Theos-Talk Archives (November 1997 Message tt00022)

Bee Brown wrote:

> That is what I find now. I have been getting annoyed with myself
> because I cannot remember things from all the heaps of books I have
> read over the past 25 or so years and when I want to reply to
> something here I get frustrated as I cannot find the place where I
> read about it. On pondering this, I realised that the reading bypassed
> the memory and seems to go to the understanding as when I look back, I
> am a diffeent person than I was even 10 years ago. I feel that the
> knowledge I have gained from my study has caused this change so I
> guess I won't moan if my memory fails me, as long as the bit that
> matters keeps growing for the better.

Right on Bee. It's all in there and could be accessed exactly as read
if need be. But why access and regurgitate exact text when that text is
automatically assimiated with other text, joined with sights, sounds,
smells, touch, prehistoric memories, future visions, and insights, to
form a whole thought and hence manifestation, that is greater than the
sum of the parts?

This explains why I see no problem with debating written ideas as part
of the process, but have difficulty with accepting this and meditation
on this as the only way to understanding.
Yours
Annette