Why AI Can’t Read Your Soul
Lately, I’ve been seeing more people turn to AI tools like ChatGPT for spiritual support. Not just for journaling prompts or organizing ideas, but for things like receiving Akashic Records messages or channeling their spirit guides.
And listen, I get it.
AI can feel surprisingly helpful. It responds quickly, it’s available 24/7 and it often mirrors back things that feel thoughtful and comforting. I’ve even had people tell me, “It sounded like something my Records would say.”
But here’s the thing.
The Akashic Records aren’t a database. They’re not stored in the cloud or searchable by keywords. They are a sacred energetic space that can only be accessed through resonance and connection. And while AI is a powerful tool, it cannot tune in to you. It can’t feel your energy, speak to your soul or hold space for the healing that unfolds inside the Records.
This isn’t about judgment. It’s about discernment.
So I want to share where AI can support your spiritual path, and where I believe it shouldn’t replace sacred connection. Because just like any tool, how you use it matters.
So what is AI actually doing?
Tools like ChatGPT are trained on enormous amounts of writing from the internet. They’re designed to predict what words are most likely to come next based on the patterns they’ve seen. They don’t know the truth. They know the trend.
So when you ask ChatGPT to channel something “from your soul” or “from your Records,” what it’s actually doing is pulling together content it’s read from spiritual blogs, books, forums and websites. It creates something that sounds spiritual and sometimes even eerily accurate, but it’s not coming from your energy. It’s just reflecting language patterns it’s learned.
That doesn’t make it bad. It just makes it a tool, not a channel and definitely not a guide.
The Records are sacred, not simulated
In my work, the Akashic Records are a place of deep reverence. To open them is to enter a space of unconditional love, truth and clarity. You’re not just reading information. You’re attuning to a frequency. You’re sitting in presence with your soul and your team.
That’s why this quote from Danielle LaPorte landed so strongly for me:
“Artificial intelligence is not your intuition. AI does not have access to your soul. It can’t tune into Divine Timing. It doesn’t have a relationship with your ancestors. It does not have the presence required to attune to your needs.”
Exactly.
AI can give you something that sounds right. But that’s not the same as something that feels true in your bones, in your body, in the quiet knowing that lives under the noise.
And I’ll be real, I got a bit fired up when I started seeing people say they were using ChatGPT to access the Akashic Records. Not because I think AI is bad, but because the Records aren’t something you just copy and paste into. They’re sacred. They ask for presence, respect and deep energetic attunement. This work isn’t just about getting answers. I know some people see this differently and that’s okay. But for me, this work isn’t just about getting answers. It’s about being in relationship with your soul.
So yeah, something in me stirred when I saw that being treated like something you could automate. That’s part of why I wanted to write this. Not to shame anyone, but to offer a reminder: just because something sounds intuitive doesn’t mean it’s coming from an intuitive place. And that’s where discernment comes in.
Before we go further, let’s talk about discernment
Discernment is a core part of spiritual work. It’s what helps you notice the difference between something that feels true for you and something that only sounds true. It’s how you filter the flood of information in the world through your own inner knowing.
When it comes to AI, discernment matters even more. Because these tools can mimic wisdom so convincingly, it’s easy to let them shape what you believe instead of letting your inner voice lead.
Where AI can support your spiritual work
Now, just because AI isn’t a channel to your soul doesn’t mean it’s useless in spiritual spaces. I actually use it often in my business for organizing ideas, refining language and clarifying the shape of content I already feel coming through.
Here are a few ways I think it can be genuinely helpful:
Brainstorming journaling prompts when you're feeling stuck or want a fresh perspective
Helping you word a question more clearly, especially if you're going to bring that question into a session, your Records or a reading
Turning voice notes into usable text (if you’re like me and need help translating those bursts of insight into something clear)
Creating outlines for workshops, blog posts or classes based on what you already know you want to share
That’s the key for me: I never ask AI to tell me what to say. I use it to help shape and sharpen the things I already feel inside. It doesn’t touch my rituals, my readings or my time in the Records. And it definitely doesn’t speak to or for my spirit team.
It’s easy to confuse resonance with truth
Here’s where things can get tricky. Sometimes, something AI says really hits. The words land. It feels like it knows you. And maybe it even lines up with something you’ve been thinking or feeling.
But that’s the thing about language, it can feel like resonance even when it’s just recognition. That doesn’t mean the message is wrong, but it also doesn’t mean it came from your soul. AI is trained to speak in ways that mimic compassion, wisdom and even spiritual language. But it’s still just code. It doesn’t know you. It hasn’t sat with your grief or felt your energy. It hasn’t heard the silence between your words.
When you ask a real guide, a real teacher or the Records themselves for support, there’s an energetic exchange. A presence. A listening.
AI can sound soulful. But it isn’t.
Discernment is a spiritual practice
This post isn’t about saying “don’t use ChatGPT.” It’s about saying don’t give your power away to anything that isn’t in relationship with you.
There is a very big difference between using a tool and relying on it to do the work your intuition is asking you to lean into.
So if you're ever unsure, ask yourself:
Does this feel like something outside of me trying to be wise or something inside of me being reflected back?
Am I looking for clarity or outsourcing my trust?
Is this message helping me feel more connected to myself or more confused about what I already know?
Your discernment is the anchor.
Your inner knowing is the compass.
And no tool, no matter how advanced, can replace the relationship you have with your own soul.
If you’ve used ChatGPT for spiritual support in the past, this isn’t a callout. We’re all learning. The speed at which these tools have entered our lives is overwhelming and it’s okay to pause and recalibrate.
What I hope this post offers is a deeper invitation: to come back to what’s true for you. To remember that your Records are sacred. Your energy is sacred. And that you don’t need perfectly crafted words or clever tech to access that wisdom.
You just need presence. Intention. And trust in your own connection.
Because the Records aren’t in the cloud. They’re in your field. And that is something no AI will ever be able to replicate.
Thanks for reading,
Sam
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