This is the second part of an interview with Akashic record reader Akemi Gaines. Be sure to read the first part, if you haven’t already.

Hunter: Teilhard de Chardin said “We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.” You’ve been operating under the idea that we are a soul that incarnates into a body. The soul is who we really are, and the body is a shell for letting it experience the physical world. When the body dies, the soul lives on, possibly incarnating into another body.

Think about a lizard getting its tail cut off. It’s now in two parts. Which is the real lizard? The part with the head, of course. The lizard no longer needs that tail, so it can grow a new one. But keep in mind who’s running the show. It’s always the lizard that grows a new tail, never the tail that grows a new lizard.

If the body outgrows a soul and gets a new one, that’s like a tail growing a new lizard. If the soul is the highest level of our being, how can the body outgrow it? How can the body run the show, when it doesn’t even know what’s going on?

Akemi: Will you put away the tailless lizard, please? I see you in my mind eye holding it up to me. . . . Now put away that tail you are hiding in your left hand. Good.

I don’t think Ascension soul shift is a case where the body outgrows a soul. The 3D body is just a vehicle of the soul. Yes, the body gets a new soul, a new driver. It’s not the vehicle outgrew the soul – the soul chose to switch.

The first soul grew as far as it could so it switched with its newer version. There is nothing wrong about the first soul – in fact, it’s wonderful it has grown to that point.

But there comes a point where it can’t (or won’t) go up further. I use the analogy of elevators in tall buildings. In very tall buildings, we need to get off the elevator at midpoint and switch to another elevator to go to higher floors.

I really think this ascension is about a new way of life, a new system of existence. It’s not just about soul shifts – soul shifts are just one aspect of it. The big picture is that we are starting a new game. Instead of learning by contrasts, like poverty or abuse, we will just be. I think we may even be ending this life-death-next incarnation cycle.

Hunter: Does every person have a soul? Can anyone live without a soul? Last time I asked you about animals having souls, and you said you didn’t know. But if humans can’t live without souls, and bacteria can, then there’s some point where a species can’t evolve any further without getting a soul. Any idea where that point might be?

Akemi: Soul is the life energy that animates us, so I don’t think anyone is alive without a soul. I think some of the mysterious deaths may be related to soul issue.

When I have some spare time in the Hall of Akashic Records, I will check if a bacteria has a soul. Maybe their section is in the basement. . .

Hunter: You’ve said that a soul might choose to experience homelessness, if it thinks that’s the best way to execute its life plan. OK, sounds good for the soul, but what about the mind and body? Because the mind and body have no say in the matter, right? A soul just chooses where to incarnate, and the mind/body is forced to live with a soul that has its own agenda. Isn’t it a bit rude for a soul to make someone homeless when that’s not what they want?

Akemi: OMG . . . somehow this question is SO funny.

I think this has a lot to do with judgments our ego makes. You think homelessness is bad. Why?

Okay, okay, because you’ll be cold, dirty, hungry, and people wouldn’t like you. But what if you knew you could become rich soon? It’s kind of fun to live the rags to riches story, isn’t it? When you are rich, you have a story – you are not just another boy who inherited the daddy’s money. All the exciting, marvelous real life stories! Being homeless is only temporary, and your soul knows you’ll get out of the situation sooner or later. As you can imagine, our souls have a very long attention span – a couple of lifetimes is no problem for them.

. . . still our ego, committed to our physical survival and make judgments based on past experiences and knowledge, would say “No!”

By the way, I am not endorsing this type of learning by contrast program. On the contrary, I think we are ending this game. Even though it’s fun (kind of ), we know we’ve done enough of it.

Hunter: In Star Trek, the #1 guiding principle of the United Federation of Planets is called the Prime Directive. It says that they’re not allowed to interfere with the internal affairs of other civilizations. They can’t do anything that affects the natural development of a more primitive civilization. That means they can’t even make their presence known to people who haven’t developed spaceships yet. And they can’t interfere with a civilization’s natural course, even with good intentions (such as by ending a war). You could say that other civilizations need to be allowed free will.

People have debated whether the Prime Directive would be a good law to have in the real world, if and when we develop space flight and encounter other civilizations. Some people say that stepping in and altering the course of natural development is wrong and can have disastrous consequences. Others say it’s cruel to withhold technology, resources, and help from those who need it. And others say it depends on the situation.

Now, let’s look at how this fits into our present spirituality. On the one hand, our souls are majorly in violation of the Prime Directive. Our souls came to Earth from other galaxies and possessed these bodies in order to learn the life lessons they picked for themselves. On the other hand, spirit guides aren’t allowed to interfere with the free will of the soul, and they can only give gentle nudges. And since everything came from the source of all energy, that means that the bodies, the souls, and the spirit guides are all just God with one big case of multiple personality disorder.

This all seems pretty messed up. What’s the role of free will? Why is it wrong for souls to get too much help from spirit guides, after the soul decided to swoop in and hijack a human being?

Akemi: That last description sounds more like a possession by negative entity than a soul incarnating in a physical body . . .

I guess we can put various meanings to why the Source split part of itself to many pieces. My interpretation is that it wanted to play, or wanted to know itself in a new tangible way. Being the single presence in the whole universe, it was “bored”. . . it knew it was whole and perfect, but it wanted to know so by contrast.

