Question: I do not understand the mechanics of my memory. Is memory based in free will too? Does it have autonomy? I have noticed that sometimes when I dissolve a particular separate self, a chunk of memory goes along with it. Why do I seem to easily forget some things I wish to remember later? Is memory selective in accordance to your Divine Plan? Should I train my memory or leave it to my higher self to work with this body of mine?
Answer from the Ascended Master MORE through Kim Michaels. This answer was given during the 2023 Korean Conference.
Well, I have given some teachings on memory that you might seek out and look at. We can basically talk about two kinds of memories. There are the memories that are stored in your causal body. These are the positive life lessons that you and your I AM Presence have learned from being in embodiment. Then there are memories that are stored in your subconscious selves, often your separate selves. And these are, of course, the experiences you have had through those separate selves where the selves have colored the way you experience the situation.
You very often have a separate self that holds a negative memory of a particular event whereas your causal body has a positive memory of the same event. The question is what you are attuned to with the conscious self, with the Conscious You. And, of course, many times we are pulled into these separate selves and therefore remembering the negative. But this can be overcome by resolving those selves as you have experienced and as many people have experienced.
But there can come a point as I have described before where you simply need to make a decision to erase the memory, to let go of the memory, to refuse to have it projected at you because sometimes memories are not actually memories, they are projections from the dark forces who are seeking to pull you into this repeated pattern of emotion. Even if a separate self is gone there can still be a projection that ties in with this.
That is where you can come to the point where you can consciously let go of and dismiss negative memories. Once you have learned a lesson from a situation what is the point in even remembering the situation? What is the point in remembering at the 49th level of consciousness what you did at the 48th level of consciousness? You have risen to a higher level of consciousness. There is no need to hang on to this.
When you walk the path, when you reach a certain level of consciousness you might look back at situations you encountered 20 years ago or people you knew 20 years ago and you might realize: !I am not the person who was in those situations. I was not the person who was in a relationship with that other person because I have changed so much, raised my sense of self so much that I am a different person.” Now the other person can still remember what you did and might take joy in reminding you of the mistakes you made 20 years ago but there comes a point where you have earned the right to say to such people: “I am not the person you are talking about so why do you keep talking to me about this?” And the same with other memories. You have a right to dismiss them but you should, of course, dismiss them after you have learned the lesson you can learn from it and overcome the selves that caused you to, so to speak, create that memory.
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