7 Questions On Soul Shifting And the Light Ascension
January 27, 2009 by Akemi
I have received quite a few questions and comments about my last post Soul Shifting And the Light Ascension Of Maybe 2012. I tried to be as complete as possible, but hey, I am just a human and I guess there were several points I was not clear enough. So in this post, I supplement that article – let me use the simple Q&A format. Questions are drawn from the post comments, email, etc. and simplified for the sake of readability. (Photo by exper)
1. Are you saying we should aspire to have soul shifting in our spiritual evolution?
No. First of all, I don’t talk about things in terms of should’s. Should is a fantasy word. We either do it or we don’t. Overall, I am surprised how so many comments came with “should” and “have to”. We are free creators, you know.
Second, at least for me, this soul shifting was not something I “tried” to get or “worked toward”. It happened to me. On the soul level, I guess things were orchestrated somehow and my Higher Self agreed on this, but it didn’t come to my knowledge until it was so close to happen and someone let me know. (She does not wish to be identified here, and I understand that.)
I have been diligently and passionately working on my spiritual development, however, and I’d like to think this shift came along with it.
2. Is this soul shift a necessary process of our spiritual evolution and Ascension?
Honestly, I don’t know. As I clearly stated, I don’t even know what this Ascension is all about – I doubt if anyone does.
A variation of this question is “Why would our souls have to shift in our bodies if the point of our soul existence is to continually grow and expand?” Again, I don’t know why or if it is a “have to” issue. I get that the first soul crosses over and continues its own evolution somehow. But I don’t really know – mine is gone 
My analogy of changing elevators to reach the higher floors was meant to illustrate the situation. I don’t know if this is the necessary step or not. Maybe there are elevators that go all the way up. What I said is I changed elevators.
3. If the soul shifts, who am I after the shift?
Great question. You got me. I guess that depends on how you define the “I”. To me, I am always the soul I have, and the notion expands to my Higher Self, to my superconscious, that ultimately connects me to the Whole.
But again, you got me. If you want to criticize, this is the weak spot, so aim here. All I know is I just feel different, so fundamentally different, and I am also going through other significant changes in my life.
Update: My answer to this question is here Who Am I?
4. Why is the second soul a fresh soul with no past?
I don’t know. I just shared what I observed. I do want to make sure that we are clear about the difference between the soul’s age (number of physical incarnations) and the soul’s level of evolution (vibration rate). “Older and wiser” is a nice expression, and within a single soul’s evolution, that may be the case. However, when we talk about two or more souls, older doesn’t necessarily mean wiser. A fresh new soul with no past lives can be a very advanced soul and it may have been in the ether eons of time.
Personally, I like my new soul very much. It is just so happy simply being around. I feel like a kid in adult body. My old soul was a good one, of course, but was kinda getting tired after so many lifetimes, including cruel persecution. I am glad it is taking a rest somewhere.
5. Why did you write something you didn’t completely understand? Isn’t that irresponsible?
Usually, I write only after I acquire significant understanding of the subject. I do think this is the responsible attitude.
However, this case was exceptional. Things were happening fast, I believe it is happening fast, and to more people than I initially thought was involved. This was the kind of case in which sharing of the moment mattered. At least to some people. And I trust those who need this info will be guided to read it.
Let me ask you: When Chernobyl accident happened, the then Soviet government refrained from releasing the information “because they didn’t know the whole truth yet and didn’t want to cause social unrest” or something in that line. Was that an honest thing to do? Was it kind? Intelligent?
And I made it super clear at the very beginning of that article that this is a special case. I wrote “I do not know or understand everything about this – this is something totally new to this world, and I am learning as I go. Still I guess it is more beneficial for the highest good of all to share what I know now rather than withhold it.”
You can take it or leave it. If you don’t understand the post, you probably don’t need it.
6. But isn’t it no good to scare people with potentially wrong information?
Well, the above Chernobyl analogy was a scary one, but I don’t think my article was scary. I clearly wrote this is a positive move.
The responses I received so far fall into one of the following four categories:
- “Wow, this explains what I’ve been feeling! Thank you so much, Akemi.”
Variation of this is “Maybe this is relevant to me . . . I’m not sure.” - “Well, I don’t know what to make of this, but it’s an interesting read.”
- “I don’t agree with you, Akemi. I think you are wrong.” This comes in varying degree from simple disagreement to nagging discontent. The latter, I will address in #7.
