memory记忆

In The Early Sessions Book 1, Seth offers a multidimensional analysis of the concept of "memory." He points out that memory is not a single, flat system, but presents different structures and scopes according to different levels of consciousness, and is closely related to the operations of personality, the subconscious, and the entity.

First, Seth makes a clear hierarchical division of memory. When asked "how many worlds can we remember inwardly," he points out that three different levels of memory must be distinguished: the subconscious memory of personality, the conscious memory of personality, and the memory of an entity. Among these, the "entity" represents and knows all the lives of all its individual personalities, possessing the most complete span of memory. By contrast, human conscious memory at the material level is extremely limited; people cannot even consciously remember fragments of their own dreams, nor can they consciously and deliberately remember a thought from a week ago. This is because the ego as we know it cannot maintain absolute conscious dominance at the present stage ^[1].

Second, Seth uses spatial metaphors to explain the stratification of memory in the subconscious. He mentions that the "topmost layer" of the subconscious contains "personal memories," while beneath personal memories are "racial memories" and so on. However, Seth particularly emphasizes that things are not actually layered like drawers or strata as he describes; this is merely a necessary analogy adopted to suit human understanding ^[2].

Finally, Seth points out the deeper consciousness beyond racial memory and its connection with memory. On the "other side" of racial memory (or "below" it from the human perspective), the individual no longer exists on the current material level, but looks toward another level through "another part of the self-consciousness." This part maintains closer contact with the "entity" than we do with dreams, and actually directs all the important functions that we regard as automatic or unconsciously controlled. In addition, there exists a corresponding but weaker self-consciousness that connects our present personality with the dream world; it knows its own source and transmits data between us and the dream world ^[2].

In summary, at the stage of this book's dictation, Seth regards memory as a link connecting different levels of consciousness, from the material personality, the subconscious, and dreams to the supermaterial entity, revealing the limitations of everyday human conscious memory as well as the more expansive mechanisms of memory and data exchange deep within the subconscious.

In The Early Sessions Book 5, Seth offers a unique interpretation of the concept of "memory" that overturns traditional psychology and common sense. He points out that memory is not a static, objective record of past events, but a dynamic process of reconstruction; at the same time, the operating mechanisms of memory also differ essentially across different states of consciousness (such as the everyday self and the dreaming self).

1. Memory is the constant reconstruction and alteration of the past Seth refutes the popular view in academic psychology that "the child exists psychologically intact within the adult." He points out that although the child does exist within the adult, it is no longer the same child. What people regard as childhood memory is not an accurate picture-record of a specific event that happened to the child. Instead, whenever a memory arises, every event is recreated, and in each reconstruction subtle alterations occur. The past is therefore constantly being changed. From a physical and energetic standpoint, the electromagnetic connections that composed any given event have themselves changed, even if they appear intact. The energy that composes them is no longer the same, and the past is therefore continually altered. Seth emphasizes that nothing, including the past, can remain static, and that any appearance of stability is an illusion. To think that the past is gone is as much an illusion as to think that the future does not exist. ^[1]

2. The dreaming self's memory and simultaneous experience Seth further explores how memory operates in a nonlinear temporal dimension. For human beings in the world of the physical senses, the definition and existence of memory depend entirely on the existence of the "past"; otherwise memory would be meaningless to humans. However, the dreaming self possesses its own memory, namely the memory of dream experiences. For the dreaming self, past, present, and future do not exist as separate temporal dimensions, yet it still possesses what humans call "memory." Seth explains that this is because all experience is fundamentally simultaneous. The dreaming self can directly perceive the entirety of its experience, whereas human beings, because they experience events consecutively, cannot be aware of the entirety of experience in ordinary consciousness. Therefore, the dreaming self's memory is an awareness of the whole of simultaneous experience, rather than a tracing back through linearly passing time. ^[2]

In summary, in this book Seth defines memory as a fluid, creative energy activity rather than a rigid archive. It not only reshapes the past and alters electromagnetic connections on the physical level with every recollection, but on the multidimensional level of consciousness it transcends the linear framework of time and becomes a mode of awareness of the whole of simultaneous experience.

In The Early Sessions Book 7, Seth, through discussing a member's physical symptoms and a scientific article on memory of the time, offers a unique and in-depth treatment of the concept of "memory." Seth closely links memory with physical health, biochemical structures (such as RNA), and the multidimensional structure of personality, demonstrating how memory operates in the physical body and across incarnational lives.

1. Illness as a learned memory response Seth points out that in many respects illness is actually a "learned response" that operates according to established patterns within the body system related to "memory banks" (Seth mentions that a more apt term would be sought in the future) ^[1]. Habitual illness develops along the lines of such learned responses and memory ^[1]. Once physical symptoms actually manifest in the body system, they are to some extent accepted as complete, at least by a portion of the personality, as an established, settled pattern ^[2].

2. The biophysical mechanism of memory: alterations in electrical charges and RNA patterns Seth clarifies the mechanism by which memory is translated into physiological structure. He points out that specific molecular substructures within the organism are formed in response to "inner electrical charges" ^[1]. These inner charges themselves do not belong to the physical system, but they operate within the physical structure, thereby bringing about definite alterations in RNA patterns ^[1]. The strength of a particular charge can even completely reorganize the entire personality structure by altering RNA formation ^[1].

3. Intensity, not time, determines the persistence of memory In response to the scientific discussion of the time concerning "long-term memory" and "short-term memory," Seth offers a distinctive view. He points out that the "original intensity" of a charge determines its duration within the temporal structure ^[1]. In explaining the order in which symptoms disappear (such as the most recently appearing symptoms disappearing first), Seth emphasizes that what is decisive is "intensity" rather than "duration" ^[2].

4. The electromagnetic existence and physical superimposition of previous life memories Seth further extends the concept of memory to the multidimensional level. He points out that previous life memories exist electronically and magnetically ^[1][2]. These previous life memories may carry such extremely strong charges that they superimpose upon the present physical structure and form alien memory patterns entirely incompatible with the current ego personality ^[1][2].

5. Defective memory functions and chronic illness and split personality Seth holds that the root of many chronic illnesses and psychological problems lies in malfunctioning memory functions. In chronic patients, destructive tendencies gather around a particularly emotionally charged group of responses, cut off from the dominant personality, and operate like a secondary personality, even coming into conflict with the dominant personality ^[2]. Seth explicitly states that in many such cases the root cause lies to a large extent in faulty or inadequate memory functions ^[2].