Upon time and space is written the thoughts, the deeds, the activities of an entity – as in relationships to its environs, its hereditary influence; as directed – or judgment drawn by or according to what the entity’s ideal is. Hence, as it has been oft called, the record is God’s book of remembrance; and each entity, each soul – as the activities of a single day of an entity in the material world – either makes same good or bad or indifferent, depending upon the entity’s application of self towards that which is the ideal manner for the use of time, opportunity and the expression of that for which each soul enters a material manifestation. The interpretation then as drawn here is with the desire and hope that, in opening this for the entity, the experience may be one of helpfulness and hopefulness.
— Edgar Cayce Reading 1650-1
from A.R.E. (Association for Research and Enlightenement)
Many individuals are aware of the fact that psychic Edgar Cayce attributed the source of much of his remarkable information as being the Akashic Records. Referred to in scripture as “the Book of Life,” these Akashic Records essentially keep track of each and every soul and that soul’s learning agenda through all time. As unbelievable as this may seem to some, most individuals have heard of the phenomena called the Near Death Experience in which people undergo a partial death transition and experience a personal life review. In a very real sense what is taking place during this life review is that the individual is tapping into her or his own Akashic Records. Ultimately, these records might be equated to the universe’s central computer storehouse, tracking all information for every individual who has ever lived upon the earth. However, much more than simply a memory storehouse, the Akashic Records are interactive in that they have a tremendous influence upon our everyday lives, our relationships, our feelings and belief systems, and the potential realities we are constantly drawing toward us.
Although there is only one set of Akashic Records, it might be conceptually helpful to imagine that there are records that deal with the past, records that deal with the present and records that are responsible for future probabilities.
In terms of the past, the Akashic Records of the past really reside as memory. Actually, the Cayce readings suggest that karma is really only memory – a soul’s memory in relationship to something or someone. And it is important to keep in mind that my memory of a prior event may be very different than the memory of an individual who shared that event with me – just like a long-married couple recalling very different memories from a shared experience. It is for that reason the Cayce readings suggest that each and every one of us is dealing with our own karmic memory, not the memory of someone else. Very often, it is our personal karmic memory that makes us very different from other siblings and members of our own family. This memory resides just below the surface and is oftentimes at the heart of our likes, dislikes and the way in which we feel about every individual whom we encounter.