The Light of The Akashic Records
It’s not so much that I found the Akashic Records, it’s more that they found me.
Back in 2014, I heard by word of mouth about a woman who did Akashic Records readings. I didn’t know much about them, but I was open to dialoguing with spirit in new ways, and when my friend told me how powerful and helpful her reading was, I decided to reach out and see about doing one myself.
A week later I found myself sitting in a dark, quiet room at a yoga studio as the woman across from me told me about how we can access our unique soul wisdom, stored at an energetic level, through our Akashic Records.
As a sensitive, spiritual seeker, I was fascinated and I went into the experience with my heart wide open.
What transpired in our time together was different than what I expected. The spiritual wisdom that came through was grounded, practical and deeply informative.
It helped me recognize attachments I needed to release, it provided helpful perspectives for my relationships, and I began to see the deeper meaning of my soul’s purpose.
It’s like I was getting to have a conversation with my higher self, my guides, and the book of my soul.
I scribbled notes, furiously (notes that I still have) and pondered the words I’d been told in days to come. Mostly I was in awe of how spot on my reading was and the idea the spirit truly did know me— me, BethAnne Kapansky Wright— personally.
A forever student of the universe and seeker of spiritual knowledge, I did a little research on my own and came to learn that “akasha” means “of the ether” in Sanskrit and that the records are basically a spiritual library filled with all kinds of information on our individual journeys and on humanity’s collective journey.
I learned that the records are accessed through purity of intention and saying a special prayer to open them.
I kept reaching out to the woman who did readings for me over the next couple years. I grew to cherish our relationship, and I continued to find the information I received illuminating, enlightening and deeply practical for helping guide my steps.
Somewhere along my journey into the Akashic Records, I felt called to try and open my own records and see if I could access the information. It was a time of deep need in my life— my brother had been gone for six months, and the invisible callings of my soul were undeniably telling me something.
I craved spiritual guidance and higher perspective.
I was also far enough along as an intuitive that I understood intuitive and psychic information is often subtle. A knowing. An image or picture that will flash in our minds. An understanding or resonance that we might dismiss, if we didn’t recognize it as spirit speak. I also knew spirit’s perspective is often light and sometimes even humorous— we are so loved and seen through the lens of non-judgment and unconditional compassion.
I will save the story of the first time I opened my records for another time (it’s a good one involving spirit speaking to me through, of all the things, the Hecklers from the Muppets).
Suffice it to say after a couple times of trying to open my records, I felt reasonably assured I was truly accessing my soul’s wisdom and not just making it up in my imagination (which is often one of our biggest blocks to growing our intuition).
I realized that all those years of receiving readings had been a tutorial of sorts, where I vicarious learned how to do it myself and recognize how the information comes through.
I remember feeling blown away at the twists and turns our path can take, because when I first started receiving Akashic Readings, it never dawned on me someday I would feel called to work more intimately with the records.
My experiences with the Akashic records changed my life. I feel as a poet, I should present that statement with more lyrical flair, but sometimes truth is best left undressed. Working with the records helped me understand with certainty—
We are never alone on our journey. We are so cherished, guided, held, and loved. God/Spirit/Universe loves us and wants to be in a relationship with us.
I began to consult the akasha for anything I needed guidance on, and spirit always showed up.
I wasn’t plugged into a spiritual community, so I mostly kept this new gift a secret. But as time went on, spirit began to send people to me who needed this medicine. I was tentative at first. Afraid it wouldn’t work if I tried it for someone else and afraid I’d interpret something wrong and give somebody misinformation.
It took a while to develop confidence in the gift, but like with all things, the more I practiced the more my fears faded, and I vividly remember having the thought, “I was born to do this work.”
For the first time in my entire life, I felt like I fully belonged and was doing something that was in full harmony with my deeper self.
When I closed my private psychological practice and moved to Kauai in 2017, I felt more freedom to offer Akashic Readings as part of my services.
A lot of people have never heard of the records, so it’s an esoteric service, yet it is in my heart to serve in this capacity.
Every reading that I do still feels like a privilege and a wonder. I walk away feeling just as filled up as the individual who received the reading, because the spiritual wisdom that comes in is always so illuminating and continues to reinforce just how loved and supported we are.
If I could leave you with anything, I would leave you with that: we are loved, we are seen, we are supported, we are guided. Always and forever.
{ps. If you are interested in exploring whether an Akashic Reading is right for you, you can learn more about the service here.}