgar Cayce, who accessed all his information from the akashic records as the basis of his readings. Edgar Cayce and the Akashic Records Edgar Cayce is the most documented psychic of the modern time. Cayce went into a trance state when he accessed information from the akashic records, to help solve a client's problem. Cayce called it "the entire history of every soul since the dawn of creation". He was able to see the past lives of an individual in the akashic records and interpret how a current condition experienced by a person is rooted in actions and thought patterns of the past. How to Read the Akashic Records? Learning to read the akashic records requires some practice. Daily meditation and having a clear intention of accessing the akashic records are necessary first steps. |
Cayce suggested that it is possible for any individual to access the akashic records; he likened the process to tuning a radio to receive programming on a particular frequency. Every thought, emotion, event produces a subtle vibration, that later becomes permanently attached to the individual responsible for it. This energy imprint becomes an entry in the akashic records.
Even though it's believed that the akashic records are available for anyone to read, two individuals could interpret the same information differently, depending on their background, beliefs, experiences and intentions. Getting an Akashic Record Reading Many people are curious to find out what is in their akashic records. Like Cayce, today many psychics are able to access the akashic records and offer readings online and via phone. Researching the reader, asking for references and checking if the psychic is affordable are important factors to consider, before getting a reading. Even though there are many authentic energy readers, one should also be wary of scammers, identity thieves and unscrupulous psychics. Cayce repeatedly emphasized that even though the memories in the akashic records might explain a person's desires and the experiences he chooses to draw to himself, humans always have the freedom of choice to react in a positive way. In other words, one's response to a situation is of more importance than the situation itself. http://suite101.com/article/akashic-records-edgar-cayces-book-of-life-a171105 |
Zero-Point Energy Field / Universal Information Field
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Philosopher and systems theorist Ervin Laszlo makes the case that science is finally in a position to produce a theory of everything (ToE). Drawing on anomalies and advances in cosmology, quantum physics, biology and consciousness studies, he shows how the discovery in physics of the zero point energy field (ZPE), is also the discovery of a universal information field.
Mystics and sages have long maintained that an interconnecting cosmic field exists at the roots of reality that conserves and conveys information, a field known as the Akashic Record. The most notable mystic and psychic who routinely assessed the Akashic records in the form of readings for individuals, was Edgar Cayce. Edgar Cayce lived from 1877 to 1945 and during his lifetime he performed thousands of such readings for people all over the world.
Cayce was very well respected for all of his intuitive insights. He greatly influenced the lives of his clients. He also influenced the holistic health field with some of the natural remedies he brought from the Akashic Records. It is easy to study his work because he carefully documented each person's reading and follow-up for many years past a client's initial session with him. Because of this, he gained perhaps the most concrete evidence and information about the way the Akashic Records work for each of us. Cayce believed that the Akashic Records contained a history of every soul since the dawn of creation. "These records connect us to each other." he often said. They contain the stimulus for every symbol, archetype or mythic story that has ever touched the patterns of human behavior. When asked where the records reside, Cayce would say they exist within "the skein of space and time" and told many people interested in his work that the "records are everywhere". He further believed that the records are inscribed on some kind of "etheric energy" similar in nature to the energy of thought. This could be correlated to the "aether" of scientific interest. The records are impressed or encoded into energy and they are continually rewritten based on our choices, thoughts and emotions. He believed that revealing the past for a person in his readings was useful to bring about conscious awareness of the soul's growth. He never stopped emphasizing that the records are written by each of us by our own free will and choices made in the present. He reinforced also that our choices in the present moment allow the future possibilities to unfold in our lives from our Akashic Records. Cayce explained that the Akashic records not only store everything in the past of an individual but they also contain all the future possibilities and potentials for our lives. He believed that we basically call into potential an array of possible futures as we interact in our daily lives and learn subconsciously from the data that has already been accumulated. |
The theory Cayce had that all the future potentials for us already exist in the Akashic Records simply waiting for our free will to call them into action, is strikingly similar to a view that would emerge many decades later in the newest area of science called Quantum Mechanics, and then with Ervin Laszlo's 'Theory of Everything'.
