Do It Yourself Akashic Wisdom: Access the Library of Your Soul - Softcover

Patty Shaw; Jacki Smith

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1578635403 ISBN 13: 9781578635405

Publisher: Weiser Books, 2013

Synopsis

The Akashic Records or "The Book of Life" is a dimension of consciousness that contains a vibrational record of every soul and its journey. The Akashic records are the place where the divine communicates with you, offering information about your past as well as your potential future.

In DO IT YOURSELF AKASHIC WISDOM, spiritual counsellors, Jacki Smith and Patty Shaw, show you how to access your personal akashic record. They offer a road map that explains how to shift through the maze of information and metaphors it contains to help learn life lessons and overcome personal limitations through honest introspection and understanding.

DO IT YOURSELF AKASHIC WISDOM is a practical guide that offers a step-by-step method for accessing those records, by showing readers how to:

Understand the Akashic encyclopaedia of terms

How the divine communicates with you

The difference between historical and potential records

How to co-create your own life very deliberately with the divine

About this title

About the Author

Patty Shaw and Jacki Smith are sisters and co-owners of Coventry Creations, the premier magical candle makers in the United States. Jacki is the author of Coventry Magic and Patty is the director of the School of Akashic Healing.

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Do It Yourself AKASHIC WISDOM

access the library of your soul

By JACKI SMITH, Patty Shaw

Red Wheel/Weiser, LLC

Copyright © 2013 Jacki Smith and Patty Shaw
All rights reserved.

ISBN: 978-1-57863-540-5

Contents

Acknowledgments, 
Preface, 
1. What's Behind the Door: Akashic Wisdom Unraveled, 
2. As the Records Turn: The Purpose of Accessing the Library of Your Soul, 
3. The Healer, the Witch, and the Door: Universal Tools in the Akashic Records, 
4. The Rules and Regulations of the Akashic Records—How the Records Work, 
5. Getting Intimate with the Records, 
6. Resistance to Accessing Your Akashic Records, 
7. Everything Leads Up to Now—You Are Eternal but Never Old, 
8. Helpers and Divine Beings, 
9. It Really Is All about You—The Girl's Got Soul, 
10. The People We Meet on the Akashic Street, 
11. The Promises We Make: Contracts, Curses, Hooks, Drains, and General Mayhem, 
12. Battle Cry "Hell No, We Won't Go!"—Your Fears, Beliefs, Stains, and Blocks, 
13. The Akashic Wisdom Process, a.k.a. the Rhythm Method, 
14. Aftercare: Dealing with Akashic Healing Hangovers, 
Trailblazers of the Akasha Craze, 
Glossary, 

CHAPTER 1

What's Behind the Door: Akashic Wisdom Unraveled

Throughout this book, we will talk about the many ways your Akashic record roomchanges and morphs to match your needs. Here is one of Patty's favorite versionsof her Akashic record room. She calls it the crystal palace.

As I walked into my record room I was immediately stunned and impressed by thehigh glass walls and ceiling. They were crystal clear and leaded. There weretall, lush plants filling the room, and a few exotic birds. (Not too many,because they can be messy.) The furniture was plush, sparse, and tasteful. Myrecords were stored in crystal balls all neatly lined on shelves. Everythingabout this room was about bringing in and reflecting light. I felt like I was ina giant prism.

I was dressed fabulously as well. I wore a beautiful, flowy gown in light colorswith some sparkles. Not too many, I'm not one to be overstated, but some well-placedbling is all I need. The point of this visit was to improve my self-image,and the guides went over the top to help me feel beautiful and full ofgrace. This experience was unique, as I rarely ask for this kind of attention.

Most of the time my record room is a basic stone structure, like the interior ofan ancient temple. There are columns, a fireplace, a skylight, and bookshelves.I rarely sit, so there is usually no furniture. A tall table will appear if I amgoing to look at a book. There is always a pond or pool, since floating in thehealing waters is my favorite thing to do in my records. My room is typicallyvery plain because it's the best backdrop for all of the crazy visualizations Isee there. I get more live action there than in any blockbuster movie.

