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Deconstructing memory is tough

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Had a bad time yesterday with trying to deconstruct my memories.. 

Any kind of memories is an attempt to create continuity and consistance within you.

Think about what happened 1h ago, 1 day ago, 1 month, 1 year etc.

It feels as if it happened for mostly one reason, consistance with the present narrative of your experience.

If you put the consistance on the side, your past memories are equal to those of your dreams, of the movies you watched, of a book you read, of something someone told you, of what you daydream about your future.

Try to see that all those memories are one of the same, just with different stories and characters.

It's one big story, not the story of the character who reads this.

 

But stop trying to deconstruct your memories. You might reach a point of confusion where you can't remember what you did a minute ago. This will affect your ability to function. You will think you've gone insane. It's no longer an intellectual game. Stay away from these inquiries unless you are serious about awakening. A half assed awakening is equal to insanity. A Complete awakening is beyond sanity and insanity. 


"life is not a problem to be solved ..its a mystery to be lived "

-Osho

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Who is the one who's trying to deconstruct their memories?


Foolish until proven other-wise ;)

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8 minutes ago, Tim R said:

@Someone here What do you mean by "deconstructing memories"? 

Disproving them. Or proving that your entire past is imaginary. 

10 minutes ago, Gesundheit2 said:

Who is the one who's trying to deconstruct their memories?

An entity behind the eyes somewhere. 


"life is not a problem to be solved ..its a mystery to be lived "

-Osho

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3 minutes ago, Someone here said:

Disproving them. Or proving that your entire past is imaginary. 

If you're assuming that your past is imaginary, then there is nothing for you to deconstruct. 

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@Tim R That's just how I am reporting it after the fact. But you start the inquiry from scratch. You don't assume anything. 

And then you investigate your memories... Then you reach that conclusion. ;)


"life is not a problem to be solved ..its a mystery to be lived "

-Osho

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Trying to deconstruct your memories is nonsense. your memories are there and will always be unless you suffer from Alzheimer's. the point is to remove the dynamite, the poison, the force, and that is not something you can do either. It happens spontaneously when you realize that one thing is equal to another thing, that there is no better or worse. then they go from being alive to being in black and white. something without strength, without emotion, empty

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Your memories are changing with you. Your memories are you. Nothing is fixed.


All stories and explanations are false.

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Yes it seems like a continuum but there isn't anyone actually there for it to continue for....it only seems so.

Everything is always fresh and immediate. 


“Everything is honoured, but nothing matters.” — Eckhart Tolle.

"I have lived on the lip of insanity, wanting to know reasons, knocking on a door. It opens. I've been knocking from the inside." -- Rumi

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