- “You are crazy.”
Readers #1 received good value from the post. Wonderful. Readers #2 at least had fun reading. Okay. Readers #3 are fine with me. I don’t need everyone to agree with me. I still love you. Readers #4 are also fine with me. I sort of expected this kind of response and put cautionary note in the beginning. And it was about my psychic ability in general, not about soul shifting.
What I haven’t received is a comment in the line of “OMG, I am so scared! What the hell are you talking about?” On the contrary, some people, even the #2 kind who don’t quite take the idea, appreciated my sharing. Thank you.
By the way, before I published that article, I had a personal communication with one of my clients. In that email communication, I did unintentionally scare him. Again it was unintentional, but I didn’t craft my email properly, and that is part of the reason I wrote that article to provide more complete idea. Fragment of idea can be misleading, more complete idea of what is going on leads to healthy understanding. And I have apologized to this person and believe my apology has been accepted.
I have also made another mistake with someone else and learned a valuable lesson. This was related to that article, but the person was not scared by the article. She was intrigued by the article and personally emailed me. Because we’d been friends and exchanged readings before, I went ahead to check her status with the intention to help. But this was stepping into her boundary for her, and I understand her view. She also got scared about the prospect of having soul shifting and got upset. I have since apologized to her repeatedly.
I acknowledge I am not always at my best and make mistakes. Especially with this one being so urgent, and I being so excited, I made a few off-line in my attempt to help. And I guess someone could be scared – by that article or by a shadow on the wall, for that matter. Having said this, I really don’t think that blog post promotes fear.
7. But that whole idea of soul shifting and Ascension just doesn’t make sense!
When we observe something that we don’t understand, we can take one of the following two approaches:
- Accept it is happening, come up with a hypothesis, verify if the hypothesis works. Then collect more data, verify or adjust the hypothesis. This is the scientific approach.
- Write off because “it just doesn’t make sense” in the existing theory. This is not scientific, it is authoritative.
Approach #2 is convenient and works well with many cases in daily life. You can cop out a lot of things with this approach and save your time and “dignity”. (I put “ “ around dignity because I think this is a false dignity.) The problem is it may not be in truth.
Galileo’s opponents had beautiful “scientific” theory that had been approved by authority since the Aristotle time. Darwin, Einstein, and so many others went through similar challenges. But theory does no good if it doesn’t work. Which is more useful:
- A big beautiful theory that doesn’t explain what is going on.
- An incomplete theory, or maybe just a collection of ideas, that has the potential to explain what is going on.
I take #2 and move forward.
To those of you who has tried to dissuade me, I have a question: Why is it that you need me to agree with you? What’s causing so much discomfort to you?
Don’t you know you are already loved? And needing others to agree with you is not in alignment with Divine Truth – it is disempowering to you, not to me. I am open to all possibilities. If someone has another idea that better explains what is going on, I am all ears. But so far, no one has really suggested alternative interpretation that explains what I and at least several other people I know have experienced.
One of them was so wise that he didn’t just take my word but verified it in his own way as seen in the comment of that article. Outstanding. That is the attitude.
So don’t “believe” me. Ultimately, there is only one authority in the Universe, and that is the creative energy of the Universe itself, which we sometimes call God, or Divine Source, or the Divine Intention, etc.
Update Feb 9, 2009: I just noticed Anna Conlan posted an article regarding this soul shifting discussion. I encourage you to check it out so that you get to see different interpretation of this situation.
Also, I want to clarify something. There has been an argument regarding what is appropriate to do in reading. This is a critical yet somewhat fuzzy issue, and I’m afraid I may have made some inconsistent statements, so let me clarify. I read my clients’ Akashic Records. These are people who have given me permission to do this by sending me their personal info. I also read for the people significant in my clients’ lives – this is what Snapshot Reading is all about. We are allowed to access the Akashic Records of those who are important to us – our family, close friends, significant romantic partners, significant persons in our career life, etc. whether they give explicit permission or not. I also read those who are significant to myself, again with or without their permission, when I see their influence on me is significant.
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Thank you, Akemi for this post (and the one preceding it). I, and likely many others, have b een hearing of the ascension a lot lately from various sources and in various degrees of detail–and I belive you are really on to something. It is interesting how every person who is starting to become aware of this shift concentrates on different important aspects of what is happening. I love your concentration on the personal/soul level of ascension and what it means to the soul journey. Keep up the wonderful work.
