I'm guessing you've also dabbled in lucid dreaming? I've gotten futher in that area than AP. But haven't reached what many have...entire worlds they remember how to navigate, reading books, etc.
Sleeping life goals...
Yeah, Lucid Dreaming is pretty easy in comparison. It's strange too though, but really cool. You have super-powers while Lucid Dreaming, at least I do anyway. Flying through walls, flying around your neighborhood/world, teleporting anywhere you want, magically creating objects. . . really doing anything you want.
I've dreamed of the Akashic Hall of Records before (or what my mind thinks is the AHR), saw a hidden entrance to it, went inside, but I couldn't read anything. Other times I try to read something, but the letters are all jumbled. I can't read the words, but I know what they say.
So weird. I know it's just a product of what my mind wants to see or what I've been learning about, but it's pretty amazing what our brain can do. I wish it would happen to everyone a couple times.
. . . first time it ever happened to me was after watching Nightmare on Elm Street, Dream Master I think. They talked about realizing when you're dreaming, becoming aware and taking control. I still think it's all so strange, but I do think everyone can do it though.