Wednesday, May 1, 2024
4:45 a.m. Rereading the four previous entries is both encouraging and daunting. OT1H, a sense that the material is flowing. OTOH, what a mass of material to hold in mind together! But I will assume that you will provide a logical exposition. I am trying not to press, trusting.
Trust is always good, subject to later verification. “Later” verification, note. You can’t verify as you go along, any more than you can analyze while perceiving. First absorb the material, then pick it apart if you feel the need.
Now, we sketched a vision of time as continuing to exist before you move through a given moment and after you have moved on to the next moment. We are tempted to discuss what is called the Akashic Record, a concept we see as widely misunderstood. The misunderstanding stems from a small and seemingly insignificant distortion, but although it is small, it may not be so easy to demonstrate.
We will attempt an analogy with ordinary 3D life as experienced, and see if it illustrates our point. Just as “The map is not the territory,” so “The memory is not the experience.” Or, let’s say, the individual memory is not the same thing as an objective record.
We are not thinking of lies, nor of incomplete or inaccurate recollection, nor even of the construction of narrative using inadequate tools. What is at issue is not any inadequacy of individual recall. Instead, we are discussing the difference between, say, any careful individual’s record of the day’s weather, on the one hand, and the graphs and charts produced by scientific instrumentation, on the other. The latter form of recording is one degree less subjective than the former.
Think of it this way: The Akashic Record is not decided upon, at whatever level of reality. It isn’t like the concept of a recording angel, taking notes. It is automatically produced, it is the image of each moment. It is that moment, in a sense, and ultimately is a compilation of all such moments.
You see the distinction? The record is the shadow of the event, you might say. Or, the record is the event when seen from any other moment of space-time. In that sense (only) the Akashic Record appears as such only when viewed from the 3D. From within the non-3D, there is no distinction between “now” and “then.” Therefore there is no distinction between “now” and the other times that in 3D you see as available on the Akashic Record. That record is a 3D construct, making sense of what otherwise would not make sense in a context that assumes that “past” moments no longer exist.
You see? Someone in 3D, viewing any other moment, may accurately be said to be reading the Akashic Record. But it would be more accurate to say that they were reading, not the record, but the reality, because all those moments continue be as alive in potential as your present moment. A mere static record could not contain the possibility of choice, but – as we will show – just that possibility does exist in every moment. The world doesn’t freeze just because your time moved on to another moment, any more than Detroit freezes when you move to Cleveland. Life continues, whether or not you in 3D are in a position to observe it.
And this provides a segue into other topics, for everything connects. You should remember as we go that many things said in one context will have to be clarified – in effect, revised – when considered in other contexts. This is not because of slipshod exposition, but because different facts reveal different facets depending upon the viewing point. Thus, we are going to discuss choice, but later we will discuss the community nature of what seem like individuals, and what we say now will be understood differently then. This is a drawback of language (sequential exposition) and cannot be avoided. However, it can be kept in mind, which will result in a helpful attitude of readiness for revision, as opposed to thinking in absolutes.
So, choice. Remember that to us, the 3D is a crucible, concentrating you in one moment, one space, one set of circumstances at a time. Now remember the image of your sun and planet pulling you smoothly through space, and envision each such moment as being also a particular bit of space. That is, planetary motion moves you from one moment to the next (as you see it) by moving you from one bit of “space” to the next.
Each bit of space, each moment, has its own particular set of qualities. It is emphatically not true that one moment of time is the same as any other (much less every other), and it is equally untrue that one bit of space has the same qualities, the same effect, as any other. Careful analysis of your experience will tell you this. And this is why such arts as astrology and geomancy work. Once understand the underlying principles, and the working-out in practice follows. (Of course, in the absence of the theoretical background, such arts will necessarily seem to be superstition or fantasy.)
Every moment of time having its own nature, it follows that some things will be easier at one time, harder at another. This is another reason why astrological correlations were studied and codified: They provided predictions for the cosmic weather one will sail through, and when.
Notice, too, that your lives are the interaction of cosmic weather (in effect, the external world) with your own psychic makeup (the internal weather). Rough water for some will be smooth sailing for others. The difference is not in the times, nor in the individual makeup, but in the interaction of the two.
Now whether you are in a smooth patch or a stormy one, you still have the ability to choose. That is, after all, the point of 3D, to provide the continuing ability to choose among possibilities that are available. Each past choice has brought you to your present moment; each choice from here will bring you to your next choice. (Bear in mind, one valid choice is to continue as is. Choice doesn’t have to mean change of direction. Sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn’t.)
But what exactly does it mean, to choose? The answer may seem obvious, but if you look carefully at the question, it will reveal aspects that may not be immediately obvious.
You are what you are. The possibilities of the moment are what they are. Where is the ability to choose? Haven’t your past actions determined your present, and therefore your future? Isn’t free will an illusion, when stacked up against cause and effect? It may easily seem that way. And if what you know were the total of what is, you would have to conclude just that.
That isn’t clear.
No. let’s try again. Your present and past and future may be made to seem predetermined by feats of logic honestly intended and carefully constructed. But logic is only as strong as its weakest link, and there is more than one weak link in the chain. For one thing, you as individuals are vastly more like communities than you realize, and none of your constituent elements ever gets to fully express itself. By a change in emphasis among them, you may seem to change, and that change of emphasis depends not upon (external) circumstances, but upon an effort of will, of intent. Hence even if everything external led toward one predicted result, the actual event is likely to surprise you. In effect, you are many people, and you have many possible futures. It is not that simple, of course, but we are well past your usual hour, and it would be as well to pause here.
Interesting. I seemed to perceive your choosing which rocks to step on as you crossed the river this morning.
An unrecognized difficulty of this kind of communication is that we cannot give you anything without breaking it down for sequential exposition. But, enough gets through to justify the effort.
Well, thanks for making that effort. Next time.