It also further supports that our thoughts do indeed create our reality and that it is our perceptions that drive what is real for each of us. Quantum scientists recently discovered a new area of time and space called the Quantum vacuum. There are newly discovered properties of time and space happening all the time but it seems clear now that this vacuum is a super dense cosmic frictionless medium that carries light and all the universal forces of nature. Well-known scientist and philosopher Ervin Laszlo, in his recently published book 'Science and the Akashic Field' shows that it may not only be a super-dense sea of frictionless energy but also a sea of information conveying the historical experience of matter. These newest discoveries in the field of quantum physics now show that the Akashic Field may indeed be real and have its equivalent in the zero-point field that underlies space itself. Ervin Laszlo stated in his recent book that the quantum vacuum essentially "generates the holographic field that is the memory of the universe". This Quantum Field consists of a subtle sea of fluctuating energies from which all things arise: atoms and galaxies, stars and planets, living beings, and even consciousness. This zero-point Akashic field, or "A-Field" as Laszlo calls it, is not only the original source of all things that arise in time and space; it is also the constant and enduring memory of the universe. The "A-Field" holds the record of all that has ever happened in life, on Earth and in the cosmos, and relates it to all that is yet to happen. It is essentially what helps a universe know how to become a universe, how plants know how to be plants and so forth. It literally conveys all the information of life itself. Laszlo conveys the essential element of his vision of the "informed universe" in language that is accessible and clear. The informed universe lends credence to our deepest intuitions of the oneness of life and the whole of creation. In discussion of the theory of the informed universe, it is interesting to note that Cayce also believed that the records connected us to each other and that the universe was indeed "orderly". Laszlo further suggests that the A-Field is like a hologram, that is imprinted with all that has been or ever will be, similar to Cayce's assertion that the Akashic Records contain all that was and all the potentials for our future. If the recent scientific theory of the Akashic Field is true, then all the ancient knowledge written about the Akashic Records or "The Book of Life" are not merely myths but an integral part of our world. If this universal energy field is written with our thoughts and actions, then it would be reasonable to believe that it can be accessed consciously. If it can be re-written consciously, then much of the past and traumatic events we hold in our A-Field could be liberated, and thus increase the energy for positive potentials in an individual's life. http://www.cjmartes.com/cjmartes_akashicfield.asp |
The Akashic Records
(excerpt from 'The Journey of Your Soul') By Shepherd Hoodwin
Shepherd is a professional Michael* channel (see below) and author of
'The Journey of Your Soul - A Channel Explores Channeling' and the Michael Teachings
and 'Loving from Your Soul--Creating Powerful Relationships'.
He does channeling sessions and intuitive readings via telephone, mail, and e-mail.
Audio cassettes are available from his site. Visit his website at: Summerjoy Press
(excerpt from 'The Journey of Your Soul') By Shepherd Hoodwin
Shepherd is a professional Michael* channel (see below) and author of
'The Journey of Your Soul - A Channel Explores Channeling' and the Michael Teachings
and 'Loving from Your Soul--Creating Powerful Relationships'.
He does channeling sessions and intuitive readings via telephone, mail, and e-mail.
Audio cassettes are available from his site. Visit his website at: Summerjoy Press
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A great deal of information is available from the Akashic Records. Those familiar with the akashic records tend to think of them as a place, like the reference library of the cosmos. However, the akashic records are everywhere, part of the fabric of all things. Everything that occurs is recorded there. Anyone can learn to access this information, at least to some degree. However, the records are quite complex and require a great deal of practice to use skillfully.
