Autumn, Explores the Akashic Records
Playing Them Again
It's not a big mystery, really. The Akashi Records is not some big cesspool of mistakes. It's a record of "history"—with a twist. And history is not just events like battles and such. It is a history of the human heart and, if you will, human where-or (not “error” as an accounting of how many "mistakes" people have made). The history of the earth—and its spirit world. It's like a multi-dimensional mirror, in a way: you can look through all kinds of layers and find the holes in your lifeline. The Akashic Records are a timeline—with attitude. It's your timeline, with your attitude(s)—all of them!
People get inklings of familiar faces, events, things, memories, etc., all the time. Why? If you are a stockbroker on Wall Street and riding the subway home, why do you suddenly start thinking about something that happened to you in the third grade? Or why would a grandma dream about the Civil War—in full detail? Was she recalling something she saw in the miniseries North and South, or might it be something deeper?
What about young kids who either talk about their dreams or things that happened to them back in the 1800s, seeing the prairies and recalling how they engaged in battle with an Indian tribe? The child remembers that they had cholera as the entire family trudged across the plains. How does a kid give a complete description of sagebrush, brambles, and dust storms if they are growing up in Jersey and have never seen tumbleweed first-hand? Why do some people feel a twinge of memory when they hear the words “the Amazon River," and others feel electricity in the words "the healing powers of the Ganges?" Why are people almost transported to a meditative state when they even hear the words "the rarified air of Mount Everest," and still others are enraptured when they look at pictures of Easter Island? What's the tug? And where in the world does it come from?
Everyday people every day "access" the Akashic Records. Only problem is they don't have a label for what they are doing or what happens to them. Many deem it "wrong" to indulge in such frivolities and fantasies. It's okay to read about someplace far away or dream of visiting Timbuktu someday. It's quite normal to read the history of particular battles or be interested in learning about the Aboriginals. But to feel you actually lived through a battle (then again, come to think of it, maybe you didn't live through it after all) or were in the Australian Outback sometime in the past—preposterous! Absurd! Too weird! Not been there, not done that!…or have you?
Before I noticed my own death rattle last time and before my spirit left the earth (once again), I had toyed with the idea of having lived on earth before. (Oh dear, what did I hear about starting and ending a sentence with the same word--!) I just wasn't sure it was true. I used to talk to my mom about it. We kinda figured it was possible—even more than possible.
If only the ghosts of Mississippi or the ones from Shanghai could talk! (They do, it's just that most people don’t listen!) If those “ghosts” would come back, even through channeling, and prove without a doubt that they are who they claimed to be, some people would find credence in looking through the looking glass to find who is mirrored and staring straight back at them. Still others would witch hunt—still! (Oops, there I go again—it's that using the same word syndrome of mine. Sorry to any grammar teachers, editors, and proofreaders!)
The tabloids espousing Elvis sightings and claims of JonBenet Ramsey "talking" from the grave don't help the case for past life self-discovery. When the "rags" portray this serious subject in such ways, people shy away from dabbling into mystery-solving by contacting those very spirit beings because, in a certain light, the idea and practice seem so ludicrous…or does it?
Why do people kill each other? Are "random" drive-by shootings only in this space and this dimension—or was there a historical thread woven through several centuries? For example, in the famous O.J. Simpson trial revolving around the deaths of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman…what actually happened? Did the prosecutors tap into hearing their "voices" as they pieced together the scenario? And how was John F. Kennedy assassinated? What happened to President Mobutu of Zaire? Eva Peron? Princess Diana? And why is there such obsession with the (lives) and deaths of famous folks? Yes, they are "legends," but is what happened to them any more important than the way a shy Joe Doe died? What about unsolved cases? If there was a way to connect the past-life history of the victim and the perpetrator, would these finally be solved? From what I have seen, I would have to answer, "Yes!"
