Question: Could you elaborate on my conclusion, from many experiences, that our ability to access memory, our remembrance, and all that is associated with it, seems to be closely related to my identity, by which I experienced it. And if I try to recall a memory by being in a different identity that is of the same level of consciousness or higher, I can access this memory. But when I express, through an identity that is of a lower consciousness, I keep totally forgetting what I knew, which happened primarily when I embodied. And two side questions about memories or recollections. Are they retained through something similar to a self?
Answer from the Ascended Master Mother Mary through Kim Michaels. This answer was given during the 2026 Kazakhstan Conference.
Well, it is a complex topic, so to give you a simplified version that is not meant to be complete, there are some memories that are experienced, there are some situations that are experienced through a particular subconscious self. And those memories are colored by the self, and therefore, you can recall those memories when you are in that self, but if you are out of that self, whether you are in a higher self or a lower self, it can be difficult to recall the memories. Because the memories are not just observations, they are imbued with feelings. Through a self, you will often have a very emotional reaction to a situation, and your memories are therefore, colored by that, and they can often be triggered by similar emotions or similar situations, where you react through the same self.
But there are also memories that are more neutral, that are not particularly colored by strong emotions, you are just observing. And those memories are not attached to a particular self, and therefore, in some cases, can be easier to recall, or they can be recalled in more different situations. But of course, memories can also be obscured by many factors, anywhere from physical factors that impede the brain’s ability to tune into memories, or even emotional mental and identity level subconscious selves that can block memories.
There are some memories that are created through a self, or your reaction to a situation was created through a self, that you do not want to remember, the self does not want you to remember them. And even the Conscious You can decide that it does not want to remember certain things. And if the Conscious You decides, then you need to become aware that you made that decision and become willing to remember before you can remember.
As I said, some memories are retained through a self. But we have explained at this conference that there are elementals that form your identity, mental and emotional bodies, and that they form, like a screen that you can write upon. And one of the things you write upon these screens is memories. But of course, even what is written on the screen, it is not as simple as a flat screen, can be obscured by subconscious selves. But there are also processes in the brain that make it difficult.
Now contrary to what science claims, memories are not stored in the brain. They are stored at the emotional, mental and identity level. How you recall a memory is, in most cases, that the brain must connect to the emotional, mental and identity body or all three. And there can be factors at the level of the brain that makes it difficult for your brain to connect in general or connect to certain memories. And this is often completely random. It is not because you do not want to remember. It is just that the brain is so complex that it cannot connect. It is a little bit like a computer where a particular data set is stored in a particular location on the computer’s drive. But somehow, the operating system has lost the connection to where it is stored. There are other factors, of course, such as fatigue or various diseases that impede memory.
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