The core of the akashic records is the akashic plane, the neutral plane. It is the overall record for the universe. The akashic plane interpenetrates the other six planes through their “local” akashic records. For example, our physical body has an akashic record of all that it has experienced; that record will ultimately be distilled and integrated into the akashic plane. Since the akashic plane is adjacent to the causal and mental planes, essences focused on those planes can access it most easily. Some psychics directly access at least the surface of the akashic plane. However, from the physical plane, it is not possible to go very deeply into it. Accessing the akashic plane is not really what your lessons are about on the physical plane, and you are not designed for it. This is one reason you find it useful to channel sources such as ourselves. It is germane to our lessons to delve into the akashic plane. We are learning to do this, and we can access information that might be inaccessible to you. We are not discouraging you from trying to access it yourselves, but we can help in this way. Although psychics may have limited access to the akashic plane, they can have full access to the physical plane akashic records, which are not yet fully distilled. The instinctive (neutral) center is the location of a person’s individual akashic records; it interpenetrates the other centers and stores their memories there; it is the seat of the subconscious. The individual instinctive center is, in turn, connected to larger “storehouses,” such as the collective consciousness of humanity. Ultimately, it is connected to the whole, so when we clarify our instinctive center through self-knowledge and healing, we are contributing to the clarification of the whole physical universe. Also, as our essence integrates the reincarnational self we are in this lifetime, our akashic records become more accessible to our whole essence, and ultimately, our records will be distilled into the akashic plane, contributing to the knowledge of all the planes and the Tao. Scholars, being the neutral role, play a special part in this distillation process. So the integration simultaneously moves outward, from the individual to the whole physical plane, and upward, through the astral and causal planes to the akashic plane. The instinctive center, and the akashic records in general, store memories in whatever way they were experienced and understood, irrespective of any “ultimate truth.” If information in it is organized and clear, it is because the experience it records was clear, or was later clarified; the information doesn’t necessarily naturally occur that way. For instance, some types of information, such as traumatic past lives, may be difficult to get clearly if the original confusion around them is still there. On the other hand, Michael Reading chart information is usually clear because it consists of specific choices made by a person’s essence. There is no distillation of the akashic records except through the evolution of those who had the experiences those records record. If you had a traumatic experience in the past and you dealt with it—if you evolved your experience of that trauma—that, too, goes into the records. What ultimately remains on the akashic plane is the distillation, what was learned, which is what is relevant for the universe to carry forward into the future. The rest is compost, breaking down into its component parts. This distillation is constantly occurring as you continue to grow. It happens within you as a personality, and within your essence, entity, cadre, and so forth. When you pick up unfinished pieces from the past and see them with more clarity and understanding, you evolve the experience. The akashic records appear to you as a literal record of things exactly as they occurred that can be replayed and looked at from different angles: each person experiences an event differently, and all those experiences are recorded. Everything that ever was is recorded, including the smallest minutiae—the falling of a tree in a forest is recorded. However, it is not that a very extensive supply of VHS tape running through all reality is constantly being imprinted. The real explanation lies in the nature of time itself: the akashic records are actually windows into the past; they go into the neutral space directly above the time-space continuum and allow one to look into another time without actually going into that time—it is strictly a window, a place from which to view. Since there is an infinitely long past, this could be overwhelming, but what you end up attracting to your vision is what has some relevance to you, some reason for you to see. Your being on a particular piece of land, for instance, automatically biases your looking into the akashic records to the records of that land, unless you specifically ask for something else. And why would someone see a particular event that occurred on that land, and not one of a million others back to the time it was ocean or even gas? A particular story is attracted in your presence because of something in it that resonates with you. |
In Yarbro, Michael refers to the akashic plane as a “photographic record.” In fact, all akashic records could be thought of as photographic, or perhaps holographic, since they are not merely visual, but multidimensional—when we look through the “window” the records provide, we see the total experience. We could think of it as being in a “code” similar to the digital information on compact discs and CD-ROMs (which are all zeros and ones), rather than in language as we know it.
