NARRATOR: Although completely invisible to the naked eye,
a virtual universe of electromagnetic waves
permeates our entire world.
And this vast network of impulses
carries within it information and data
that we have come to depend on in our digital age.
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It is the backbone of what is otherwise referred
to as the cloud, which remotely stores
billions of gigabytes of data.
When we think about the cloud what we're really talking about
is data transfer, information transfer.
You're sending bits of information through the air,
wirelessly, up to satellites down to servers, back again,
into your computer, into your phone.
And there's close to 7 billion people
using cloud computing now.
So you can imagine that pretty much anywhere on the planet
that has internet access, you're going
to find these hidden, sort of, secret patterns and codes
that are floating around us.
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NARRATOR: According to historians,
the concept of an Intergalactic Computer Network
was first proposed by scientist, J.C.R Licklider, in the 1960s.
However, ancient astronaut theorists
suggest that the idea may actually trace all the way back
to our ancient past.
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NARRATOR: Korva island, Raichur, India.
Religious pilgrims seeking enlightened wisdom
travel here to a temple dedicated
to the celestial sage, Narada.
According to the Hindu scriptures,
Narada had the supernatural ability
to gain access to a hidden domain
that most humans are completely unaware of,
the realm of cosmic knowledge.
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Tales about Narada appear in the Mahabharata, in
the Ramayana, in the Puranas.
Tradition has it that Narada transcendent consciousness
to gather his stories and give teachings of great wisdom.
DEEPAK SHIMKHADA: Narada is called Narada Rishi.
Rishis are like sages in Western concept.
So they have gained this ability to be
able to tap into the knowledge, access
that knowledge directly from the cosmos.
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Narada is interesting specifically that he clearly
had access to an essential knowledge that is at the fabric
of the divine cosmic order.
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NARRATOR: This idea of an otherworldly repository
of cosmic information is most commonly referred
to today as the Akashic record.
The term was coined in 1883 by author Alfred Percy Sinnett
in his book, "Esoteric Buddhism."
In it, he describes how according to Eastern
philosophy, universal records physically
exist in the ever pervasive realm known
as the Akasa, which can be accessed
by enlightened individuals.
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DEEPAK SHIMKHADA: Akashic is a Sanskrit word.
It means the sky.
So Akashic records can be considered as cosmic knowledge.
So it is belonging to the cosmos.
Everything is written in the sky.
It's not belonging to human beings.
You simply cannot go and bring it in a tangible form.
It's something that can be accessed through your mind,
through your brain power, through
your spiritual wavelength.
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The Akashic feel it's the immeasurable potential of all
that was, is, and will ever be.