I haven’t been reading your blog for a while, and when I saw this topic on Hunter’s blog, I came right over. I don’t have time to catch up on reading it all right now, but I’ve subscribed so I can.
Ruth Montgomery, a Washington Post reporter who later wrote on spiritual topics, described a person’s soul leaving because it was tired and didn’t want to finish out this life for some reason, and a new soul coming in. She called them Walk-Ins. I remember how scared I was when I read about this, because to me, my identity is my physical and mental self. I’m still scared reading about it, because I’ve never been able to reconcile my logical mind and my subconscious mind. Logically, it’s fascinating, but deep inside, it scares me that I might lose my memories, my ideas, etc.
It could be that souls coming in who have never incarnated are here to guide the transition from a less earth-bound point of view. After all, those who have spent many lifetimes here have certain preconceived notions about what life on earth is like. It may be easier to adapt to the changes without the experiences of all those lifetimes.
In doing a web search for Alpha Centaurians, I discovered a website that has a recording of a Centaurian message. In it, the woman was asked how we will know that the changes have begun. The answer she gives is that the animals will start disappearing from the cities. I remember reading in the newspaper that all the bees had mysteriously disappeared from one place, and I think I read about another place, too, but I can’t remember. Well, I chose to live through this period, rather than leave and escape it, so it’s sure going to be interesting (and for me, scary).
My discomfort with the idea of getting a new soul is rooted in fear, I think. I’m starting to see that now. I tend to have difficulty letting go of certain material objects because they are “mine”. So it makes sense to me I would feel this way about my soul. THIS soul is mine.
I would be uncomfortable with my eyes suddenly changing color because my current eyes are mine. I guess if my eyes no longer worked, I would be more open to getting new ones. Along that same thought, I like my soul. It’s mine. And I feel like I’ve invested a lot of blood, sweat, and tears into it.
But if I knew it wasn’t working for me anymore, I might be more open to receiving a new one.
Whether or not this type of experience will be part of my spiritual journey, I don’t know. I do know that my heart is not ready to accept this type of change right now. Or more correctly, my heart is not ready to accept the KNOWLEDGE of this type of change right now.
What you say here invites people to self reflect in new ways. Yoda from Star Wars said, “Do or do not, there is no try.” He would share your view about “should.”
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Ludy,
Thank you for your kind words.
Dot,
Just so you know — I still remember how to speak Japanese, how to drive,etc. Mental part of me stays through the soul shift. And if you or anyone is scared, I think that is the ego that gets scared. The ego is our part that makes judgments based on past experiences (direct or indirect), so of course, it gets scared about pretty much everything that is new — there is no data about them! Souls, on the other hand, I find to be quite endearing. ^_^ They like adventures. This is why they incarnate to begin with.
But if you are really scared, please feel free not to read it. I don’t intend to expand my readership by fear.
Kerrie,
Somehow you sound funny. . . but I know you are serious.
And here is a thought — I guess anyone can refuse to have a soul shift if that is what you want. I was excited about it, but that is me. I don’t believe this is a forced act. So you can take as much time as you want.
Hope this makes you feel better.
Liara,
Thank you,
I like that you posted what you thought was happening, without waiting too long to figure everything out. I thought it was pretty clear that it was just your current understanding. Anyway, if you waited until you were sure about everything, you might be waiting a long time.
Can you explain what the higher self is? Is it the soul’s “boss?” Do you have one higher self that never changes? In 2012, will you be posting that your body outgrew your higher self, so it got a new higher self?
Hunter,
AAAgh, you smart kid! You got me. I was hoping to buy some time to contemplate. . .
I was taught that the Higher Self is the soul. Then this soul shifting happened, and the person who helped my transition says they are not the same, but my Higher Self is becoming my new soul, and I was getting a new Higher Self. I don’t understand this, but somehow my Akashic Record Guide nods to this idea.
So where did my new Higher Self come from? What is the relationship of Higher Self and the soul? Who am I?
I sense these is a missing piece, a bigger understanding. There is a bigger “me” that is orchestrating the whole thing. But right now, I don’t even know exactly what questions to ask (crafting clear relevant questions is critical in getting the clear answers, as well as having the clear and whole frame of reference for the answers to come through).
