The Remembered Self

[Guest guest]

This might shock you, or choke you, but

Self is memory. Without memory you wouldn't

know anything. Even to see a tree as a tree,

requires memory. Without memory the contents

of consciousness will be a jumble of colors and

shapes without meaning. So, to inquire about

the self is to inquiry into memory. How long does it

take to say: who am I? Suppose, you couldn't hold

a thought for more than seven seconds, there are

people who can't. You would forget the question

before an answer could come. Consciousness

without memory would have no meaning. If you

think you are, then, you are remembering a self.

 

Pete