1.) The "Akashic Records" is best explained by the idea of holography. In a hologram, every piece of the entire image has the information for the entire image embedded within it. This is pretty much how DNA works, as its in every cell, so every cell understands what the rest of the body looks like. This is why you can clone animals from just a single skin cell.

So, holograms are holograms, your body is a hologram, so the universe, by natural progression, would also be a hologram.

Everywhere in the universe, every area, however different from the area around it, contains the information of the entire universe, nestled within it. By accessing the universal "DNA", if you will, you can access all of the information in the entirety of the universe. That means every planet and star that exists, every invention that's ever been created on any world, everything.

We accessed this information through meditation and mantra. Our pineal glands were more developed than those of Earth Humans, because we did not pollute our bodies with chemicals that calcify the gland. We were very whole in our lifestyle. One can certainly learn to reach this information, but you must live a whole lifestyle and be able to meditate for long periods of time. Truth be told, I haven't even mastered the technique in this Earthly reincarnation... yet.

2.) I explained this before. Most civilizations who travel the stars aetherically, do not develop the technology to travel physically. Some do, but the two forms of travel are often two different branches of the same tree, so rarely do they both occur. They both occurred on Mars, only there were two unique races that practiced one or the other. Earth might prove to be one of the few who develop both and merge. Though which first, that is the question.

We could have asked for help, but it was unlikely that anyone would be able to respond. That and I believe we were under the impression that our shield was impermeable. The truth is, we just weren't expecting every single nuke to be dropped on us at precisely the same time. We were too confident that the others wouldn't try an act that would destroy themselves along with us. We were sorely mistaken.

We didn't leave because my culture did not possess space travel, in the physical sense, with ships. The others had this technology, so it is quite possible that they may have sent convoys out before they launched the bombs, but I can't say for certain.

3.) I imagine there are quite a few more Martians incarnated on Earth, particularly in this period of time, as we've been waiting longer than you have for the countdown. I'm referencing the Mayan Calendar here. I have not been fortunate enough to meet any others like myself, sadly, but I do believe they are out there. And not just from Mars. I believe there was a Sirian posting on this thread earlier.

4.) The asteroid belt was once a planet that suffered a huge cataclysm. I'm not sure the history of the planet, or what caused it's destruction, however. But I do know that it was, in fact, a planet.