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Upon
time and space is written the thoughts, the deeds,
the activities of an entity – as in relationships
to its environs, its hereditary influence; as
directed – or judgment drawn by or according
to what the entity's ideal is. Hence, as it has
been oft called, the record is God's book of
remembrance; and each entity, each soul – as
the activities of a single day of an entity in
the material world – either makes same
good or bad or indifferent, depending upon the
entity's application of self towards that which
is the ideal manner for the use of time, opportunity
and the expression of that for which each soul
enters a material manifestation. The interpretation
then as drawn here is with the desire and hope
that, in opening this for the entity, the experience
may be one of helpfulness and hopefulness.
Edgar
Cayce reading 1650-1 |
It is no exaggeration to
state that the computer has transformed (and is still in
the process of transforming) the entire planet. Whether
it's technology, transportation, communication, education,
or entertainment, the computer age has revolutionized the
globe and the ways in which we understand and interact
with one another. No segment of modern society has gone
unaffected. The amount of information now stored in computer
memory and crossing the Internet highway daily is literally
unfathomable. And yet, this vast complex of computer systems
and collective databases cannot begin to come close to
the power, the memory, or the omniscient recording capacity
of the Akashic Records.
The Akashic Records
contain the entire history of every soul since the dawn
of Creation. These records connect each one of us to
one another. They contain the stimulus for every archetypal
symbol or mythic story which has ever deeply touched
patterns of human behavior and experience. They have
been the inspiration for dreams and invention. They draw
us toward or repel us from one another. They mold and
shape levels of human consciousness. They are a portion
of Divine Mind. They are the unbiased judge and jury
that attempt to guide, educate, and transform every individual
to become the very best that she or he can be. They embody
an ever-changing fluid array of possible futures that
are called into potential as we humans interact and learn
from the data that has already been accumulated.
Information about
these Akashic Records – this
Book of Life – can
be found in folklore, in myth, and throughout the Old
and New Testaments. It is traceable at least as far back
as the Semitic peoples and includes the Arabs, the Assyrians,
the Phoenicians, the Babylonians, and the Hebrews. Among
each of these peoples was the belief that there was in
existence some kind of celestial tablets which contained
the history of humankind as well as all manner of spiritual
information.
The first reference
in Scripture to some unearthly volume is found in Exodus
32:32. After the Israelites had committed a most grievous
sin by worshiping the golden calf, it was Moses who pleaded
on their behalf, even offering to take full responsibility
and have his own name stricken "out of thy book which
thou hast written" in recompense for their deed. Later,
in the Old Testament, we learn that there is nothing
about an individual that is not known in this same book.
In Psalm 139, David makes reference to the fact God has
written down everything about him and all the details
of his life – even
that which is imperfect and those deeds which have yet
to be performed.
For many individuals
this Book of Life is simply an imagery symbol of those
destined for heaven and has its roots in the custom of
recording genealogical records of names or perhaps early
census taking. Traditional religion suggests that this
book – either
in literal or symbolic form – contains
the names of all those who are worthy of salvation. TheBook
is to be opened in connection with divine judgment (Dan.
7:10, Rev. 20:12). In the New Testament, those redeemed
by Christ are contained within the Book (Philippians
4), those not found in the Book of Life will not enter
the kingdom of Heaven.
As an interesting
corollary, in the ancient world, a person's name was
symbolic of his or her existence. According to Sir James
George Frazer, author of The
Golden Bough – one
of the most extensive volumes on world mythology – there
was such a bond between one's name and one's existence "that
magic may be wrought on a man just as easily as through
his name as through his hair, his nails, or any other
material part of his person." In ancient Egypt, to blot
a name out of a record was equivalent to destroying the
fact that the person had ever even existed.
Closer to our current
era, a great deal of contemporary information on the
Akashic Records has been made available by both reputable
psychics and modern-day mystics – individuals
who have somehow perceived beyond the limits of three
dimensions. According to H.P. [Helena Petrovna] Blavatsky
(1831-1891), Russian immigrant, mystic, and founder of
the Theosophical Society, the Akashic Records are much
more than simply an account of static data which may
be gleaned by a sensitive; instead, the records have
an ongoing creative stimulus upon the present:
Akasha
is one of the cosmic principles and is a plastic matter,
creative in its physical nature, immutable in its higher
principles. It is the quintessence of all possible
forms of energy, material, psychic, or spiritual; and
contains within itself the germs of universal creation,
which sprout forth under the impulse of the Divine
Spirit.
Alchemy
and the Secret Doctrine
Rudolf Steiner (1861-1925),
the Austrian-born philosopher, educator, and founder of
the Anthroposophical Society possessed the ability to perceive
information beyond the material world: a "spiritual world" which
was just as real to him as the physical world was to others.
Steiner claimed that the ability to perceive this other
world could be developed, enabling an individual to see
events and information every bit as concrete as the present:
...man
can penetrate to the eternal origins of the things
which vanish with time. A man broadens his power of
cognition in this way if he is no longer limited to
external evidence where knowledge of the past is concerned.
Then he can see in events what is not perceptible to
the senses, that part which time cannot destroy. He
penetrates from transitory to non-transitory history.
