Reading Others’ Minds and Akashic Records

Is it possible to develop abilities such as accessing the Akashic records, reading minds or knowing what happened in someone’s past? A questioner wanting to know more about these siddhis, as they are known in Sanskrit, asks Rupert to comment.

Rupert says it’s perfectly possible. If your finite mind, were to expand beyond its current limitations, it may develop the ability to read someone else’s mind. Why? Because both finite minds are ultimately appearing in the same field — they share a medium. So, the content of one finite mind is accessible to all other finite minds if they had the capacity to access it.

So, some minds that have a particular sensitivity may have unusual access to the Akashic records, reading another’s mind, or even stored memories.

But hese expanded capacities of the mind have got absolutely nothing to do with the recognition of one's true nature. You could develop these unusual capacities and be completely unaware of your true nature. Or, you could be completely aware of your true nature and not have any extraordinary cognitive abilities.

*This video is taken from one of Rupert's in-person retreats at The Vedanta – 3rd to 10th June, 2023. To view and book for upcoming retreats (many of which can be attended online via livestream) go to:

Timestamps:

0:00 Are Siddhis Real?
0:39 Extraordinary Cognitive Abilities
1:10 All Minds Are Connected
1:25 Akashic Records
2:25 Recognising Your True Nature

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[louisevs]

I think this is really important to always be aware of. Having these abilities doesn't automatically mean that these escape interpretations or narratives from an egoic selfing mechanism. Loving Rupert's answer 🙏

[mindfulkayaker]

Great answer of Rupert for those that still has the tendency equate spirituality development with exotic capacities that some mind can have such as out of body travels, channeling or mind reading.

[frankengstfeld]

Wonderful said. I recognized the same with others and with myself. The privacy of others for me is sacred and holy. But the capacity is there."

[dianebode]

A beautifully expressed response, dear Rupert!!!

[ingelaikagunnarsson]

This message was so so very helpful. I have been mixing up these two statements and struggled to clear it out. Such a relief it was to hear this! Thank you! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[luizfbw]

Yes rupert is correct, that's not our focus, yet many born with psychic skills, and some like me had it developing natural besides my own during my self realization path, also there are spiritual changes right now on earth opening and developing psychic skills on most of humanity, in the past we where always psyhichc and used telepathy normally, it's coming back, but that dosen't erodes ilusion or egoic mentality, ego can use this skills for harm, or selfish situations, some can broaddcast heavy dark energys to others people life, or you can use those for healing, to understand what the other feels and think naturally with respect, to communicate at distance something good to another, to get info to protect in a situation, to not go someplace where some danger lies, etc. It's neutral, but it has nothing to do with Going to our True Nature, yet, it can indeed open up quickly during the process of coming back to our True Nature, and can be of very good use for the higher good of others.

[MayaLove]

Love Rupert’s response. I’m a psychic and healer for 18 yrs on a healing journey and also been following this path for about 4/5 yrs. I know other psychics aswell and our abilities really only help people living only as a finite being and the more I go down this path, the less interested I am in helping people on their finite journeys without sharing the realization of the true self. Most psychics concentrate on the egoic self. I’m trying to bridge the two as we all still have a finite role to play. And like any skill it is best when developed with wisdom, boundaries, morals and ethics. ❤
I love that Sri Ramana Maharshi said that there is no reason to speak because our lives are already written according to karma (in my own words from memory) and with my abilities I’ve found this to be absolutely true.

[Neha-xsxk]

Loved it. The simple honesty of the conversation

[carefulcarpenter]

At least two dozen customers told me over the years that I read their minds. It was not the works they expressed to me about their dreams; but it was the images transmitted into mind.

_Synchronistic Mathematics_ was born of my attention to detail, direct personal experiences, and an ability to shift the mind away from distraction.

[shawnewaltonify]

Philosophy has in the past 200 years identified something called collective consciousness which seems to be increasing in common testimony recently.

[michaelwilmshurst]

Siddhis come and go, the infinite awareness is ever present.

[Sun.powder]

Its all still happening in awareness .
.I have heard Krishna Murti talk about this, he said it was all very prevalent in Old India and that is it very tiresome, meaning its not the end of mind .I mean if it fascinates you you, re not now are you? you, re not peaceful you're in the mind.

[ericktippett]

No one knows where certain 'minds' get the ability to read the minds of other people.
As an astrologer, one of my clients told me she woke up one morning and simply
knew she could read into other people and see exactly what was going on with them.
She said she didn't even believe she deserved to possess such an ability, but could use
it whenever she wanted to.

Unfortunately, some people use this kind of 'gift' to attack vulnerable others, and Dr.
Joseph Slate in his book on Rejuvenation devotes an entire section to this misuse of
spiritual ability (Pgs. 125-27) which one serial killer I know of possessed! Apparently,
decent character is not a requirement for the acquisition or possession of such a
powerful 'gift'!

Scary stuff if you ask me!

[TomCarberry]

We all can "read minds" to some degree or another. Anyone can test this while driving. Watch a car in front of you and predict if the driver will change lanes or turn right or left. Most people can do a pretty good job of this. If we couldn't, I don't think driving in busy traffic would work at all.

[hazelr]

Beautiful interaction and subject. Thank you.

[bogsbinny]

everything is possible but not everything is relevant, from a linear perspective most of us chose the human experience to learn to transcend suffering and fall in love with life even in its most ordinary expressions, these extreme abilities are not part of most of our experience because it can act as a distraction, but if it is a relevant exploration grounded in genuine excitement aligned with your higher being then nothing is off limits

[ChangPotter]

I'm pretty sure I can read the mind of the man sitting next to the questioner.

[OneAwareness]

Everything we experience is memory, it is the universal memory.

[Corteum]

It's true. Those who are aware of their true nature dont necessarily acquire or develop any siddhis. The same is true for those who have abilities; they may have extraordinary powers but still have not realized their own essentiall nature as a unit of aware consciousness, independent of body, mind, or ego.

[sampoornamkannan]

In stead of clarifying like this one after another, it is better to conduct a class on 'Ulladhu Narpadhu 'by Ramana Maharishi . It covers all.