And here is Jacki's first journey into her Akashic records.

I raise my eyes as I enter my library and am astounded by the grandeur. Deepwood shelves filled with well-worn books. Carefully among the books I findtrinkets of curiosity, sculptures, tools, and magical items. My eyes light uponcomfortable chairs to lose myself in, the perfect worktable filled with herbs,bottles, and candles, and doors that lead to adventures yet to be known. This ismy Akashic record room, and it is mine to discover.

This is the place of perfection, even in its disarray. It's my perfection, aplace where I can make a mess and then swish my hands and the mess becomesorder. This is a place where all the information I require is available to me;this place feeds my creativity and my passion for life.

In one corner I see a formal sitting area, in another I see my Bedouin tent madeof opulent tapestries and pillows to lounge upon. As I travel around the room, Ifind that I am avoiding the center, looking everywhere but there. This isbecause in the middle is what is waiting for me to heal.

Yes, I can play in the Akashic records, but then again, I go in there to heal.This is a place of strength and support for me to face the ugly side of myperfection—my personal demons, my fears, and my broken parts. What I discoverabout myself and my Akashic record room is that truly this is perfect and I amperfect. I will work on what I am ready to, I will get the information that isrelevant today, and I can heal at the pace my spirit feels is the best for me. Irealize that even though I am experiencing the perfection of the Divine, I stillget to be one of the "bad girls" of the Akashic records.

What Are the Akashic Records, Anyway?

The Akashic dimension was created as an interface with the universe or higherknowledge (God) so we can count and recount all of our thoughts, intentions,dreams, actions, relationships, faux pas, successes, karmic credit cards, pastlives, sneezes, farts, and coughs. (Don't fret, the records are sworn tosecrecy.) Lord knows our brain isn't big enough to hold it all, and there arenot enough sticky notes in the world for that magnitude of data, so we have atour disposal the ultimate information backup and retrieval system. It is trulythe record of everything.

Akasha is a Sanskrit word meaning "ether, space, or sky." The root, kash, means"to radiate or shine." In Buddhism, the Akasha translates as "infinite space," aplace that is without matter or any physical consistency. There is no time orspace in the Akashic dimension; all timelines exist together simultaneously.

Now Let's Go into the Wayback Machine

The Akashic records concept was the brainchild and focus of Helena PetrovnaBlavatsky (1831–91), the founder of the Theosophical Society. In her day,Blavatsky was the clearinghouse for Eastern spiritual thought for us Westerners.Blavatsky created a mother of a bridge between science and religion for us toplay upon by uniting all the world religions. She plainly stated that "there isno religion higher than truth," and she believed the secrets of the universe aremuch grander than anything we have yet to conceive of. She believed that therecords could be accessed and manipulated, and that we should do so. In essence,she believed that we use the Akasha and the Akashic records to create the lifewe are currently living.

You won't find directions on how to access the records in any of Blavatsky'swritings, but you will get many lectures on how important it is to develop yourparanormal skills and master the esoteric sciences to increase your chances oftuning in to the Akasha. And she makes a valid point. The more you strengthenyour psychic abilities and have control over your will, the better you will beable to sustain a valuable visit to your records.

Hundreds of years before Blavatsky was even born, however, many culturesattempted to explain and apply the mysteries of a creative universe in theirlives. Through the ages, and in nearly every religion, there have been elaboratestories about a place that sounds very much like the modern description of theAkasha and the Akashic records. The Torah, the Bible, the Koran, the Gnosticwritings, the Aquarian Gospel, even Greek mythology all mention a Book of Lifein some form or another.

Jewish scriptures say each year on Rosh Hashanah, the Book of Life (which isactually three books) is opened. Everyone will be judged and given anopportunity to atone for their misdeeds before God literally closes the booksand inscribes their fate for the coming year.

