A friend brought to my attention the theory of a fixed memory. I hadn\u2019t thought about it before, but I realized I sort of buy into this theory.<\/p>\n
A fixed memory requires unloading some information in order to add more memory.<\/p>\n
With so many things going on in my day, I write notes to myself to address my memory bank, which can only hold so much.<\/p>\n
I then compare this view to divine Mind, with unlimited memory. Never forgetting.<\/p>\n
Or is it that view clear?<\/p>\n
The thinking that I need to have a perfect human memory would only be cause for unreasonableness, thinking I need to remember everything.<\/p>\n
I’ going to argue differently for a minute here because that view can be misleading.<\/p>\n
I mean really, I can hardly remember what I had for breakfast yesterday, mainly because I don\u2019t care, but I do remember a diddy I learned back in my teenage years.<\/p>\n
\u201cTwo all beef patties special sauce lettuce cheese pickles onions on a sesame seed bun.\u201d<\/p>\n
I don\u2019t need that information, served up by McDonald’s, a place I rarely eat at, in my memory, but there it is. And if you need to know how to change a sheared bolt on a New Holland baler, I have you covered. I remember how to do that also from my teen years.<\/p>\n
So, my memory isn\u2019t declining just because I forget other things, like taking out the garbage. I can stand back and see a bigger picture. Another view of the Mind that remembers, or rather \u201cknows.\u201d<\/p>\n
We don\u2019t have to beat ourself up because we forget things. We don\u2019t want to let ourself expect our memory to decline. I believe there is an infinite Mind that can be trusted as our own mind.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m certainly going to keep writing notes to myself. However, I\u2019ll do so in the framework of divine Mind that knows what it needs to know, when.<\/p>\n
Psalm 77:14, ESV: \u201cYou are the God who works wonders; you have made known your might among the peoples.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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