{"id":955,"date":"2012-03-23T13:48:35","date_gmt":"2012-03-23T17:48:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/everydayspirituality\/?p=955"},"modified":"2012-03-29T08:22:45","modified_gmt":"2012-03-29T12:22:45","slug":"zen-kitty-and-memory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/everydayspirituality\/2012\/03\/zen-kitty-and-memory.html","title":{"rendered":"Zen Kitty and Memory"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_956\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-956\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/everydayspirituality\/files\/2012\/03\/2012-touch-nose-with-venus.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-956\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/269\/2012\/03\/2012-touch-nose-with-venus-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-956\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Venus and Richard<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I\u2019ve never read scientific studies on memory, mainly because I don\u2019t read human words. Sure, it would be great if a potent memory could be bottled and taken when needed. Only problem is, when the bottle cap is removed, the odor released is heady with controversy. What is it that increases or maintains a good memory? Sleep? Brain exercises? Supplements?<\/p>\n<p>I am a cat. I keep it simple. Life teaches me that love boosts memory and <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/everydayspirituality\/2011\/12\/poop-happens.html\">keeps it strong<\/a>. For example, year 2010, Venus came to live with me for a few months. We played and played. Then she moved to France for over a year. Well, Venus came back last week!<\/p>\n<p>I remembered her instantly and we started playing as if we hadn\u2019t stopped. Why?<\/p>\n<p>Because we <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/everydayspirituality\/2012\/01\/zen-kitty-tip-on-love.html\">love each other<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>From <em>Science and Health, <\/em>&#8220;Contradict the affirmations of delusion, such as, \u201cI am losing my memory.\u201d No faculty of Mind is lost. In Science, all being is eternal, spiritual, perfect, and harmonious in every action. Let the perfect example be present in your thoughts instead of its demoralized opposite. This spiritualization of thought lets in the light and brings the divine Love, Life not death, into your consciousness.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve never read scientific studies on memory, mainly because I don\u2019t read human words. Sure, it would be great if a potent memory could be bottled and taken when needed. Only problem is, when the bottle cap is removed, the odor released is heady with controversy. 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