Memory, death & the hunger for significance

Musings on "memory," providing insights on our hunger for significance, fear of death, and desire to perpetuate our ego into forever.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• memory
• ego
• consciousness
• awareness
• meaning
• of
• life
• fear
• death
• afterlife
• heaven

[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.

[darrylsloan]

LOL!

[fellowtuber123]

Thanks for having mercy on my brain. ;-)

[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]

"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]

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

[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]

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