The Akashic Records and the Internet: Information Fields Compared
BY NICOLE LAU
The Akashic Records: a cosmic library containing every thought, word, and action that has ever occurred. Accessible through meditation and spiritual practice, this non-physical information field holds the complete history of every soul's journey across all lifetimes. The Internet: a global network containing billions of websites, documents, and data points. Accessible through devices and connections, this digital information field holds much of humanity's recorded knowledge and activity.
One is mystical, the other technological. One requires consciousness to access, the other requires WiFi. But are they really so different? Both are vast repositories of information. Both can be searched and accessed. Both contain knowledge beyond any individual's capacity to hold. Is the Internet humanity's attempt to create a physical version of the Akashic Records? Or are they fundamentally different kinds of information fields? This article explores the profound parallels and critical differences between these two ways of storing and accessing knowledge.
Understanding the Akashic Records
What They Are (According to Esoteric Tradition)
The Akashic Records are described as:
1. Universal information field
- Non-physical "library" or "database" of all existence
- Contains every thought, emotion, word, action, and event
- Exists in the akasha (ether or subtle realm)
- Timeless—contains past, present, and potential futures
2. Soul records
- Each soul has its own "book" or record
- Contains all lifetimes, lessons, karma, and soul contracts
- Accessible to understand your soul's journey
- Guides and teachers can access your records (with permission)
3. Collective consciousness archive
- Humanity's shared knowledge and experience
- Archetypal patterns and collective wisdom
- Morphic fields and collective memory
How to Access Them
Traditional methods:
- Meditation and altered states: Deep trance or theta brainwave state
- Intention and permission: Ask to access records, receive permission
- Psychic ability: Clairvoyance, channeling, or intuitive knowing
- Guided access: Working with Akashic Records readers or guides
- Sacred prayer or invocation: Specific prayers to open the records
What you can find:
- Past life information
- Soul purpose and lessons
- Karmic patterns and contracts
- Guidance for current life challenges
- Understanding of relationships and soul connections
Understanding the Internet
What It Is (Technically)
The Internet is:
1. Global information network
- Physical infrastructure of servers, cables, satellites
- Digital storage of data in binary code
- Protocols for transmitting and accessing information
- Billions of interconnected devices and databases
2. Collective human knowledge repository
- Websites, documents, images, videos
- Social media posts and personal data
- Academic papers, books, and research
- Real-time information and communication
3. Distributed database
- No central location—information spread across millions of servers
- Redundant storage and backup systems
- Constantly growing and changing
How to Access It
Technical methods:
- Devices: Computer, phone, tablet
- Connection: WiFi, cellular data, ethernet
- Search engines: Google, Bing, etc.
- Browsers and apps: Software to navigate and display information
- Credentials: Passwords, accounts for restricted content
What you can find:
- Historical information and records
- Current events and real-time data
- Personal information and social connections
- Educational content and research
- Entertainment and media
The Striking Parallels
How They're Similar
1. Both are information fields
- Akashic: Non-physical field of consciousness and energy
- Internet: Physical-digital field of data and networks
- Both: Vast repositories of information beyond individual capacity
2. Both are searchable
- Akashic: Search through intention, question, or focus
- Internet: Search through keywords, queries, algorithms
- Both: Retrieve specific information from vast database
3. Both contain personal and collective information
- Akashic: Individual soul records + collective consciousness
- Internet: Personal data/profiles + collective human knowledge
- Both: Individual and universal simultaneously
4. Both are constantly updated
- Akashic: Records every moment as it happens
- Internet: New content uploaded every second
- Both: Living, growing repositories
5. Both require access method
- Akashic: Meditation, psychic ability, altered states
- Internet: Devices, connection, technical knowledge
- Both: Not everyone can access easily
6. Both can be overwhelming
- Akashic: Too much information, need guidance to navigate
- Internet: Information overload, need filters and discernment
- Both: Require skill to use effectively
7. Both raise privacy concerns
- Akashic: Who can access your soul records? Need permission?
- Internet: Who can access your personal data? Privacy violations?
- Both: Questions about access rights and boundaries
The Critical Differences
How They're Fundamentally Different
1. Physical vs. non-physical
- Internet: Exists in physical servers, cables, devices
- Akashic: Exists in non-physical, energetic, or consciousness realm
- Internet can be destroyed; Akashic is eternal
2. Created vs. inherent
- Internet: Human-created technology, recent invention
- Akashic: Inherent aspect of reality, always existed
- Internet is artifact; Akashic is fundamental
3. Partial vs. complete
- Internet: Contains only what's been uploaded/recorded
- Akashic: Contains everything that has ever occurred
- Internet has gaps; Akashic is comprehensive
4. Public vs. sacred
- Internet: Mostly public, commercial, profane
- Akashic: Sacred, spiritual, requires reverence
- Internet is tool; Akashic is holy
5. Controlled vs. universal
- Internet: Owned by corporations, governments, individuals
- Akashic: Belongs to no one, accessible to all (in theory)
- Internet has gatekeepers; Akashic is free (but requires ability)
6. Mutable vs. immutable
- Internet: Information can be changed, deleted, manipulated
- Akashic: Records are permanent, unchangeable truth
- Internet is editable; Akashic is eternal record
7. Consciousness-independent vs. consciousness-based
- Internet: Works mechanically, no consciousness required
- Akashic: Accessed through consciousness, requires awareness
- Internet is machine; Akashic is living field
Is the Internet a Physical Akashic Records?
