More of my ramblings...
Mike,
This concept feels right to me.
Are we not the sum of our experiences ?
Do we become happier without memories of experiences which become parasites ?
Amnesia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia can provide these results :
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the extreme "initiation of the dead" total transformation. This last is the kind of change created through dramatic life-changing events or through the traditional methodical search for something new.
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You wipe clean from your mind any previous agreements, thoughts, internal dialogue, and emotions from the past. You start over with no baggage from the past.
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A loss of memory can produce euphoria - relief from the parasites. Years ago, a brutal medial practice
Electroconvulsive therapy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia was believed to provide this benefit.
On the other hand,
Wired News: People Are Human-Bacteria Hybrid.
Perhaps we should learn to get along together.
This
Incomplete Manifesto was posted by another good soul from the Personal Development for Smart People Forums:
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Growth is only possible as a product of history. Without memory,
innovation is merely novelty. History gives growth a direction. But a memory
is never perfect. Every memory is a degraded or composite image of a
previous moment or event. That's what makes us aware of its quality as a
past and not a present. It means that every memory is new, a partial
construct different from its source, and, as such, a potential for growth
itself.
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Best Wishes,
Eric