| Ancient traditions describe a universal | | | | Paris-are set a' spinnin' clockwise |
| library of mystical information that | | | | again. Our intrepid researchers in |
| contains record of events, thoughts, | | | | Minnesota tweak A to spin |
| intents, and emotions from all time | | | | counterclockwise. Immediately and |
| (including the future!) and in all | | | | without the slightest delay, particle B |
| places. Many ancient cultures: Druids, | | | | in Paris begins to spin the same way, |
| Indians, Moors, Egyptians, Greeks, | | | | when it would have taken a beam of light |
| Chinese, Tibetans, and more, held the | | | | 0.184 seconds to travel the 4213 miles |
| belief that, with the proper | | | | between Minneapolis and Paris. But if |
| preparation, humans could access these | | | | particle B in Paris already "knew" when |
| records. | | | | and how particle A was going to change |
| Modern day prophets and spiritualists | | | | its spin, the complementary movement |
| like Edgar Cayce also claimed that this | | | | wouldn't be such a big deal, would it? |
| storehouse of information, this Akashic | | | | That's the idea of the A-Field: |
| Records (Akasha is Sanskrit for "sky," | | | | everything informs and is able to act |
| "space," or "æther")1, is what is | | | | upon and interact with everything else |
| presented to us for review upon our | | | | in the Universe. Instantaneously. |
| passing from this world. In today's | | | | OK, OK! Uff da! Enough with the |
| terms, this cosmic library can possibly | | | | Minnesotan particles, already! What the |
| be described as "the Universe's super | | | | heck does this have to do with healing? |
| computer" and has been written about for | | | | Well, I'll tell ya. |
| æons.2 Hey! I just used the weird | | | | Let's say our friend Jane has developed |
| character "æ" twice in one paragraph! | | | | the skill of interacting with the |
| I've used a ligature! Wow! Ummm... Sorry | | | | A-Field. She can, as the ancients |
| for interrupting. | | | | described, prepare herself in such a way |
| This Akashic Records talk is just crazy | | | | that the Akashic Records are accessible |
| "woo woo" stuff, you say? Hold on a | | | | to her. Let's also say that Jane knows |
| second, pardner. Science seems to be | | | | she can increase the healthy state of my |
| "catching up" with this ancient thought. | | | | liver (just as our Parisian particle |
| The "A-Field" I mentioned in my last | | | | "knew" about its Minnesotan partner's |
| posting is a contraction of the Akashic | | | | spin). Because everything in the |
| Field, so named by physicist Ervin | | | | Universe informs, is able to act upon, |
| Laszlo in his book Science and the | | | | and can interact with everything else in |
| Akashic Field, as an intersection of | | | | the Universe (and Jane and my liver are |
| ancient and "modern" thought. He | | | | things in the Universe, right?), she |
| describes the field as "an | | | | should be able to "read" the |
| interconnecting, information-conserving, | | | | less-than-optimal health state of an |
| and information-conveying cosmic field" | | | | organ then influence its spin to bring |
| which "informs…the entire web of life, | | | | it back into health. Instantaneously. |
| [including] our consciousness."3 | | | | If we believe what science is now |
| So, let's say this field exists. Let's | | | | telling us about our Universe, then we |
| also throw caution to the wind for a | | | | need to evolve into the knowledge that |
| moment and give credence to the ideas of | | | | we hold an inherent power beyond any |
| nonlocality (that entangled particles | | | | we've ever dreamed possible. It seems as |
| react as one, regardless of the distance | | | | though our "less evolved" ancestors |
| separating them) and the quantum | | | | already knew of this power. We've |
| hologram (simply, the parts contain the | | | | forgotten it, in large part. It's time |
| whole). Anyone see a pattern beginning | | | | to un-forget. |
| to emerge here? | | | | How, though? How do we harness this |
| An Akashic field pervading the Universe | | | | power? How do we un-forget how to use |
| that transcends time (it has to if all | | | | it? |
| information-even future | | | | All we need to do is think about it. |
| potentialities-is stored there, right?) | | | | Continues… |
| and matter sounds a lot like the theory | | | | 1 |
| of the quantum hologram. Nonlocality, | | | | 2 I strongly urge you to read this page |
| for that matter, could be a direct | | | | ( from the Association for Research and |
| result of the field, couldn't it? If one | | | | Enlightenment's (ARE) web site for a |
| piece of the field contains | | | | wonderful description and history of the |
| non-time-constrained information about | | | | Akashic Records gleaned from Edgar |
| the whole field, then seemingly | | | | Cayce's readings. |
| unrelated parts that react to one | | | | 3 Laszlo, Ervin. Science and the Akashic |
| another are certainly possible. For | | | | Field, An Integral Theory of Everything. |
| example, let's say our two familiar | | | | Rochester, Vermont: Inner Traditions, |
| particles-A in Minneapolis and B in | | | | 2004. |