Therefore, as with photographs or videos, when the code of a particular event is accessed and “played back,” there are many ways it can be translated into language and interpreted. Also, there is far more in the code than is readily communicated in language, so it is wise not to take any translation of the akashic records as the final word. Different channeled entities sometimes give conflicting, or at least apparently conflicting, versions of everything from how the universe operates and the history of the earth, to what we are meant to eat. To illustrate why, let’s look at one example: a hypothetical car accident. As is well known, if you ask twenty bystanders what happened, you are likely to get twenty at least slightly differing accounts, as well as those from the people who were in the accident. Journalists are supposedly trained to be objective, and if one is present, you would expect that he could tell you what really happened, but different journalists can also give conflicting accounts. However, you can probably piece together a good idea of what happened if you compare enough accounts and see where the common threads are. Let’s say that fifty years later, a nonphysical entity is researching that accident in order to answer a question about it at a channeling session. The “pictures” of everyone’s subjective experience of that accident are in the akashic records. Whose account will the entity rely on? It might be useful for the entity to consult several. Even if many of those accounts show pictures of the accident itself with reasonable objectivity, these are also subject to interpretation, and may not completely show the factors that led to the accident. The Los Angeles Rodney King beating was on videotape, but a jury in the first trial still found the police officers innocent—they interpreted the pictures differently than most people did (which led to riots). What is the ultimate truth about the beating? Were the officers justified under the circumstances? We have to decide for ourselves, and to do so fairly would require a good deal of research and mature judgment. Our court system is supposed to provide this kind of research and mature judgment, but we all know that it often fails to do this. Similarly, nonphysical entities must research and exercise wise judgment, based on deep understanding, in order to accurately interpret akashic records. There is no absolute version of reality and no ultimate source of information that can rightly say, “No, this is how it really happened—guaranteed.” Everything in the akashic records was recorded by a consciousness with a particular point of view, and the records are vast. That’s why it’s worthwhile to explore a variety of points of view. It is true that the Tao as a whole is the ultimate source for the universe, but it is concerned with the large picture, just as the CEO of a major corporation would not be the one to tell you exactly what went on in a sales meeting in the field somewhere. Channeled entities are in a process of growth and evolution, just as we are. And just as reading books and working with teachers and groups may assist our growth, it is similar for them. They have their teachers, groups, and “books,” only their books are nonphysical—they are in the akashic records. And channeled entities, like us, are not all reading the same books. The information they give us depends on what they’ve been reading. Everything in the records was someone’s experience of what happened; therefore, none of it can be said to be “wrong.” A challenge for a channeled entity is to interpret the records from the highest and most inclusive point of view. The highest truth is the synthesis of all elements of truth in every point of view. The akashic records, then, do not provide instant knowledge. Information must be gathered and interpreted; this is an art as well as a science. http://www.michaelteachings.com/akashic_records.html *Who Is Michael? By Dave Gregg The Michael entity is a collective of 1050 souls who have completed their incarnations on earth, and evolved to a higher plane of existence. As with many other spiritual teachers, Michael's knowledge is conveyed to the earth plane through the use of a human channel. |
Science and the Akashic Field
Here are some informative quotes from, and comments regarding, the book
“Science and the Akashic Field: An Integral Theory of Everything” by Ervin Laszlo, published by Inner Traditions.
Here are some informative quotes from, and comments regarding, the book
“Science and the Akashic Field: An Integral Theory of Everything” by Ervin Laszlo, published by Inner Traditions.
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The overall idea behind the concept of an Akashic Field is that behind the materialistic and mechanistic world there is in fact another realm of interaction. This book presents compelling evidence for this from the fields of cosmology, quantum physics, biology and studies of consciousness. It is like a subtle communication network that underlies physical reality and that connects every point in space with every other point, and every thing with every other thing.
