“All perceptible matter
comes from a primary substance, or tenuity beyond conception,
filling all space, the Akasha or luminiferous ether, which is acted
upon by the life giving Prana or creative force, calling into
existence, in never ending cycles, all things and phenomena.”–
Nikola Tesla, Man’s Greatest Achievement, 1907
Depending on the philosophy or
religion cited, “Akasha” generally has the same core meaning. It’s
Sanskrit (primary sacred language of Hinduism) for “aether,” in both
the elemental and metaphysical sense. The existence of this
‘substance,’ for lack of a better term, has been postulated by
scientists and philosophers from ancient cultures, traditions, and
faiths which date back thousands of years. The theme has been
present from Eastern mysticism/philosophy all the way into the West
and esoteric philosophy.
Keep in mind we are talking about
Akasha here and not the Akashic Records.
“And they allowed Apollonius
to ask questions; and he asked them of what they thought the cosmos
was composed; but they replied; “Of elements.” “Are there then
four?” he asked. “Not four,”said Larchas,
“but five.” “And how can there be a fifth,” said
Apollonius, “alongside of water and air and earth and fire?”
“There is the ether,” replied the other, “which we
must regard as the stuff of which gods are made; for just as all
mortal creatures inhale the wire, so do immortal and
divine natures inhale the ether.” “Am I,” said Appollonius, “to
regard the universe as a living creature?” “Yes,” said the
other. – The Life of Apollonius of Tyana, Philostratus, 220AD (source)
It’s basically the basis of all
things in the material world, and in various philosophies it’s
considered to be the invisible driving force behind the creation of
matter. According to many it’s the source of energy for material
manifestation. This is intriguing, because quantum physics has been
showing that human thoughts, intentions, emotions and more could
have some sort of direct effect on our physical material world.
Modern day scientific theories do not recognize the real existence
of Akasha, but the fact that quantum physics has shown us that space
is not empty is certainly lending more credibility to this ancient
concept, in my opinion.
“The aakaash is not
destructible, it is the primordial absolute substratum that creates
cosmic matter and hence the properties of aakaash are not found in
the material properties that are in a sense relative. The aakaash is
the eternally existent, superfluid reality, for which creation and
destruction are inapplicable….Our eyes are blind to the reality
of spirit, scientific experiments cannot detect it directly, since
our experiments can detect only the material properties which are
not the attributes of Akasha.” – (Idham thadhakshare
parame vyoman. Parame vyoman) – Paramahamsa Tewari, Engineer,
Physicist, and Inventor, “Spiritual Foundations,”
www.tewari.org
The
Akashic Records
What are the Akashic Records?
According to various scholars in the realm of theosophy (esoteric
philosophy), the Akashic Records are a kind of database which
contain a record of the soul’s journey. According to Alice A.
Bailey, an author of more than two dozen books on theosophical
subjects:
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.
— From Light
of the Soul, “The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali – Book 3,” multiple
sources on Google
According to the late Edgar Cayce, the Akashic Records can be seen
as the universe’s supercomputer, a central storage facility of all
information for every individual who has ever lived throughout the
cosmos. Apart from recording the events that occur in your life,
they record every act, deed, word, thought, feeling, emotion,
intent, and motive. Apparently, the records contain the entire
history of every soul since the dawn of creation. (source)
They are records kept of a soul from
the time it leaves its point of origin.
“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. “(source)
Charles Webster Leadbeater, an
influential member of the Theosophical Society and an author on
occult subjects, has made similar claims, stating that the records
hold the history of Atlantis and various other civilizations,
including Lumeria.
H.P. Blavatsky (1831-1891), a Russian
immigrant, mystic, and founder of the Theosophical Society, writes that
the 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.” (source)
Philosopher, educator, and founder of
the Anthroposophical Society, Rudolf Steiner believed that humans (and
himself) have the ability to perceive information beyond the material
world. Please keep in mind that this isn’t a ‘pseudoscientific’ idea;
for a selected list of downloadable peer-reviewed journal articles
reporting studies of psychic phenomena, mostly published in the 21st
century, you can click
HERE.
Steiner writes:
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.” . . . 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. (source)
Are The
Akashic Records Real?
With the
information above, I just wanted to provide a very basic and brief
description of the Akashic Records. I still have a lot of research to do
to further my understanding, but the essential idea has always been
pretty clear to me.
So, is there any ‘proof” for the
existence of the Akashic Records? Well, we are limited by modern day
understandings of what qualifies as proof. Anything that cannot be
perceived by our physical senses, or something that is (for most)
impossible to perceive, it’s hard to validate its existence. The truth
is, there is really no way to ‘prove,’ in the material way that we
currently define proof, the existence of the Akashic Records, because it
cannot be seen, touched, heard, or otherwise measured. But this doesn’t
mean we can’t theorize, and as Albert Einstein once said, “everything
you can imagine is real.”
“The day science begins to study
non-physical phenomena, it will make more progress in one decade than in
all the previous centuries of its existence.” – Nikola Tesla
The same can be said for consciousness,
or
factors that we commonly associate with consciousness; thoughts,
feelings, emotions, perception, and more are directly correlated with
our physical material world, and this is backed by science. This is
most demostrated by the quantum double slit experiment, and the
parapsychological studies that are linked in this article above. (source)
You can read more about this
here.
As for
the nature of consciousness itself, that’s a topic for another article.
So, we
do know that just because something can’t be seen, touched, heard, or
measured, does not mean it can’t still have a direct effect on our
physical material world. And we do know that (some) ancient philosophies
and esoteric teachings have been validated by modern day science. As far
as proving the existence of the Akashic Records, it doesn’t seem to be
possible.
Again, one great argument for its
existence is the fact that it is an ancient concept, and occult (occult
means the quest for truth, unfortunately this word carries a negative
connotation) authors have been writing about for years. We’ve seen other
concepts, like the atom, or the energy that exists all around us,
or near death experiences (NDE’s) and out of body experiences, written
about in ancient times, as well as studied by modern day science, with
some promising results. Ancient peoples may not have understood the
‘science’ behind the phenomena they observed, at least in the way way
understand science, but their theories often prove to be correct
nevertheless. Perhaps they had better methods for gaining wisdom? There
are countless examples where ancient societies are concidered much more
‘advanced’ than us, but we live in a different time.
I personally do believe that there is
some sort of ‘database’ out there that we are all connected to, and
everything about us (physical and non physical) can be found there. But
I cannot say it exists for certain, nor can I provide any proof for its
existence. All I can say is that in my heart I believe it to be true. I
would also like to include that I do not feel that these “records” are
used for judgement in any way.
“The nature of energy is to be
understood. The properties of space have to be intuitively derived from
the available scientific data. We have to pick out a single elementary
material particle to construct the material universe and to establish
the unity of the material worlds. We need to know the attributes of the
single Substance, the nonmaterial Akasha to establish the Unity
behind the diverse scientific and spiritual phenomena. We need to
realize the agency of Consciousness, the principle of life and death,
and the intelligence of the Universe. We can certainly know these
phenomena through a scientific approach but the science that shall
answer the above questions shall not be the current science. It shall be
a new science inclusive of a spiritual base. And that shall set the
stage for a merger of science and spirituality.” — Paramahamsa
Tewari, Engineer, Physicist, and Inventor, “Spiritual Foundations,” www.tewari.org
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