So came us! We are in this big experiment, in which we believe we are separate from each other. We can act out in the way we want thanks to free will. For instance, you are allowed to think you are single, lonely, and broke, and seek love and abundance in your own unique way. Isn’t this a fun make-belief play? And whatever you do, you are always deeply loved.

Free will is absolutely necessary for this game plan to work out. We are even free to go against the Light and become darkworkers. Because if there are certain restrictions, this learning process is hindered.

We can get as much guidance as we want from our spirit guides. We can ask for their assistance. But they won’t tell you what to do – you are the one to make decisions with your free will. And they won’t live your life – you are the one with physical body and therefore can take actions.

Detachment and respect to each other’s free will is the ultimate form of love. You are not a slave nor a servant nor an order-taker. Spirits might say something like, “Well, you may not like that option.” but if you insist, they respect your free choice. And you are allowed to learn by trial and error.

I agree with the Prime Directive. Criticisms such as it is cruel to leave negative situations as they are come from the critics’ judgment.

Regarding some of us being starseeds – I don’t think we are violating the Prime Directive because we have the same veil Earth souls do. For instance, you are good at technical thinking, but you don’t quite remember how to build spaceships, right, Hunter?

Why do starseeds (or star traveler souls) exist on Earth? This is a really big question. It may be just by accidents – they wanted to come to Earth so they did and somehow staying around. Or there may be a good reason to this, that starseeds are here to assist the Earth and Earth souls develop further, including this Ascension movement. Or it could be a combination of both.

Hunter: You’ve mentioned souls vibrating at higher dimensions lately. Are you talking about dimensions as in length, width, and height? How many dimensions are there? When our vibrational rate increases, what does that do for us? If I’m vibrating at a higher dimension, shouldn’t I be able to manipulate this 3 dimensional world like a baby’s toy? Turning invisible, shooting lightning bolts, and such?

Akemi: This is another thing I’m still looking into. I honestly don’t understand exactly what the higher dimensions are like, or how many dimensions there are. My Akashic Record Guides tell me there are 26 dimensions physically incarnated souls can reach, and some more. (See Akemi’s 5th comment for a correction.) But my mind, tied to the 3D world, doesn’t understand this.

I guess it may take someone who is better at math than I am . . . (wink) So at this time, I only take my Guide’s word, and use it as an indicator of where a client is in their spiritual development. I usually don’t discuss the actual number with them.

And I think we move around between the dimensions. Just because we had the Ascension soul shifts doesn’t mean we are at a higher dimension all the time – our bodies are still in 3D, and our souls move around.

By the way, higher dimensions are different from parallel worlds. Parallel worlds are – well, parallel to ours, not higher. And I don’t recommend going there.

I do think there are fun things we can do as we get used to being in the higher dimensions and learn more about it. Like developing lightbodies.

Hunter: OK, so people are starting to go through this ascension process, more and more people are joining them, and souls are vibrating at higher dimensions than you’ve ever seen before. What’s the end game? Everybody gets up to the highest dimension, so there’s nothing left to learn, so everyone returns to the source and the world ends, mission complete? Is this happening in 2012? If you don’t know, why can’t your guides tell you? Tell them it would make for a great post!

Akemi: I don’t know ^_^ I think if I learn all the things at once, my poor little brain might explode . . .

I am educating my spirit guides why a blog traffic is important . . . This is actually an essential step in working with spirit guides. Spirit guides are always oh-so-willing to help, but sometimes, they don’t remember certain aspects of our worldly life, like money or marriage. Or popularity contest. They’d go, like, “You like writing, right? And you have the vehicle to publish. Great. You even have some readers. And?”

. . . And the strange thing is I’m starting to think more and more like them. Yeah, so what? All my needs are met like a magic. I love writing. I help people with my reading and coaching. Wonderful day. Thank you, good night . . .

It’s great to live in the now.

Oh, 2012? Okay, I do have a glimpse of the future. I don’t know if they all happen in 2012. Still, my spirit guides tell me 2012 is a significant year – I think it’s a huge milestone. It may be when we reach a critical mass. It’s the beginning of the new beginning, or the New World.

Some of my ideas of the New World is:

• Close to zero diseases and sickness because the majority of health problems are self-inflicted by our mind and actually even deeper, by soul level issues
• Extreme change in economic system. The majority of economic transactions will be done either in small local community by cash (think of farmer’s market) or globally through the internet with virtual payment system. Eventually, we may even go without monetary system.
• The majority of “employments” will disappear, and most of us will be working for ourselves, doing what we love and be good at.
• Fundamental change in marital system. Marriage and traditional family will still be a choice, but only one choice of many options.
• Some of us will develop a new way of existence that transcends time and space.

While I personally don’t mind at all to just go back to the Source like you described, this may be a fun world to bring into reality, our new game.

I love your questions, Hunter – you are so good at asking critical questions. Thank you for this interview opportunity.

I intend to publish a book on ascension, so if you have any questions, please fire them up in the comments! I will be checking them to answer.

As an Akashic Record Reading specialist and spiritual coach, Akemi Gaines helps you further your spiritual development and know yourself on the soul level. She writes about ascension and empowerment of lightworkers on her blog, Yes to Me. You can get updates by subscribing to her blog.

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