In memory of "me".

[seeking_brilliance]

Memory is an illusion. There are thoughts of memory, which arise. Memory comes and goes, arises and falls, like any other thought.

     For what seems like 16 hours in a day, I remember (there is a memory of) being this person named Samuel, who goes about his life and does this and that. This memory appears to be accompanied by countless other memories, anywhere from what "happened" in the immediate past, all the way back to as far as Samuel can "remember".  But looking at this in direct experience, there are not countless memories bundled together to form anything, there is only this memory, as it appears in thought.  Just as the idea of self seems to appear in the very same Thought.

     Interestingly, there are a few hours in the night where there is experience of being a somewhat different kind of Sam, or something completely different altogether. And these experiences also appear as memory in the "16 hours" of "normal" Samdom. These times spent as someone other than "normal" Samuel, are labeled as dreams.

     In truth, as far as I've found, there is no separation between dreaming, and waking, (aka, normal Sam time). These are not separate experiences , but one unending experience. The separate experiences only appear as memory in thought. There is only the experiencing that is happening now, and for some reason (says thought) it appears to be an experience of Samuel, according to memory, or whatever. 

[seeking_brilliance]

*off the page bump

[purerogue]

EVERYTHING is illusion, but if we go to relative standards, you could say that we are bound to realm, body memory, but it is not exclusive, you can have some memory of you in dream , as you can remember dreams after you wake up, what you are talking can be best noticed when you start to wake up , if you pay attention , you will notice how your understanding of who you are and where you are changing. 

You can even slip in and out of one state to other , to notice it better, like going back to sleep and waking up . 

Edited December 18, 2018 by purerogue

[seeking_brilliance]

5 hours ago, purerogue said:

You can even slip in and out of one state to other , to notice it better, like going back to sleep and waking up . 

Yep I like to do this. So weird to one minute be "me", then slip into someone else (micro-dream) , then back again. Really neat. 

Edited December 18, 2018 by seeking_brilliance