This communication network operates in the realm of pure information that underlies empirical existence and thus does not rely on the transport of physical energy, hence through this field, interactions can occur instantaneously, regardless of physical separation and without any channel for the mechanistic transport of energy. Furthermore, like things tend to interact more strongly with like things, thus humans interact more strongly with humans, galaxies with galaxies and so on. The principal empirical and observable effect of this field is coherence between phenomena across any distances. In regards to cosmology and the current puzzles therein, Laszlo states that “these mysteries have a common element: they exhibit a staggering coherence throughout the reaches of space and time.” Furthermore, “There is no reasonable explanation in 'BB [big bang] theory' for the observed flatness of the universe; for the missing mass in it; for the accelerating expansion of galaxies; for the coherence of some basic cosmic ratios; and for the 'horizon problem', the uniformity of the macrostructures throughout cosmic space. The problem known as the 'tuning of the constants' is particularly vexing. The three dozen or more physical parameters of the universe are so finely tuned that together they create the highly improbable conditions under which life can emerge... These are all puzzles of coherence, and they raise the possibility that this universe did not arise in the context of a random fluctuation of the underlying quantum vacuum. Instead, it may have been born in the womb of a prior 'meta-universe'... [i.e.] a vaster, more fundamental universe that is behind or beyond the universe we observe and inhabit.” “The staggering coherence of our universe tells us that all its stars and galaxies are interconnected in some way. And the astonishing fine-tuning of the physical laws and constants of our universe suggests that at its birth our universe may have been connected with prior universes...” In quantum physics the issues revolve around the phenomena of non-locality; superpositions of states; the collapse of the superposition where “it appears to choose its real states on its own”; EPR pairs where “once they are in the same state, they remain linked no matter how far they travel from each other” and also the effect of simply having an available observation channel, even if it is not used, it can still collapse the wavefunction of an experiment. These phenomena have been described exhaustively in countless places so I wont reiterate them here. In regards to biology he states that “Instant, multidimensional correlations are coming to light between the parts of a living organism, and even between organisms and environments... [these] are nearly as 'entangled' as microparticles that originate in the same quantum state [such as EPR pairs]... What happens to one cell or organ also happens in some way to all other cells and organs... [also] what happens in the external milieu of the organism is reflected in some way in its internal milieu. Thanks to this coherence, the organism can evolve in tune with its environment... [Darwinian evolution and random mutation is not enough]... That our world is not populated solely by the simplest of organisms, such as bacteria ... is due in the last analysis to the kind of 'entanglement' that exists among genes, organisms, organism species, and their niches within the biosphere.” Furthermore, “the organism's coherence goes beyond the coherence of a biochemical system; in some respects it attains the coherence of a quantum system... Simple collisions among neighbouring molecules... must be complemented by a network of instant communication that correlates all parts of the living system, even those that are distant from one another. Rare molecules, for example, are seldom contiguous, yet they find each other throughout the organism. There would not be sufficient time for this to occur by a random process of jiggling and mixing; the molecules need to locate and respond to each other specifically, even if they are distant.” In regards to consciousness Laszlo states that “in the conservative view human communication and interaction is limited to our sensory channels ... [but] we are linked by more subtle and encompassing connections as well.” Also “The connections that bind 'my' consciousness to the consciousness of others... are rediscovered today in controlled experiments with thought and image transference, and the effect of the mind of one individual on the body of another.” Furthermore, “Native tribes seem able to communicate beyond the range of eye and ear... In the laboratory also, modern people display a capacity for spontaneous transference of impressions and images, especially when they are emotionally close to each other... transpersonal contact includes the ability to transmit thoughts and images, and ... it is given to many if not all people... this is the finding of recent experiments... Reliable evidence is becoming available that the conscious mind of one person can produce repeatable and measurable effects on the body of another... [also] Intercessory prayer and spiritual healing, together with other mind- and intention-based experiments and practices, yield impressive evidence regarding the effectiveness of telepathic and telesomatic information- and energy-transmission. The pertinent practices produce real and measurable effects on people, and they are more and more widespread. But mainstream science has no explanation for them. Could it be that our consciousness is linked with other consciousnesses through an interconnecting Akashic Field, much as galaxies are linked in the cosmos, quanta in the microworld, and organisms in the world of the living?” In regards to the origin of the universe and its metaphysical foundation