What if alzeimers and dementia are simply the means by which a soul prepares for its transition into the next life? When we are born we have already forgotten everything from our previous lifetime(s) except for the unconscious memories that have travelled with us, perhaps in part, via DNA. I was thinking about my mother who passed away from dementia a few years ago. She had forgotten that she had two daughters and she had forgotten that I was one of them. She never forgot; however, that she had a son (her favorite). This led me to believe that perhaps this “disease” of old age and memory loss is merely the process by which “forgetting” begins. It is necessary to forget the previous life in order to be truly present in the current one, just as it is important to be present in this moment if we are to experience it fully. While the majority of people waste their precious lives escaping into the past, or worrying about future events that may or may not come to pass, their lives are, so to speak, passing them by.
Many people, once having reached retirement age and beyond, suddenly realize that they will never reach that elusive destination of wealth, security, happiness, and success that they had spent a lifetime striving for. It is simply too late because if they have not taken care of their health, they are now besotted with health problems. If they haven’t reached their financial goals, they can no longer compete in the workforce. If they have failed at relationships, or had two or three divorces, it is fantasy to believe that they will find true love in their 80’s or 90’s. At this point, they “lose” themselves in their memories of long ago, which they can recall quite vividly. At the same time, they often forget what they had for dinner, or even if they had it. This, I believe, is the beginning of “forgetting”. In many ways, they become children again (wearing diapers and requiring care). My mother became the flirty teenager of her youth.
Once the forgetting is complete, like cleaning the hard drive of a computer, the memories are uploaded to the archives of existence (the Akashik record) and the brain begins to shut down along with the other organs of the body. The soul is at last ready to make its transition.
Modern society, with the push from pharmaceutical giants and the AMA, continue to insist that they are “saving lives”, when in fact, they are merely extending them. They pride themselves on their ability to keep some body parts functioning, to replace body parts either with borrowed or artificial ones; but they have no control over the soul, or the memories that have been kept there.
