Memory, death & the hunger for significance

[GlobalDating]

wow darryl, this was so thought provoking. you are one of the true philosophers and truth seekers. I have a question: How do you explain that when you are under anasthesia, you have no awareness or even dreams until you wake up? it's like you are erased from existence during that time. how would you fit that into the jigsaw puzzle? have you considered it? also, what about those with past life memories that are verified to be true? see "reincarnation proof positive" on youtube for a strong case.

[darrylsloan]

@GlobalDating I am open to the idea that my isolate consciousness continues after death in an isolate fashion, but I don't subscribe to that, because I've reached a level of understanding where it's no longer necessary to believe in a time-based afterlife. Afterlife belief is based on a fear of discontinuation, but when you understand deeply that you are all that is, then there's no need to cling to a single isolate consciousness, because nothing is lost at death.

[Jammieg001]

It's a fascinating and mind boggling way of looking at things I don't know if it's true or how true but, it's just seems to ring true, what we do to others we do to ourselves somehow, maybe this is why, because we are all one kind of awareness/consciousness or maybe that impression is a reflection of a genetic disposition toward altruism or both to some degree..., but to understand it one has to apply the concept into their life, to reflect on it in conversation, while out for a walk,etc.

[fellowtuber123]

So this "NOW" is the earthly past, present and future all rolled into one as infinite intelligence and awareness?

[darrylsloan]

Yes, and not just earth, of course - universal.

[fellowtuber123]

Do you think that we if we are one consciousness, that we will know and experience everything that's ever happened in the universe when we die? That includes the content of other people's lives and everything's that's occured on Earth.

[darrylsloan]

Depends on whether we have indivuals souls which continue to propel through time after we die. Who knows. But there's an even deeper answer than that. Once you understand that time isn't moving forward, that there is only an eternal "now" moment, then you begin to understand that you ALREADY know everything. It's just our mind that doesn't know. The secret is to grasp that your mind is not your innermost self - something deeper is: God/Oneness/The Whole/The Source/Infinite Consciousness.

[fellowtuber123]

Would this have something to do with the whole 'we are INSIDE of time and infinite consciousness is OUTSIDE of time' thing, therefore there is only "now", but our limited perspective (mind) doesn't know.

The earthly past, present and future for infinite consciousness, is truly "NOW".

[darrylsloan]

Yep. You're getting it. More than that, for us inside of time there is only NOW. The experience of time moving forward is only an experience of mind being given access to different information. Right now, I am 5 years old, 37 years old, 60 years old. It's 100,000 BC and 200,000 AD. Right NOW.

Think about some memories and notice how you are always remembering an experience of "the present". Because it's always the present, no matter what.

Understanding time really is the key to so much.

[fellowtuber123]

"Right now, I am 5 years old, 37 years old, 60 years old. It's 100,000 BC and 200,000 AD. Right NOW."

Is this because EVERYTING is "NOW" so all thoses dates etc are happening at present that our minds aren't capable of experiencing yet.

[darrylsloan]

Bingo!

I was going to add another big element to this, but I think I've frazzled your brain enough for one evening. :-)

Better just to roll this around for a while in your head. And you might find you eventually end up going "Ahhhhh. I get it."

[fellowtuber123]

Thanks for having mercy on my brain. ;-)

[darrylsloan]

LOL!

[shadowztwin]

Following that thought... perhaps the difference between you and another person is the same as the difference between the 5 year old you and the 37 year old you -- just different memories.

Thanks for the videos brother.

[piraten4u]

@shadowztwin

As you may see i have two main views about it.

But lets follow your example.

Is there a difference between the 25 old you and the 26 old you, (with a lost memory)?

Thats a point Darryl is speaking of.

The importance of memories.

Its not all about memories.

Maybe im answearing my own question in my second part of the last comment but i still think it is a point you may should think about.

Its about what makes you being you?

The cage one calls body? :-P

[piraten4u]

So even if you cant get all of your past back in your (aware) consciousness, it is still inside you.

Whether compressed in your memory (accessable through "key"things like the thing you bought on ebay or hypnosis) or used by your sub-con for calculating solutions for your everyday life.