Laszlo states that “the universe we observe and inhabit is a secondary product of the energy sea that was there before there was anything there at all. Hindu and Chinese cosmologies have always maintained that the things and beings that exist in the world are a concretization or distillation of the basic energy of the cosmos, descending from its original source. The physical world is a reflection of energy vibrations from more subtle energy fields. Creation and all subsequent existence is a progression downward and outward from the primordial source. In Indian philosophy the ultimate end of the physical world is a return to Akasha, its original subtle-energy womb. At the end of time as we know it, the almost infinitely varied things and forms of the manifest world dissolve into formlessness... In Akasha, all attributes of the manifest world merge into a state that is beyond attributes: the state of Brahman. Although it is undifferentiated, Brahman is dynamic and creative. From its ultimate 'being' comes the temporary 'becoming' of the manifest world, with its attributes, functions and relationships. The cycles of samsara [individual lifetimes] ... are the lila of Brahman: its play of ceaseless creation and dissolution. In Indian philosophy, Absolute Reality is the reality of Brahman. The manifest world enjoys but a derived, secondary reality and mistaking it for the real is the illusion of maya... The traditional Eastern conception differs from the view held by most people in the West... [that] reality is material. The things that truly exist are bits or particles of matter... Matter moves about in space, acted on by energy. Energy also enjoys reality (since it acts on matter), but space does not: space is merely the backdrop or the container... and is passive in itself... space is not experienced... it is only the precondition of experience... [this last comment exposes the Western reliance on sensory experience and therefore its entrapment within the illusion of the empirical world or maya] The view that space is empty and passive, and not even real to boot, is in complete opposition to the view we get from contemporary physics... it is clear that what they describe as the unified vacuum – the seat of all the fields and forces of the physical world – is in fact the primary reality of the universe... What we think of as matter is but the quantised semi-stable bundling of the energies that spring from the vacuum. In the last count, matter is but a waveform disturbance in the nearly infinite energy-sea that is the fundamental medium – and hence the primary reality – of this universe, and of all universes that ever existed and will ever exist.” |
Evolutionary Panpsychism: Laszlo further discusses the likelihood that consciousness is universal and that all 'things' are to some degree conscious; “there is no categorical divide between mind and matter... conscious matter at a lower level of organisation (the neurons in the brain) generates conscious matter at a higher level of organisation (the brain as a whole)... the emerging solution to the classical brain/mind problem is evolutionary panpsychism... [which claims that] all of reality has a mental aspect: psyche is a universal presence in the world... [and] psyche evolves , the same as matter... both matter and mind – physis and psyche [prakriti and purusha] – were present from the beginning: they are both fundamental aspects of reality... [although] we do not claim that they are radically separate; we say that they are but different aspects of the same reality. What we call 'matter' is the aspect we apprehend when we look at a person, a plant, or a molecule from the outside; 'mind' is the readout we get when we look at the same thing from the inside.”
We do not merely perceive the world through our empirical senses, or the “five slits in the tower”, we can “open the roof to the sky”. He states that “The informed universe gives us not only a new view of the world, but also a new view of life and of mind. It permits our brains and minds to access a broad band of information... We are, or can be, literally 'in touch' with almost any part of the world, whether here on Earth or beyond in the cosmos. When we do not repress the corresponding intuitions, we can be informed by things as small as a particle or as large as a galaxy”. He then discusses the question “Could the cosmos itself possess consciousness in some form?”, but this is difficult to answer since we cannot perceive the quantum vacuum directly and even if we could, “consciousness is 'private', we cannot ordinarily observe it in anyone but ourselves”. However “We could enter an altered state of consciousness and identify ourselves with the vacuum, the deepest and most fundamental level of reality [like the vedic method of meditating upon Brahman]... would we experience a physical field of fluctuating energies? Or would we experience something like a cosmic field of consciousness? The latter is much more likely... when we experience anybody else's brain 'from the outside' we do not experience his or her consciousness... But we know that when we experience our brain 'from the inside' we experience not neurons, but the qualitative features that make up our stream of consciousness... Would not the same hold true when we project ourselves into a mystical union with the vacuum? ... there is indirect yet significant evidence for it... in deeply altered states of consciousness, many people experience a kind of consciousness that appears to be that of the universe itself... They describe what they experience as an immense and unfathomable field of consciousness endowed with infinite intelligence and creative power. The field of cosmic consciousness they experience is a cosmic emptiness – a void. Yet ... it is also an essential fullness... The