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Memory, thought and the illusion of continuity

Memory, thought and the illusion of continuity

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Memory, thought and the illusion of continuity
April 14, 1983

Q: Why is it that illusion and what thought creates have such power and immediacy? What can a person do for another person who is caught up in their illusions?

Why do human beings give importance to their own self-centred activity?

The very idea of protecting myself brings about isolation.

The 'me' is not something separate from memory. Memory is the only thing that continues.

Memory represents something that is gone, dead, finished, so memory is not real.

Our psyche is being programmed by ideologies. Ideologies have been put together by thought.