Short answer: I don’t know.
Missing piece, like a “higher higher self?” Now this is getting complicated! I guess you’ll let us know as your understanding evolves.
I understand the point about having clear, relevant questions. It’s like how I didn’t know the exact question to ask you here. But fortunately, you knew what I meant. I guess your guides like to answer direct questions, but not give a lecture?
Maybe it’s because we’re not supposed to find out things before we’re ready, or something like that. Anyway, this is all very interesting.
Hi Akemi: I’ve only just had time to catch up with these two related posts, after you asked me what I thought on Twitter. Firstly, it’s beautiful to grow & transform isn’t it?
I’m not sure that the changes you speak of necessarily indicate the entry of a new soul. It could be; it could also be the evolution of your soul, which is such a blessing. The walk-in type of shift you’re writing about is sort of a special situation, not that your experiences are not special.
If one is putting in consistent & sincere spiritual practice, shifts happen. I even have clients turn vegetarian without extensive spiritual practices. I just coached someone after helping her bring closure to a bad relationship & she wants to move out of her house & simplify her life.
When we practice we expand. Our values change, perspective changes, there’s brand new awareness & subtle awareness. Our paradigm changes.
2012 is a significant year. It’s only the dawning of a higher or golden age, not it’s full fruition.
We live in carbon-based bodies. However, we can spiritualize the body. When a carbon-based body is turned into Light, it becomes a Lightbody.
Ascension is part of the coming golden age. Even the authorities on the inner nonphysical planes can’t quite explain it to us or agree all the time what, how and when ascension will occur.
One thing I do know is that there have been other higher ages on Earth. Ages cycle through in spans of time too mind-boggling, but this upcoming one isn’t brand new. I’d venture to say though that each time the same type of age ripens, it’s probably a little different, depending on where evolution on Earth is.
Well, it’s late here & these are heady thoughts, so I’ll leave it there till later…
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Akemi,
This is my first comment at Yes to Me.
I first learned about you in a round-about way: (1) Inspired Money Maker’s Blog referred to (2) Anna Conlan’s Blog which led me to (3) Andrea Hess’ Soul Alignment site (4) which — finally — led me to your site. At the Soul Alignment site I looked at the practitioner’s directory because I was trying to decide *which* practitioner to go with for my Akashic reading. Something about your countenance — the energy I sensed from your pic — resonated with me. But then, just prior to making an arrangement for a reading with you, I got the urge to sit with myself, and consult the highest part of me *on my own*. I wanted to entrust and honor my own ability to access higher realms and wisdom. The blossoming fruit of that decision a couple months ago has been amazing. And very empowering.
But here’s what I really want to share with you in this comment:
Having read the post prior to this one, I want to HUG you, and APPLAUD you for being so free of ego you can easily admit what you don’t rationally know… and you can openly share an ongoing process without the end-results yet measured and tested. It is vulnerable, courageous and so vibrationally high! The sensitive reader can feel the humming buzz your insights create. (Humming buzz is how I sometimes experience my frequency quickening). What you call “soul,” I call “energy”. And we are both accurate.
The shift you’re enjoying is ineffable — it is too large for words, systems, stages and what-not. And it’s wasteful of time and essence to get burdened by the language of it. Consciousness, soul-life, energetic realms, etc. are like an ocean. And our feeble words are teaspoons scooping from that ocean. You are so wise to know that.
How very sad that this expansiveness seems to disturb your Soul Alignment associates. I am both disappointed and amused by their attempt to police boundlessness.
This all reminds me of Martin Luther’s 95 Theses nailed to the Vatican doors in his attempt to liberate religious thought, and protect The Church from itself.
He was persecuted and misunderstood by his former authorities, too
I send you my love and respect, Akemi,
Erika Harris
http://www.joyful-work-for-sensitive-people.com/
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Hunter,
I think it’s more about bigger, expansive something. “Higher” self is already a somewhat misleading term.
It’s possible to receive a whole lot of lecture from guides, but that still has to come through my existing frame of reference. Otherwise I wouldn’t understand. I guess we just have to be a bit patient.
Pamier,
Hi, welcome, Pamier or Gassho or whatever your earthly name may be.
Interesting. So you don’t think this is something brand new? Hmmm…
Erika,
Thank you for your kind words. I will watch out not to get assassinated while freely share my discoveries.
