Life Is Just Memories

When we think of our life, we can tell a story, explaining where we were born and what happened after that. It’s true that each experience in our lives caused us to evaluate that experience, learn something from it to make a meaning out of it, whether it was the knowledge of what it felt like to swim in the ocean and if we liked it or not, or how it felt to us when someone was cruel or kind towards us and what we decided that meant.

These are all energetic constructs that we have stored and developed a story around that then is the “lens” we view the world out of. We can change the meaning of what we experienced and thereby change our story and our “lens.” We can also begin to realize that these energetic constructs don’t actually exist as anything more than memories. Think about each second of your life, even as you are sitting here reading these words. That moment you read the last sentence is now gone, and you only have a memory of it that is allowing it to continue.

If you view all that you have experienced in life and every passing moment as a memory, an energetic imprint, and begin to really contemplate this and even visualize it, reality can start to become more malleable. You can take a memory and change it to anything you want.

Have you ever believed something happened and had a full reaction and idea about it, only to realize your perception of it was completely inaccurate?

I noticed that someone who I enjoyed knowing had deleted me on a social media platform and I felt a little sad that we weren’t connected anymore in that way because I found her light hearted, kind, and super funny. I wondered what had changed and decided that they must not feel the same about me or must have been clearing out their contacts, as we weren’t close (it was an acquaintance from years ago). Months later, I was doing a settings update on that platform, and I noticed that I could see all of my activity. There it was, a stretch of contact deletions. I had removed her! I was honestly shocked. I knew that I had gone on a massive clear out of contacts that I hadn’t connected with in a long time or had never met or for other reasons, because I was trying to cleanse myself a bit of social media. However, I did not remember deleting her at all (and it may have even been an accident), but the point is crystal clear: In my reality, the energetic memory I created, was that she deleted me. And that was the story and “lens” that I had up until I realized that it was completely inaccurate.

But, isn’t everything a story? And, isn’t there actually no one reality? And aren’t we only accurate about anything because we believe we are? Meaning, if we believe something is true, then it is true for us, even if someone else believes it is false. If I believe that that person deleted me because they didn’t want to be connected with me in that way anymore, then that is the reality I have now created.

These memories that make up our life, are completely malleable and we have the power to tell ourselves any story we want about them. We can also completely let go of different memories, allowing ourselves to see the world and events new in each moment. This is difficult, admittedly, but the concept and effort and awareness of this can help us make strides towards living in a way that is more present, more full of love, and more joyful, because we then have the power to create the truths, story, and “lens” that we desire.