The Akashic Records are said to hold the collective consciousness of all beings that have ever existed on earth across time.
This energy database exist on the astral plane and gives an understanding to karmic nature of things and much more.
The energy of existence is not trapped in time and space so it can all be accessed when opening the records. It is like accessing your higher soul's knowledge that doesn't need conscious reasoning to confirm. It is a knowing that still offers you free choice without judgement, filled with abundance of compassion.