And interesting what you said about my pic. That’s from a few years ago before I started my spiritual development effort consciously. When I started blogging, that was the only reasonably good photo I had, so I started using it, and it soon became my avatar, and now I’m not sure if I am better off to change it to more recent one. . . So many people recognize me with that photo.
My earthly name is Pamir, no “e.”
My Twitter handle is @gassho.
Gassho is Japanese for “putting the palms together” at the heart as in a bow, as in Namaste from Sanskrit, as in “I bow to the Divine in you.”
Pamir,
Oooph, sorry for the typo. And thanks for reminding me Japanese.
“And interesting what you said about my pic. That’s from a few years ago before I started my spiritual development effort consciously. ”
The photo captures something timeless… something independent of any study or pursuit on your part. The essence of a diamond is carbon — whether unfinished coal or refined gloss. I was drawn to your carbon.
XOXO,
Erika
Akemi,
Thank you for sparking this discussion – it certainly seems to have been a lively one. I’ve been following along but have held back on commenting until now – but I think now I have something relevant to share
As far as what the defined specifics of what your experiences have been – there is no absolute truth. Especially when it comes to putting words around spiritual concepts – it’s more about what resonates within you – the energy behind your words and how you are feeling about the information you are receiving. What understanding and energy works for you may not work for someone else. But we can all support each other in coming to our own perfect process of expanding freedom and love. And I send you love and support in your unique process.
I was just pondering on the idea of ascension and I don’t necessarily agree with the majority that use it as a word for what’s going on. It suggests too much for me the idea that we ascend into the spiritual and leave this “lower” earthly stuff behind. But I think we are here more to descend spirituality into the physical – to ground spiritual energy and concepts to be experienced in physical earthly life. So maybe integration is a better word?
Much love,
Adrianne
Erika,
Great point. Thank you. Hug you back.
Adrianne,
I’m glad you are keeping a level head about this. The discussion has been a little more than just “lively” for me, and I’m surprised how so many people have taken serious offense about my interpretation of what is going on. As I’ve been repeating, I don’t intend to push this idea, and if there are other ways to explain what is going on, I’d love to learn.
I agree terms like “higher” self or dimension can be misleading. So is ascension. Because a lot of people think higher is better. But this is not about that kind of value judgment. I just wrote another article that mention ascension — hope you get to read it, too, and love to hear what you think.
Yes, of course, if I was too scared I would go away. I’m scared for the reason you describe, because it’s the unknown.
As far as Ruth Montgomery, whom I mentioned in a previous comment, I found an entry in Wikipedia on “walk-in.” The entry is written from a negative viewpoint, but contains some factual information, I think. It says the concept of “walk-in” is “based on a misunderstanding of an ancient ancient concept described in Hinduism whose modern name originated in the Spiritualist faith and was popularized by the related, but not identical New Age movements and beliefs.[citation needed]”
It goes on to say that Jane Roberts, of the Seth books (Jane channeled Seth), popularized the concept and then Ruth Montgomery picked up on it. Jane Roberts was a channeler who was popular in the 1960s and who wrote more than a dozen books with Seth.
The Seth books, for those who haven’t read them, are fascinating in that Seth goes into quite a bit of technical detail about how the system of life on earth works from a spiritual point of view.
One caution about Seth. Personally, I find he is/was in many ways quite detached and uncaring about the problems of human beings, despite the fact that Jane and her students thought of him as warm and compassionate.
Jane herself died screaming in agony because she refused medical treatment for her advanced rheumatoid arthritis, which she was trying to treat by spiritual means alone. This harshness with herself mirrored Seth’s harshness, for me, and since she considered herself and Seth to be aspects of the same being, the similarity isn’t surprising. With that in mind, we can still find a lot of value in those books.
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Hi Akemi,
I read your soul shift piece and was fascinated. My recent blog post called “You” is on the same subject but from a way different perspective.
Thanks for your wonderful site!
Antaya
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If that is true akemi then your old old has crossed over………or we can say dead.
Is it something to celebrate.
AGAIN YOU ARE NO MORE YOU.
HOW CAN SOMEONE BE HAPPY ABOUT LOOSING THEIR IDENTITY.
you……..the original akemi has crossed over.
this is somebody else now…..so this somebody else is happy i see.
poor old akemi who knows must be sad at loosing her body???????