Since everyone made different experiences, their (sub)con is different and so the actions one make on the same situation will be unique.

Thats what make us "us" in my opinion.

Sry, YT has a char limit

Peace

[piraten4u]

Part2

Arent we in some way all the same?

One big consciousness just divided in different bodys?

What would strengthen this possibility are things like e.g "remote viewing" (which is/was used by the CIA as it seems).

The other thing is, that we have also a sub consciousness which we cant really control.

But it is like a supercomputer, handling thousands of information every second.

It calculates your actions based on all the experiences you made in the past.

[piraten4u]

Part1 Deep vid, darrylsloan! I have similiar kind of thougts stimes. Would you still be "you" if your eyes had a different color? Well yes youd say. What about not liking dogs anymore? Same person? Youd still have the same IQ and awareness. Now play this a lil farther. If you think youd be still the same when you change some little things as ur favorite color or attitude to sth etc , arent you the same person like sb who is just a lil different than you? So why cant I control sb else?

[UnderWaterFilms]

basically blacked out during the period of time, therefore was not aware of what was happening, therefore my theory is that if when we die and our memories die with us, then we would just be blacked out but forever, and we would no longer be aware of who we were, therefore wouldnt care of staying aware, because its in our minds that we think of wanting to stay aware, not our awareness. so our awareness would no longer exist

[UnderWaterFilms]

Well say your theory is correct and our worry is about staying aware after death, which is mostly true, but you want to stay aware as who you are and ur memories, a person doesnt simply want to just be aware, how can one be aware with no memory for all awareness is, is the remembrance of an event that had occurred, for an example my brother got hit by a car and hit his head and couldnt remember anything after 2 minutes, now hes fine but he says that he remembers nothing that happened, so he

[alanstarkie2001]

Deep analysis on memory Darryl. Since things like memory, sensations like touch, light sound etc are manifestations of the human machine, they are not retained after death but perhaps the combined experience of various events during a life, leads to growth of consciousness...

[darrylsloan]

Memory is not retained from the perspective of time moving forward, but when you add the understanding the time is actually standing still - a single moment of infinite awareness - you realise that all the moments of your life are happening in an eternal present, which changes everything. Deep. :-)

[vicktrickly72]

when i meditate for a few minutes i seem to get random little flashes or thoughts put into my head of memories in other bodies. i think i can remember childhood memories, if i just try very slowly to remember it, but you must be serious when you say most of your childhood memories are just gone. I have imagined being a great being in the universe who could remember all of it's past lives and being depressed, but i most likely am imagining waaaay over my head. i forget how much there already is

[darrylsloan]

Perhaps it's better to say that childhood memories are stored, rather than gone. A while ago I purchased a vintage comic collection on eBay, that I remembered owning as a child. The images on the pages acted as triggers for some lost memories.

But whether stored or gone, the point is they are generally inaccessible and don't form a part of who we are today, and the events don't have significance outside the time in which they happened.

[PS3Insight]

i remember having my nappy changed lol, and when i wasnt born yet, my mum used to use the hairdryer and i always used to fall asleep. This still happened to me untill i was about 10 and sometimes when she used to turn it on i could kind of remember her using the hairdryer when i was in her womb. Not anymore though, the more i think about it, the more the memory goes.

[alanstarkie2001]

When my wife uses the hairdryer early in the morning, it sends me straight back to sleep. Still works!

[verhaegenconstruct]

we are the creators ;-)

[FelipeSparx29]

its like the creator (god) fragmented itself in to an infinite pieces of awareness and that it has attributes, it infinite, its aware, its in everything seen and not seen, it spirals, it's cyclical (its expands and in-gathers,infinitely forever forever) and that it can believe what ever it wants to believe

[TeleUTubbey]

but without this memory, how can we ever build a world that is beneficial to all? or do we keep being easy targets for lies and manipulation?

if we are one awareness, does it mean we no longer have to feel sorrow or anger when we see others being mistreated? Or will us just feel blissful all the time? How can we keep being aware of this one awareness?

Surely there many things to ponder. :)

[bandzajus]

in order to fill more water in a bowl, previous water has to be spilled out. In order to store more memories, something has to be filtered out.