Even if the concept of reincarnation seems far-fetched (although in many religions and belief spheres, it is the norm rather than the exception), tons of people around the world do believe in the afterlife. Beliefs are often greatly hinged on one’s religious doctrine, with some mighty do’s and don’ts thrown in. I don't mean to judge this, for one's faith is important to personal growth, self-realization, and/or salvation. What I am trying to point out is for the "nay-sayers" (of psychic/spiritual experience). Because what I am learning is that a major point of true self-discovery begins and ends by looking at the body and mind in which their soul is now housed—Period. Paragraph.
Bardo’s Beckoning
But so much of life today revolves around bodily function—from beauty to comfort to luxuriating—and these have become the focus of aspirations, dreams, and advertising hype far more than personal growth and spiritual evolvement. There is something to be said about this. Life in the physical world is, after all, definitely physical. But lost in the translation is that a human is so much more, so much deeper and multi-dimensional than people “see” or ascertain using their five physical senses. I'm not talking about Sybil, multi-personality traits, and stuff. For sure, the psyche of a person is complicated and complex, and not just for someone who hears voices or can tap "into" the spirit world.
What I am trying to get across is the importance of self-reflection and self-discovery—uncovering the "who" and then moving on to the "why.” Why are we the way we are? Is it only because of the scientific—what we find in our genes, for example? Is that the only "code" that passes from life generation to life generation? Ancestral lineage is fascinating, but clearly, one's DNA code and gene pool aren't the only determining factors in personality formation. One’s birth date, birth order, astrological sign, and heritage are just a few things people look into as they catch a glimpse into other parts of themselves. Science and the physical need to meet and embrace the metaphysical, for it, too, can provide clues to the who and the why.
In my lifetime (my last one, anyway), I had a lot of really heavy stuff happen to me—I was raped, I got AIDS, I was beaten, but I was also loved and respected. What a conglomerate of experiences. Did I choose it? Did "it" choose me? Was there some pocket of genes in the heavens that beckoned me? Or did I signal the pocket of genes and hide in them when I "traveled" to Earth?
When we go back to the spirit world, we remember. When we come back here, we hear. Back—to the future. Well, eventually. That's another part of the story.
We hear, and we see, and we smell and taste things all over again. We see the essence of life. We are struck in the heart with understanding—and most of us do take time to explore the world we just came from. Some people bringing across points in other chapters did the same kind of past/last life "regression" I did but did not choose to focus on it in their storytelling. They wanted to bring other things to light—what it looks like in the transition stage of this area of "life" and what kind of things one might do here, for example. From what I can see, all one's lifetimes make up one life. It's a series of episodes, really.
Lots of people nod their heads when someone mentions going to “the heavens” (or just "Heaven")—yes, they can relate to that. Still, others will nod when the topic of conversation revolves around having lived before. But a huge population feels that if one is possible, the other isn't. And there is often fierce fighting over this basic point.
But it is fragments or filaments of the One Light, the Source, that travel back and forth again for lessons and a dénouement—rather beyond one’s full awareness or control. When people think, "There's a plan for my life," they don't know just how accurate they are. There is a plan. And guess what! You had a hand in its design—in the choices and the circumstances.
Life on earth is a struggle. I should know; I struggled a lot just in living—and surviving. Many people are still sad that I left the earth while I was so young. The point is, I did continue—it’s just that those on earth and I can’t “see” each other, eyeball to eyeball anymore.
I was in my twenties when I died. What did I know of life, you may wonder? And should you listen to such a young thing as me? (Would you like to know my real chronological age-through-the-ages? It might surprise you.) I can tell you I learned (actually re-learned) a lot of things when I came (back) here. I wanted to learn—and I wanted to explore. I wanted to see and hear and taste things I had only been thinking were a part of "life" after death (while I was still on earth).
The author/receiver of this material came to know my mother through a mutual friend. Once my mom contacted her, I started to give a few details about my life here through her. I think it's important for you to know how I "grew" in knowledge here. I didn't just fall into one mindset—I explored many things. So, I'd like to take you back to some of the things I learned when I first came after my last life.