Dear Joshua,
This is going to amuse you (do you get amused?), but last night I spent the evening with a real life mountaineer. Not just any mountaineer either, one who made history by climbing a face of the Everest for the first time in the 70s. He is now a seventy-odd year old man, but there is still something in his frame that inspires physical power, or what you would expect the attributes of a good mountaineer to be. During the evening, someone said to me: "what I would like to know is how you grow up to climb Everest? How do you get to that point?"
I get why you use this as an example to illustrate our talent and passion. There is something, when this now old mountaineer man speaks, that explains perfectly the tremendous power of being able to process your fears and accomplish the craziest of passions. He tells absolutely amazing stories, but the fascinating part is that he makes accounts of situations that would have any common person completely petrified in the most matter of fact and deadpan way. I was at this evening because he was doing an exhibition of his photographs taken during this expedition 40 years ago. All sublime black and white photographs of the most magnificent landscapes. During the evening he said something that made me reflect. He explained that these pictures were his gateway to this past and that he could no longer conjure the memory of being there.
This made me wonder about the role of memory and what memory was. Is it a vibration? And how do we forget a memory? Is it because there is too much of a vibrational gap? Can we change a memory to change the perception of our past and therefore our vibration in the moment and what we create?
A mountain of love,
Arnaud
Dear Arnaud,
When the desire is strong, it is easier to process fear. When you perceive yourself to be following your passion, it is easier to process fear. When you are a vibrational match to the conditions or the people, it is easier to process fear. When you are in alignment, it is easier to process fear.
Memories are tiny fragments of information that serve a utilitarian purpose, but like reality itself, they are mere representations of the vibrations occurring at the time. As your vibration changes, so do the memories. You cannot perceive the memories as they change, because when you remember something, you believe that's the same memory. As you recall a memory, it shifts to present a slightly different form based on your current vibration. That's why memories have little value in the present moment. Certainly, if you are navigating your way home, they are useful. If you are making a decision, a past experience might be of benefit. But the real power is in the moment and is the inspiration received from the nonphysical. You could forget everything and it would be much easier to be who you really are. If you were fully in the moment and in an aligned state of being, you could receive inspiration and this would lead you home. You would not need the memory.
Memories are vibrational records of past events. In the moment the memory is created, you are a perfect vibrational match to the subject of the memory. As time goes on, your vibration changes and therefore, you are no longer a match to the memory. If your vibration changes substantially, or if you were not being your authentic self at certain times, then you might have a poor memory of those times. You have lost the vast majority of your memories, because you have shifted your vibration. The memories you have are but foggy shadows of a highly complex series of manifestation of events. You do not recall how you felt leading up to the event and you cannot know what the others were feeling. Your memory is based on your perception of reality at the time, and that is a small fragment of what was occurring. Since your perception of reality is based on the vibration you are emitting, your perception is constantly changing.
Memories are most useful when used to prove a limiting belief is false. Your memory is your best evidence that a limiting belief is not true. Prove a limiting belief is false by recalling a moment when it was actually false for you. Use your memories to point out the flaw in your limiting beliefs and you'll reduce the intensity of those beliefs so that you can move through fear to do what you're inspired to do. However, never use a memory to support a limiting belief because that will simply increase the intensity and the limitations imposed by that belief.
It is good to recall fond memories if these keep you in alignment. It is not worthwhile to reminisce about things that feel bad, because they bring you out of alignment. Your memories are illusions because you do not have much information. Use them to feel good if you will, but don't give them too much power. You can change any memory to your benefit. They are more imagination than reality anyway, so you might as well make memories work for you and help you maintain your alignment.
With our love,
We are Joshua