[bandzajus]

well about memory, in fact you do not forget anything, it just how brains work. events that caused you strong emotional feelings are stuck in memory for long, other memories are stored elsewhere, but you cannot normaly access it. If you could remember everything in your life, your head would explode. It is our thinking, our life style that determs which memories to filter, which to remember. Imagine empty bowl as your memory capacity, and water as memories, you pour water into bowl and its full

[shadow36420]

I have seen many movies and TV shows wherein someone loses their memory and starts from scratch. Then, when given the chance to gain that memory back, they don't because they like where they are in their life. They are happy not having to know these things because they are living in the moment. This really just proves that what we are hanging on to isn't our memory but rather our individuality or our current state of awareness :)

[Psionify]

So if we're all once consciousness, is it possible to "become" something else? Say I wanted to become an Angel or some sort of spirit. Can I?

[MattBaumann777]

Yeah, you can be anything at anytime, but relative to everything.

[KillcrazeWoW]

I would say you already ARE everything which is aware. But you can never make the connection consciously.

[Psionify]

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[metalsapo]

hahahahhahahaha, i feel so good watching this, and then reading the comments, and one says, yay, not alone, hahahhahahahahhah, yes i feel the same. thanks darr

[KillcrazeWoW]

Another way to say this is: your self does not exist. There is only the attribute of awareness. Your much younger self, with all those different memories, may as well be another person. Dying is not real, awareness moves to another body. It's exactly the same as a long period of aging.

Reincarnation, without memories, DOES happen in our universe.

[Psionify]

@KillcrazeWoW Can you explain it in more detail? Thanks :)

[KillcrazeWoW]

What difference is there between your younger self, and another person? Only your memory of being your younger self. Ponder this for a second and realize, there is no difference between having amnesia and being reborn. And it happens. We are the universe's consciousness, not our own mind.

[TheSpartacat]

Hi Daryl!

Can I just say... i'm so glad to have found your channel... It's nice to see someone who has pondered the same ideas as myself (yay, not alone!).. and if it means anything, your awareness is certainly my awareness... I'm swimming the same depths of consciousness you are, which is reassuring to me that it is not just "mind". Take care! :-)

[jaysteinbourg]

Very well explained, I had these thoughts too but I find it very difficult to express it to others. Great video.

[schloken]

Hello Darryl,

Many thanks for "Reality Check". I really enjoyed the book, the kind that brings new ways of thinking into one's mind. I still have to get around the infinite awareness concept... but I'm working on it :-)

Thanks for the read, thanks for signing the book before sending it. Can't wait to read your next book. Take care Darryl.

[darrylsloan]

I didn't have time to raise this in the video, but when you remember that there is no time, only a single moment of infinite awareness, an eternal present, then no memory is ever truly lost, because all the events of our lives (and the entirely of history) are happening in the "now".

[11moonelf]

@ darrylsloan: That is one of the concepts that has helped me tremendously: time not being at all what it has seemed. Not being what most of us were taught about it. & when it's eliminated, psychologically, a lot of other things that, in order to be real, rely on time (esp. related to suffering), those things have to eventually disappear. The we can 'keep' the people & things we love, more easily in the forefront.

[ConsumedByDrums]

i thought you were going to make a video on your progress with the psi wheel under a glass?

[darrylsloan]

All in good time. :-)

[ConsumedByDrums]

im just excited for it.

i really enjoyed this video though. i think that whether you're experiencing awareness or aware of experience, as a human its a double layered thing. when you die you just experience or are just aware, no longer looking at it through the glass, just raw awareness.

[darrylsloan]

Like saying, when you die you shrug off the limiting interface of body/mind.

[WAHsu]

Very well brought up points Darryl, I agree 100%!

[anzwertree]

You're cool as shit, bro. This really makes you think. Memory is basically a subjective subroutine of observation.

We take away from any given situation with what parallels an individual perception. You are not your memory; memory is a reflection of previous realities. Thus, memory is a side effect.

When it goes, it's time for the next phase. There will be an afterlife, but probably not what we're thinking. It might just surprise us! Even if there isn't a God. Life can and will find a way.