Beyond Memory

The more we learn, the more we fill our minds with acquired memories, the cleverer and more special we think we are, and the more we become baffled as we’re fascinated by ourselves.

Memories are that baffle, preventing the spontaneous light of wisdom from evolving.

We – consciousness – are the pure essence of mind, which became obscured by memories.
Our conversations are all about these memories, and that fascinates consciousness. This is the illusion we’ve been under for millennia, and it’s the reason we cannot be spontaneous.

Information changes constantly, due to our fascinations.

The simple truth never changes, however, because consciousness never changes, 
and so our essence never changes.

Baffle: late 16th century, from French bafouer ‘to ridicule or deceive’; to prevent the spreading of sound or light.

Fascination: from the Latin ‘fascinum’ (evil spell); first defined as to bewitch.

If we hang on to the past, we remain bewitched.