The Bible also refers to a book or many books in which the activities andmotivations of men are documented. In the Old Testament, Exodus 32:32 tells us,"Yet now, if you will forgive their sin—; and if not, blot me, I pray you, outof your book which you have written." In the New Testament, Revelation andPhilippians refer to God's book as a record of our actions. Revelation 20:12states: "And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the bookswere opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and thedead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, accordingto their works." In Philippians 4:3 we find, "And I urge you also, truecompanion, help these women who labored with me in the gospel, with Clementalso, and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the Book of Life."

The legends of the Mesopotamian world included the tablets of destiny where thefate of all creation was discussed and determined annually. The Hittites, anancient Middle Eastern group, also reference "tablets of destiny." They believedgoddesses watched over the birth of their children and declared the destinies ofnewborns.

The Koran itself is considered Allah's book of remembrance. The prophet NobleDrew Ali wrote: "This age will comprehend but little of the works of Purity andLove; but not a word is lost, for in the Book of Allah's Remembrance a registryis made of every thought and word and deed."

The Aquarian Gospel really brings this idea home in 7:25–26: "This age willcomprehend but little of the works of Purity and Love; but not a word is lost,for in the Book of God's Remembrance a registry is made of every thought andword and deed. And when the world is ready to receive, lo, God will send amessenger to open up the book and copy from its sacred pages all the messages ofPurity and Love."

In ancient Greek mythology there is a legend that describes the Moirai, or theFates (Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos), and how they control people's destiny.Clotho spins the thread (the creation of the life), Lachesis measure out thelength of thread (the length of life), and Atropos cuts the thread at the end oflife.

What all of these religions and philosophies are pointing to is the idea thatthere is a divine repository for all knowledge. And through the continualspiritual evolution of the self, each and every one of us can have access to it.If only it were always so easy for the religions of the world to agree!

Twenty-First-Century Akasha

Not having studied Madame Blavatsky's spiritualist writings, nor being Vedicscholars, we embrace the popular twenty-first-century collective understandingof the term Akashic records as a place or dimension where we can create newrealities, advance our skills, learn life lessons, and heal. A place of our ownthat we can quickly access through our own energy. We embrace it, and dammit, wefeel great about it.

We came to the Akashic records as regular people aspiring to be fully investedin our destiny and the meaning of our lives. And guess what? That search placedus smack-dab in the middle of our Akashic records. At first we didn't go intothis great place of knowledge with ceremony and ritual; we bumbled into it,created a ruckus, asked for guidance from the record keepers, healed theobvious, and looked for deeper meaning. We were the bad girls of the Akashicrecords. We didn't just break the rules; we ignored them and made our own. Yougonna tell on us now, or follow along and get a backstage pass to your own life?

This Place Looks Familiar ...

You've been accessing your Akashic records all these years—and you probablydidn't even know it. We use our records in many ways throughout our day, andunknowingly tap into them through other unseen dimensions of consciousness like:

* The dream state

* The unconscious mind

* The subconscious mind

* Meditation, and

* Divination.

The dream state holds many levels of sleep activity and brain activity, with REMsleep being the most talked about. Sleep experts say we need this dream time orREM sleep to download and process the events of our day and make room fortomorrow's events. It's very possible that we download the events of our dayright into the Akashic records as we dream each night, and our dreams may evenbe informed by our records to help us understand our life. If you are stellar atremembering your dreams, you are ripe for being a wizard in the records.

Conversely, when we don't sleep deeply enough to dream, we get a little crazyand may even start to hallucinate. (Maybe you've experienced this if you've everworked a string of double shifts, pulled an all-nighter to study for an exam, orhad the unique feeling of persevering through a too-ambitious road trip.) Notdreaming is a sign that you aren't effectively recording your life into theAkasha, and the last thing you need is blank pages in your record books.

