Akashic record: a clear track of all activities
Among the many interesting paranormal concepts for discussion, there is one that has always been a top priority for many: the Akashic records. It is basically a theosophical term that refers to a universal record of filing systems that keeps track of every action, thought, or word that occurs. The term theosophical basically means or refers to religious philosophy or speculation about the nature of the soul based on a mystical view of the nature of God. The records are said to be archived or imprinted in a subtle substance known as Akasha (also known as Sound Ether). According to Hindu mysticism, Akasha is considered the main principle of nature and from which the other four natural principles are said to be created, namely fire, earth, water and air. Furthermore, these five principles are taken as a representation of the five senses that belong to a human being.
According to some, the Akashic collections are similar in nature to a Cosmic (also known as collective) consciousness. Different names are used to refer to these registers, namely “the Universal Mind”, “the Cosmic Mind”, “the collective subconscious” or the “collective unconscious”. Others, however, feel that Akashic collections allow clairvoyance and psychic perception as well.
It is said that the events or content recorded in the Akasha can be understood or read by some in certain particular states of consciousness. These states can be induced or triggered by weakness, drugs, meditation, illness, and sleep. This means that not only mystics, but ordinary people can perceive or understand the Akashic record, and in many cases they do. Some mystics claim to have the ability to revive or simulate content as if they were turning on a heavenly television. Yogis or mystics believe that akashic records can be well perceived or understood only in certain specific psychic states.
Certain people in their subconscious states read and perceive the Akashic collections or records. This phenomenon is explained by the fact that Akashic collections are actually the macrocosm of an individual’s subconscious mind. Both are very similar in functionality: they collect and possess thoughts that are never forgotten. It is the responsibility of the collective subconscious to collect all the thoughts of each of the subconscious minds which, in turn, can be read or understood by other subconscious minds.
A well-known example who claimed to have successfully read and understood the Akashic records is Edgar Cayce, a late American mystic. Edgar Cayce used to take his readings in a trance or dream state. Dr. Wesley H. Ketchum used Cayce for several years as a supplement to his medical practice. He believed that Cayce’s subconscious was in direct contact or in communication with all other subconscious minds and was capable of interpreting and imparting impressions belonging to other subconscious minds. Cayce is also believed to have mastered the art of interpreting the collective or total subconscious mind well before psychiatrist CJLung presented his concept or theory of the collective unconscious.