vacuum they experience is a plenum: nothing is missing in it. It is the ultimate source of existence, the cradle of all being... The phenomenal world is its creation: the realization and concretization of its inherent potential.” Regarding the future evolution of human consciousness Laszlo mentions numerous theories, “but they have a common thrust. Consciousness evolution is from the ego-bound to the transpersonal form. If this is so, it is a source of great hope. Transpersonal consciousness is open to more of the information that reaches the brain than the dominant consciousness of today. This could have momentous consequences. It could produce greater empathy among people, and greater sensitivity to animals, plants and the entire biosphere. It could create subtle contact with other parts of the cosmos. It could change our world. A society hallmarked by transpersonal consciousness is not likely to be materialistic and self-centered; it would be more deeply and widely informed.” Some General Comments The recent realisations by the post modern world of the Akashic field, information theoretic metaphysics and system theory provide a rational foundation for what many call 'faith'. They are a deep and systematic re-expression of ancient truths. No longer need we rely upon authority or literary or artistic persuasiveness, or persist at spiritual practices when we cannot be certain of the reality of their goal. Instead we can now rationally and intellectually obtain a firm understanding of the holistic nature of the cosmos and ourselves, which gives insight and motivation for our journey into the deeper levels of existence. The work presented on this website (http://www.anandavala.info) plays a pivotal role in this paradigm shift. It provides a foundation for a rigorous mathematical science of our holistic context, that encompasses both the physical and mystic aspects of reality, as well as the everyday experience of being in the world. Using the methods presented on this website we can create computer-generated virtual worlds with fundamental metaphysical properties identical to our own reality. These can provide an experimental framework for further exploration as well as a rational approach toward understanding the subtleties of spirituality. This would provide motivation for personal spiritual development so that we can personally participate in the vastly greater reality that is accessible to us. Laszlo and others describe the cosmos using a similar system theoretic paradigm as is presented here, but are working from within the world and they focus primarily on a general understanding of what the implications are for beings such as ourselves. This is the most accessible approach for most people. However in the scientific analysis presented here I am working from beyond the world or prior to the world and I focus primarily on the transcendent dynamics that give rise to the world. Rather than conceive of the situation from within the virtual space and then propose a computational process that lies beyond it - I conceive of the situation from within the computational space and then propose a virtual world that arises from it. These two perspectives complement each other and they meet at a point that some call the unified vacuum and which I refer to in my own analysis as the Simulator/Simulation membrane, which is a conceptual membrane that separates the virtual reality space from the computational process that generates that space. For a quick example see The Central Metaphysical Idea and also the Metaphysical Context. This conceptual membrane mediates the flow of all energy between these two realms (energy is the flow of information interpreted in an empirical dynamical context). When the computational process causes a form to arise in the virtual world the inhabitants of that virtual world would experience it as appearing out of the vacuum. From within the physical world the vacuum or the membrane represents the limit of what the materialistic paradigm can conceive of and from beyond the world it represents the first instance of empirical or physical manifestation as the information descends from the source and becomes energy and then finally empirical forms and phenomena. Thus behind space there lies a simulation program or a virtual-reality generative information process that co-ordinates all that exists and all that happens. This information process has particular properties and constraints that give rise to the particular properties and constraints of the empirical simulation (physical universe). These can be determined and verified by mathematical inference and experimental measurement, indeed the phenomena of relativity and quantum physics are our experience of some of these properties and constraints, and so too is the Akashic Field. This is what I mathematically explore in the documents on The Mathematical Analysis and this could lead to direct experimental verification of the existence and the properties of the 'simulator' that underlies and manifests our reality, see the overview of this work. In the many discussions on this website it is assumed that the basic metaphysical concepts implied by the systemic paradigm and the Akashic field are understood, otherwise some of the assertions may seem spurious and superstitious. Indeed, without such an understanding most of ancient wisdom seems spurious and superstitious but they are in fact highly detailed and very accurate metaphysical analyses, see Correspondences between the Computational and Spiritual Paradigms. However, since the ancients lacked modern mathematics they expressed their knowledge using elaborate analogies, which have over time become misunderstood and even taken literally, which leads to massive confusion. http://www.anandavala.info/TASTMOTNOR/The%20Akashic%20Field.html |