It is a fact that this history is written in other
characters than is ordinary history. In gnosis and
in theosophy it is called the "Akasha Chronicle"...To
the uninitiated, who cannot yet convince himself of
the reality of a separate spiritual world through his
own experience, the initiate easily appears to be a
visionary, if not something worse. The one who has
acquired the ability to perceive in the spiritual world
comes to know past events in their eternal character.
They do not stand before him like the dead testimony
of history, but appear in full life. In a certain sense,
what has happened takes place before him.
Cosmic
Memory
In terms of contemporary
insights, perhaps the most extensive source of information
regarding the Akashic Records comes from the clairvoyant
work of Edgar Cayce (1877-1945), Christian mystic and
founder of A.R.E. For forty-three years of his adult
life, Edgar Cayce possessed the uncanny ability to lie
down on a couch, close his eyes, fold his hands over
his stomach, and put himself into some kind of an altered
state in which virtually any type of information was
available. The accuracy of Cayce's psychic work is evidenced
by approximately one dozen biographies and literally
hundreds of titles which explore various aspects of his
information and the thousands of topics he discussed.
When asked about the
source of his information, Cayce replied that there were
essentially two. The first was the subconscious mind
of the individual for whom he was giving the reading
and the second was the Akashic Records.
Most often, when giving
a reading which discussed a person's soul history and
his or her individual sojourn through space and time,
Cayce would begin with a statement such as, "Yes, we
have before us the records of the entity now known or
called _________." In discussing the process for accessing
these records, Edgar Cayce described his experience as
follows:
I
see myself as a tiny dot out of my physical body, which
lies inert before me. I find myself oppressed by darkness
and there is a feeling of terrific loneliness. Suddenly,
I am conscious of a white beam of light. As this tiny
dot, I move upward following the light, knowing that
I must follow it or be lost.
As
I move along this path of light I gradually become
conscious of various levels upon which there is movement.
Upon the first levels there are vague, horrible shapes,
grotesque forms such as one sees in nightmares. Passing
on, there begin to appear on either side misshapen
forms of human beings with some part of the body magnified.
Again there is change and I become conscious of gray-hooded
forms moving downward. Gradually, these become lighter
in color. Then the direction changes and these forms
move upward and the color of the robes grows rapidly
lighter. Next, there begin to appear on either side
vague outlines of houses, walls, trees, etc., but everything
is motionless. As I pass on, there is more light and
movement in what appear to be normal cities and towns.
With the growth of movement I become conscious of sounds,
at first indistinct rumblings, then music, laughter,
and singing of birds. There is more and more light,
the colors become very beautiful, and there is the
sound of wonderful music. The houses are left behind,
ahead there is only a blending of sound and color.
Quite suddenly I come upon a hall of records. It is
a hall without walls, without ceiling, but I am conscious
of seeing an old man who hands me a large book, a record
of the individual for whom I seek information.
Reading
294-19 Report File
Yes,
we have the body here, and the record as has
been made and as may be made with the will
as exercised, and the condition irrespective
of the will's influence or effect as has been
created. We have conditions that might have
been, that are, and that may be. Do not get
the three mixed up or crossed purposes of either.
304-5 |
Once given the record,
Cayce had the ability to select the information which
would be most capable of assisting the individual at
that time in his or her life. Frequently, a reading might
suggest that only a selection of the available material
was being provided, but that the individual was being
given that which would be "most helpful and hopeful." Additional
insights were frequently provided in subsequent readings
once an individual had attempted to work with and apply
the information which had been given previously.
As a means of perhaps
alluding to the fact that the Akashic Records were not
simply a transcription of the past but included the present,
the future, and certain probabilities as well, in reading
304-5, Cayce began the reading with a curious statement.
When discussing the
Book of Life, he stated it that it was "The record of
God, of thee, thy soul within and the knowledge of same." (281-33)
On another occasion (2533-8) Cayce was asked to explain
the difference between the Book of Life and the Akashic
Records:
Q.
[What is meant by] The Book of Life?
A. The record that the individual entity itself writes
upon the skein of time and space, through patience – and
is opened when self has attuned to the infinite, and may
be read by those attuning to that consciousness...
Q. The Book of God's Remembrances?
A. This is the Book of Life.
Q. The Akashic Records?
A. Those made by the individual, as just indicated.
2533-8
The Edgar Cayce readings
suggest that each of us writes the story of our lives
through our thoughts, our deeds, and our interactions
with the rest of creation. This information has an effect
upon us in the here and now. In fact, the Akashic Records
have such an impact upon our lives and the potentials
and probabilities we draw toward us that any exploration
of them cannot help but provide us with insights into
the nature of ourselves and our relationship to the universe.
There is much more
to our lives, our histories, and our individual influence
upon our tomorrows than we have perhaps dared to imagine.
By accessing information from the Akashic Records, the
universe's computer database, much might be revealed
to us. The world as we have collectively perceived it
is but a faint shadow of Reality.
Edgar Cayce
on the Akashic Records
Adapted
from:by Kevin J. Todeschi
The Book of Life—or the Akashic
Records—are the storehouse of all information
for every individual who has ever lived upon the earth,
containing every word, deed, feeling, thought, and
intent that has ever occurred. 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.
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