Exploring Fear in the Akashic Records

by Karen Low

     The Akashic Records are often imagined to be the repository or database of millions of past lives. Though that is the case, there is so much more data in the Records than just past lives. The richest, most rewarding work you can do in the Records is relative to your current life. The Records are an infinite resource for problem-solving, self-discovery, and spiritual guidance.

     Often while exploring a current life problem in the Records, one may ask to be shown the origin of a problem or behavior pattern, and it may be revealed that this pattern originated in another lifetime, or perhaps this has been a habitual pattern of thinking over multiple lifetimes.

     You may wonder, “Why would my soul’s experience in another time and place have any bearing at all on my life today?” Why do traumatic incidents in childhood scar some people for life? Just because you were attacked by a stray dog half your size when you were six years old, does that mean all dogs are dangerous? And no matter how docile a larger dog is, do you still distrust it and assume it could turn on you at any time? Is that a valid fear? Or is it a gross exaggeration made by a frightened child’s mind and stored in the psyche as a filter through which all animals are judged? Does the harboring of this fearful attitude and resulting body language actually provoke the animal and become self-fulfilling prophecy?

     Do you ever objectively examine your fears and ask if they still serve you or protect you in some way? Have you ever realized that a certain way of thinking is obsolete and is simply a habitual pattern of behavior? Choose your thoughts wisely, because thoughts become attitudes; attitudes become beliefs; and our words and actions are governed by our beliefs.

     The Akashic Records are a wonderful, safe, objective way to explore our fears and phobias. Perhaps that six year old attacked by the stray dog also had an experience facing down a lion in the arena in Rome, or was trampled by a stampeding aurochs herd on a hunt in a Neanderthal lifetime. Why would this soul choose to repeat such similar traumas? Because the lesson has not been learned; the understanding has not been built. Perhaps this soul needs to learn respect for nature and wild animals. It is possible that part of this soul’s training is to learn to cooperate with the elementals that govern a species, to approach a wild animal with humility and appreciation for its existence and gratitude for the creature’s contribution to life on this planet. If such a respect and reverence was developed for wild creatures, wouldn’t that be a valuable attitude to express toward fellow humans of different cultures, races, or nationalities?

     To approach this issue of multiple lifetimes of traumatic experiences from another angle, perchance an advanced soul has a desire to learn to maintain a state of peace and serenity no matter what circumstances are encountered. If there is no fear of death, composure and equanimity may be maintained whether the fatal attack comes from a hungry tiger or a tyrant who maintains control of his subjects through fear and threat of bodily harm.

     When a soul knows without a doubt that it cannot be separated from its Source, that it cannot be damaged in any way by the actions of another, it will be truly free in its human experience. Fear and love cannot co-exist. Freedom is a choice. Peace is a state of mind. Love is all there is.


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