I’ve been fascinated by the Akashic Record for as long as I can remember and have always been trying to learn more about it. It’s also something I’ve been trying to incorporate into my writing since the first ever map I created when I was 8 – hence the not so imaginative name of “Liretika”. I kept re-appropriating it into each new story and map to the point I felt I couldn’t rename it, and also realised I suck at getting my characters to this amazing location. Though, after 20 years, I finally got two characters from different books there at roughly the same time as each other (Fallen Star and Ghosts). Liretika is both a physical location and a location outside of reality. Hopefully, I’ll get to write much more about this place in 2019.

I once had an unintentional encounter with the Akash around 10 years ago while having a Reiki treatment. I found myself walking down some stone steps around a beautiful courtyard with an ancient cherry tree in the middle. Every time I tried to get to the tree or to go through a door, I would immediately be walking back down the same steps I started on, even if I tried a different door. When I asked the lady about it, she simply said I was close to the knowledge I wasn’t yet ready to receive. Though it didn’t make any sense back then, somehow I “just knew” it was something to do with the Akashic Record and I’ve since been back to the courtyard several times over the years and understand the lesson.

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A few (possible) references to the Akash In literature and film:

• Library of Alexandria – while being known as the first library of importance and containing all physical knowledge they could acquire, throughout fiction and metaphysical speculations, there is a common theme around the library of Alexandria as being connected in some way to higher knowledge. Guardian Cats by Rahma Krambo is a wonderful book with a fresh perspective on Alexandria.
• Interstellar (2014) – an example of the Akashic Record/fifth dimension is when Cooper enters the labyrinthian tesseract after going through the Gargantua. Inside the tesseract, Cooper finds a physical representation of Murph’s bedroom of all possible times – from childhood to adult life.
• SAO Alicization – Within the word of Underworld, Cardinal and her library (the game’s cardinal system) have access to all knowledge of Underworld and it’s residents, plus all the information that RATH have access to. The location is also outside of time and space, it’s an isolated location that is both a part of Underworld, while also not being a part of Underworld, much like the fifth dimension of our existence.
• Akashic Record (of Bastard Magic Instructor) – Above Fejite, Melgalius’ Sky Castle is said to be the place where very ancient civilisation and thrones of the gods remain, and all the wisdom of the nine worlds of legend still sleep.  No one in the current timeline is able to enter the mysterious castle, with many disappearing or dying.

So what is the Akashic Record?

Akashic (from Akasha – ākāśa – आकाश) is the Sanskrit word for ‘aether’ or ‘atmosphere’. The Akashic Record is a non-physical plane of existence known as an etheric plane and sometimes referred to as The Book of Life, Akashic Field or Fifth Dimension, or as the Akash.

It is a compendium of the collective wisdom of the universe and all knowledge stored as vibrational energy. Words, thoughts, emotions, actions, things, consciousness, souls, personalities and ideas that ever was or ever could be are all a part of the Akash; as are the records of each and every soul throughout the course of its journey through time, existence and physical and non-physical reality are held within the vibrational frequency of the Akashic Record and the fabric of creation.

All records are kept in the Library or Hall, though using the term “library” is a limiting term when it comes to discussing the Akashic Record, as referring to it as a library is something three dimensional, where the Akashic Record is five dimensional.

Though it often takes more than one attempt, ways to access the Akashic Record are:

• Guided Meditations
• Dreams/lucid dreaming
• (Indirectly) Automatic writing
• (Indirectly) Tarot/Oracle cards
• Use of crystals:
• Alexandrite, Larimar, Lemurian Seed Crystal, Moldavite, Record Keeper Quartz

Guided meditation is the easiest way to access the Akashic Record, and also why it is commonly referred to as a library, as many of the meditations will introduce the Akash as a library in which you can search for the answer to your question. You’ll often meet a guide when you enter the Akashic Field, and your answers can appear in a multitude of ways such as a scroll or a book.

Other ways the Akash may manifest to someone is as a temple/church, an internet cafe, sorting office, or any other place that knowledge can be transferred.  

Why you’d want to access the Akashic Record:

• Where your soul has originated from
• What your purpose in this lifetime is
• What lessons you’ve learnt in past lives
• Why you’ve reincarnated in the hear and now
• To find out what karmic blocks are in your life
• To meet your guides/angels/ancestors

It is impossible to access information that isn’t relevant to your life, or if you aren’t yet ready for the knowledge – you can’t use the Akash to find out your future, or what someone else’s role in your life is.

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Have you or anyone you know ever experienced the Akashic Record? Are there any great references to the Akashic Record and/or fifth dimension that I’ve missed? Let me know all about it!

Original article: The Akashic Record.