What is the nature of Nostalgia?

[Tikhung]

Nostalgia has always been one of the most interesting emotions that I tend to experience every once in a while. Sometimes nostalgia occurs even when I think about the past that, funnily, I never got to experience. Such as when I'm listening to an old song or watching an old movie...sometimes the yearning get so bad I cry a little...which got me thinking; is the feeling of nostalgia an evidence for reincarnation? Is it a sign of overattachment to the ego? Why do we get nostalgic anyway?

[Spiral]

A good memory triggers the release of “feel good chemicals” as if it happens in real life. If their is such a thing as reincarnation you don’t retain memories as they are physical and therefor is not a part of you.

[Nahm]

@Tikhung How are you thinking about a past you didn’t experience?

[Tikhung]

@Nahm I have to say that "false nostalgia" touches something deep inside me. It's a sensation that is, though related, way different from actual nostalgia. The best word that I think could describe the feeling is bittersweet. I could find the beauty in things that I yearn about, but at the same time I feel down that I'll never get to experience them in my life time, that they're now in the past, even though I know pretty well there's no such thing as past and future. With nostalgia about something that I personally experienced, my ego seems to get a good pat on the back knowing that such events happened (they're a part of my identity) and there's still a brighter future to look forward to so there's no reason to be down.

[deci belle]

Self-importance. A closely related  aspect of this self-reflective space is melancholy.

Though these psychological states may be entertaining for some people sometimes, they only serve to strengthen the illusion of the false self.

[Faceless]

4 hours ago, deci belle said:

Self-importance. A closely related  aspect of this self-reflective space is melancholy.

Though these psychological states may be entertaining for some people sometimes, they only serve to strengthen the illusion of the false self.

Yes 

An invitation of psychological time. 

To invite pleasure is to invite pain and suffering.