The Argument For
Humanity is externalizing the Akashic:
- We're creating physical version of what exists spiritually
- Internet is our attempt to make the invisible visible
- Technology manifesting spiritual archetype
- "As above, so below"—spiritual pattern reflected in material
Supporting evidence:
- Both serve same function: storing and accessing information
- Internet's structure mirrors descriptions of Akashic (networked, interconnected, vast)
- Collective unconscious desire to access all knowledge drives Internet development
- We're building what we intuitively know exists
The Argument Against
They're fundamentally different:
- Internet is crude, physical approximation at best
- Akashic contains consciousness and soul information Internet can't capture
- Internet is tool; Akashic is reality itself
- Confusing them diminishes the sacred
Supporting evidence:
- Internet contains only recorded data, not consciousness or soul
- Akashic is complete; Internet is fragmentary
- Akashic requires spiritual development; Internet just requires WiFi
- Internet is commercial and profane; Akashic is sacred
The Integrated View
They're related but not identical:
- Internet is humanity's technological attempt to create collective information field
- Inspired by same archetypal need that Akashic fulfills spiritually
- Serves similar function in material realm
- But lacks consciousness, completeness, and sacred dimension of Akashic
- Internet is to Akashic as photograph is to actual experience
Accessing Both: The Hybrid Approach
Using Internet and Akashic Together
Internet for:
- Historical facts and recorded information
- Current events and real-time data
- Technical knowledge and research
- Communication and connection
Akashic for:
- Soul-level understanding and wisdom
- Past life information and karmic patterns
- Spiritual guidance and purpose
- Information not recorded physically
Example: Researching past lives
- Internet: Historical context of time period, cultural information
- Akashic: Your actual past life memories and soul lessons
- Together: Complete picture of past life experience
Crystals for Accessing Information Fields
For Akashic Records Access
- Selenite: High vibration, spiritual access, crown chakra activation
- Azurite: Third eye opening, psychic vision, accessing records
- Amethyst: Spiritual connection, meditation, altered states
- Clear quartz: Amplifies intention to access, clarity of reception
For Internet/Digital Clarity
- Fluorite: Mental clarity, organizing information, filtering data
- Sodalite: Logic and intuition, discernment online
- Black tourmaline: EMF protection, grounding while online
For Integrating Both
- Labradorite: Bridges physical and spiritual information
- Lapis lazuli: Wisdom, truth-seeking in both realms
- Hematite: Grounds spiritual information in practical reality
How to Use
- Hold selenite/azurite during Akashic meditation
- Place fluorite/sodalite near computer during research
- Use labradorite when integrating information from both sources
- Create crystal grid combining both types for complete information access
The Future: Merging Information Fields?
What Might Be Coming
1. Brain-computer interfaces
- Direct neural access to Internet
- Blurring line between internal knowledge and external data
- Accessing Internet like accessing memory
2. Collective consciousness networks
- Technology enabling direct mind-to-mind communication
- Shared consciousness experiences
- Physical manifestation of collective consciousness
3. Quantum information fields
- Quantum computing accessing information in fundamentally new ways
- Potential to access non-local information
- Technology approaching what Akashic does naturally
4. AI accessing Akashic?
- Could advanced AI tap into information fields beyond physical data?
- Machine consciousness accessing non-physical realms?
- Technology and spirituality converging
Ethical Considerations
The Dangers of Confusing Them
1. Treating Akashic like Internet
- Approaching sacred with profane mindset
- Expecting instant, easy access without spiritual work
- Losing reverence and respect
2. Treating Internet like Akashic
- Believing everything online is true (it's not)
- Trusting Internet as ultimate authority
- Forgetting Internet is incomplete and biased
3. Replacing one with the other
- Using only Internet, neglecting spiritual development
- Or: Rejecting Internet entirely, missing practical benefits
- Both have value; neither replaces the other
Integration: Different Realms, Similar Function
The Akashic Records and the Internet are both information fields—one spiritual, one technological. They serve similar functions: storing knowledge, enabling access to information beyond individual capacity, connecting the collective. But they operate in different realms and serve different purposes.
The Internet is humanity's magnificent attempt to create in the physical world what exists naturally in the spiritual: a universal library of all knowledge. It's inspired by the same archetypal need that the Akashic fulfills. But it's incomplete, imperfect, and lacks the consciousness and sacred dimension of the true Records.
Use both. Access the Internet for recorded human knowledge. Access the Akashic for soul wisdom and spiritual truth. Let technology and spirituality complement each other.
The Internet is the library we built. The Akashic Records are the library that always was.
Both contain knowledge. Both await your questions. Both reveal what's hidden.
Search wisely in both realms.
Next in this series: Can AI Be Psychic? Prediction vs. Intuition
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