AKASHIC RECORDS
The term Akashic Records originates from the Indian word Akasha. By combining elements from philosophy and physics, as well as the Christian doctrine of predestination we get the concept of the Akashic Records as a place from which the universe was conceived.
Akashic Records is a concept describing a space that contains information about everything in existence since the dawn of time. Through means of meditation, entheogenic practices, and certain dreamstates we are able to peer through the layers of reality separating us and access this infinite database.
The origin of the term Akasha (Sanskrit Ākāśa) is in itself surprisingly difficult to pinpoint, mainly because of the enormous amount of esoteric and occult lore that has been attached to it since the beginning of the nineteenth century. So it is difficult to tell where the original concept ends and its Western incarnation begins. In all probability, Akasha comes from a transliteration of the Sanskrit word Ākāśa by early Western Indologists. At its core, Ākāśa can be translated as space, atmosphere or sky.
Within Jainism there are two recognized types of Ākāśa: Lokakasha and Alokakasha, with the former designating a space containing all matter and motion and the latter consisting of an infinite void.
Buddhism recognizes two types of Ākāśa. The first describes a limited space (named ākāsa-dhātu), which was defined by Nyanatiloka Mahathera (1878–1957) in the following way: The space element has the characteristic of delimiting matter. Its function is to indicate the boundaries of matter. The second, representing an endless empty space that has no place in objective reality (being purely conceptual), is named ajatākāsā and it is not included in the triad of the wholesome (kusalatika), which comprise reality. Later Buddhist schools changed the concept to serve as one of the unconditioned or uncreated states. Early Buddhism then clearly held to a permanency of records in the Ākāsha, and the potential capacity of man to read the same when he has evolved to the stage of true individual enlightenment.
To find a Western equivalent to Ākāśa, the closest match would be aether (αἰθήρ), the so called fifth element of the world, originally proposed by Aristotle and then reintroduced to the world by René Descartes (1596–1650) in the 17th century. Although the scientific community has long since disavowed the concept, it is worth noting that in the nineteenth century aether was a valid hypothesis in physics, seen as a medium for gravitational and electromagnetic forces in the world. Similarly to Ākāśa, the term aether was adopted by the Theosophical Society and gained a new meaning, transforming from a medium for propagating light into a human aura that is visible to those with sufficient clairvoyance.
Vivekananda’s own concept of Ākāśa. To quote: For the Occultist “Space” and “Universe” are synonyms. In Space there is not Matter, Force, nor Spirit, but all that and much more. It is the One Element, and that one the Anima Mundi – Space, Ãkâsha, Astral Light – the Root of Life which, in its eternal, ceaseless motion, like the out-and in-breathing of one boundless ocean, evolves but to reabsorb all that lives and feels and thinks and has its being in it.
Ervin Laszlo’s theory says we are therefore linked to all people who have ever lived, and we can get access to them by accessing the Akashic field. This can explain life after death, because the past has never gone away, telling us that the past is ever present in everything we do. It clearly points to a universe where all is one and everything is linked. And if we tune ourselves into the Akashic field, we can access abilities that appear to be supernatural, but are in fact completely natural. Activities such as meditation can help us plug into the Akashic field and become much more than we are at present. Science and spirituality do not need to be set against each other.
By the time it became a part of the Western culture, the Akashic Records served as an intersection between quantum theory, metaphysical spirituality, and Indian-inspired philosophy.
On the other side, there were scientists like Nikola Tesla (1856–1943), for whom Ākāśa was a theoretical possibility of advancement in relation to matter and energy.
Albert Einstein tried to find a scientific explanation for the Akashic Records. He made the discovery that a space exists between the smallest particles and atoms, and called this space the four-dimensional continuum. He never finished his research but said: “I just want to know God’s thoughts. The rest are details.”
Srinivasa Ramanujan was one of the most influential mathematicians of the 20th century. With little formal training, his work formed the basis for Super String Theory, multidimensional physics, as well as leading to fundamental breakthroughs in the study of Black Holes. He credited all of his contributions to communication with the Divine. Claiming to first dream of the Goddess Namajiri who would then reveal complex mathematical equations and theories to him through visions. He is quoted to have said that mathematical expressions do not interest him unless they are an expression of God.
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