The unconscious is another dimension. It's said to contain thoughts andbehaviors of a part of us we don't relate to in our waking life. Carl Jung callsthis our storehouse of genetic, mental, and emotional material. This is wherewe'd find patterns and habits that tell us where we're from and what isinfluencing us. We also keep models of behavior asleep in our unconscious untilwe need them to help us get through a situation by playing a specific role. Wetend to call them our "inner (fill in the blank)" when we pull them out for use.For example, your "inner warrior" can quickly come out when a loved one isinsulted or threatened. Jung called these behaviors archetypes, i.e., thewarrior, lover, mother, or guru. If you'd like to understand why you do thecrazy things you do, tap into the records and ask the guides what you're hidingin your unconscious.

The subconscious mind is also considered a dimension. In this part of ourpsyche, all the memories of the fabulous stories we have participated in arecategorized and stored for later use. Then, when something comes up, ourconscious mind scans our subconscious for any relevant experiences it can drawupon. It uses these tidbits of insight to help us predict how to act or what toexpect. All the rest of the information and reactions to events get thrown backinto the subconscious to ferment. It's the same with the Akashic records. Allthe cool information is held in storage until you have a need or use for it.

The Akashic dimension can also be accessed through a transitional meditativestate and our desire to know something. We can make the leap to the Akashicrecords with our will and our emotions, and opening that door to the Akashicfield is a matter of tuning in and stepping through. We'll show you a couplemeditations to prepare you to enter the Akashic realm in the course of thisbook.

We can also use divination tools like the tarot, palmistry, astrology, andoracles to prime our psychic pump and get in that Zen space that puts our ego tosleep so we can receive inspirations and impressions from the Akasha. Later, inchapter five, after we've covered the rules and regs, we have a beautifulmeditation for you to enjoy. The High Priestess from the tarot will guide youinto your records for a looky-loo.

Yes, accessing your Akashic records is as easy as that. Swear to the Akasha.They are your records, and you've been connecting to them throughout your dayswithout even knowing it. Since you are already in touch with your Akashicrecords unconsciously, why not do this deliberately and get all the "bennies" ofdipping into your own spiritual well?

The Perks of Visiting Your Records Often

There are many wonderful benefits to getting to know your way around the Akashicrecords. You can check out the probable outcomes of a decision you are stronglyleaning toward; you can take a vacation and never leave the farm (just what abudget-conscious traveler needs); and you can get the inside scoop on anychallenge you are facing, whether it's about money, love, or your health. Inaddition to these notable perks are the very cool and invaluable benefits ofvisiting your past so you can learn from your mistakes, tap into the genius ofothers, and design a life that reflects the real you and fulfills a destiny.

Aren't You Crafty!: Co-creating the Life You Want

The records are much more than recordings of our lives; they are also where weare invited to make things happen. The energy in the Akasha is waiting for youto place your impression upon it, put your ideas in motion, and actively co-createyour life.

If we look at the Akashic records as the source of energy that all things arecreated from, then it follows that when you access it, you are actively takingpart in co-creating with divinity. When you move into the Akashic realm, you areentering the oneness, the place of the Divine. Take a minute and digest thatone.... We will go over it again slower to make sure you get the full powerof this statement.

1. The Akashic records are the place where the Divine communicates with you.

2. The records are both historical and potential.

3. You have an all-access pass to explore and learn from your records.

4. When you are in there, you are co-creating your own life very deliberately withthe Divine—so make it good!

The energy of the Akasha is very sensitive to your thoughts and intentions. It'sa lot like throwing a pebble in the water: Your thoughts touch the energy of theAkasha and ripple outward, find an energy pattern that resonates, bounce off ofthat, and return to you with more of what you seek.

Speaking of the Past ...

To co-create with your Akashic records and align yourself with a desired outcomeor a potential future, you have to understand how vast your records are. Withinyour personal Akasha are the records of your soul's entire existence. Let's sayyou've lived one hundred past lives. Well, you're gonna need a really big recordroom. (Just imagine, there are billions of people on the planet with hundreds oflives each—what must the breadth and width of the Akashic realm be?!)

(Continues...)

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Edition details

• Publisher: Weiser Books
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1578635403
• ISBN 13: 9781578635405
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256