Experience: Improving Memory

873415 · Apr 6, 2023

I was inspired to describe this experience by the example of a fellow student from the school

8030 .

I have had noticeable memory problems for about 3–4 years. At first, I justified them by telling myself that I had too much to keep in my head, and later that it was due to constant nervous stress. Then I began to understand that my psyche was protecting itself and discarding the bad memories in pieces. I thought that once the stress ended, my memory would return to normal. There was much less stress, and it seemed possible to live normally, but... my psyche began discarding not only the bad memories, but almost everything. It became a habit of the psyche!!!! It began working against me! It looked like the onset of progressive dementia. I started forgetting my children's names and the simplest words. Many events were erased completely and without a trace.
I tried learning poems, but it was completely useless. The medication made me gain weight, while my memory did not improve.
Sometimes it seems to me that Teacher Om Shanti somehow knows exactly what each of us needs.
In the TY group on VK, Teacher Om Shanti posted a memory-recovery practice.
I came across it six months after it was posted, but it immediately "hit the mark"—not remembering anything had become unbearable.
PRACTICE: You simply need to recall the events of the past day, reconstructing the day step by step from morning to evening.

For some reason, the procedure was extremely unpleasant; my thoughts constantly wanted to wander off somewhere, and sometimes I fell asleep several times during the day I was "recalling." Every attempt to remember had to be made through sheer force of will.
After two weeks, I realized that my memory was like the muscles of a decrepit old man. Completely atrophied. It needs to be trained systematically, without letting up. And you have to make the old man believe that he will soon become young again and be a handsome guy. I realized that wanting to remember is an excellent life skill, not for the faint-hearted. Because when you remember—you remember everything.
After three weeks, some numbers and events began to stay in my memory, like things caught in a coarse sieve. But they stayed (at least for a while)! That was a breakthrough.
After four weeks, I gave up and decided to take a short break; it seemed that I was doing somewhat better with my children's names.
But two months later, my brain had returned to its original state.
The euphoria over the progress was replaced by a worsening of the initial situation.

...All in all, there seems to be something to it... recalling the past day.....(

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If anyone knows any other practices for improving memory, please share!

70324 · Apr 6, 2023

My problem began after I got sick during the coronavirus pandemic. I think this is being done deliberately, just like the virus. Om Shanti helps guide us in the right direction. I am grateful to him for that.

8030 · Apr 6, 2023

Hello,

873415 , my heartfelt thanks to you for sharing your experience and for mentioning me in your message—it makes me happy to realize that my posts inspire other students!

To be honest, I have never heard of anything like this

More precisely, I have heard that people can lose their memory in accidents or gradually lose memories of past events due to age-related illnesses, but your case clearly does not seem to be like that. And no one in my circle has faced similar difficulties. So, unfortunately, I cannot recommend any practices for improving memory. The only thing that came to mind was to use the tools the Teacher has already given us (either one at a time or together):
- First, Ra-fields. Perhaps you have already tried using them to address your memory problem, since I see that you have received the initiation. Still, considering that Ra-fields sometimes work slowly and sometimes offer indirect hints about how to deal with a situation (and these hints are not always clear the first time, but if they recur, it is an obvious sign), I would try them again.
- Second, I would recommend the practice "Marka" (perhaps I mention it too often in my posts and recommendations, but personally, I feel that many people underestimate the effectiveness of this practice). Putting myself in your place, I realized that I would use any opportunity to correct this situation. And I would definitely try "Marka" with an intention along these lines: "I am getting rid of everything that prevents me from remembering (blocks my memory)."
- Third, I would use Losev's illogical method and the Breath of Life. (Mainly because I am currently studying this subject and testing the method on everything I can think of

.) It seems to me that the method could help here in several ways at once. If "Marka" and Ra-fields have a greater effect on the psychological and spiritual aspects, then the Breath of Life works specifically with the physical body and restores the blood vessels (including those in the brain)—so it turns into a comprehensive approach.
Besides that, you can work separately with Losev's method on subconscious beliefs causing memory loss (as an alternative to "Marka"). For example, apply keyword therapy to phrases such as (for instance): "I have a poor memory" or "I don't remember anything." You should formulate the phrase yourself, using your own words, so that it resonates with you, or use the phrase that often runs through your mind when you think about your memory problem.

You could also try a method invented by my friend while he and I were exploring Losev's YouTube channel and listening to his lectures. He decided to use the Breath to get rid of kidney pain. Before breathing, he said to himself: "I appeal to my Soul and right now withdraw all my psychic energy from all the negative programs that led to the kidney disease on the inhale, and on the exhale direct healing energy, Light, and Love into the kidney." He breathed this way for about 20 minutes before going to sleep each night for a week, until he fell asleep. And it worked! The pain decreased each time and disappeared on the third day; a feeling of heaviness remained, but he continued breathing, and by the end of the week the heaviness had also vanished without a trace. And now he feels healthy

In your case, I would suggest trying to breathe with the same phrase, but replacing the word "kidney" with "the parts of the brain responsible for memory."

Well, something like that

I hope I haven't tired you with my advice

))) I feel great sympathy for you,

873415 , and wish you a speedy recovery!

873415 · Apr 7, 2023

8030 , Thank you for your advice; I have a complete “blind spot” here. I sometimes use “Marku,” but in this context it would never have occurred to me.
I’ll use “breath of life” too; it also never occurred to me that it could have an effect through the blood vessels.

1114 · Apr 7, 2023

873415 said:
If anyone knows any other practices for improving memory, please share them!

Memory is a trainable mental ability.
If you cannot memorize poems at all, then I don’t know what to suggest. At the very least, get enough sleep, rest, and calm down.
Neurologists like vitamins B12 and C. Piracetam and Nootropil for the blood vessels in the head.

In Ancient Rome, the art of oratory was highly valued. Orators could speak for hours and even days (when they deliberately dragged things out).
To speak meaningfully, they had to remember the main points of their speech. Special technical mnemonic techniques were used, such as the Method of Loci, attributed to Cicero. The method consisted of carefully studying the routes through a city, castle, or house. Once the memory pattern was ready, the information was encoded into a series of statues. Information is generally encoded into visual images.
The amount of visual information is unlimited. A person walks along and remembers the route.

There are many other methods, more modern and more economical for the psyche.
The chain method. People holding hands. It is normal to memorize chains of up to 30 images.
The fairy tale: Grandfather pulls the turnip, grandmother pulls grandfather, granddaughter pulls grandmother, the dog pulls granddaughter, the cat pulls the dog, and the mouse pulls the cat—that is a mnemonic chain.
Next, a vertical chain is added, with another 30 images. Thirty horizontal images can be attached to the vertical images, creating a block of 900 images. Six seconds per image. Three minutes per chain. The images touch one another, making the picture cohesive.
For example, take a New Year’s tree and divide it into four sub-images. At the top, say, there is a star with five rays. Attach balloons to the star, and something else to the balloons. Or draw on the balloons. If the chain needs to be extended, the drawing protrudes from the balloon like a cat’s tail.
On the second tier, attach the necessary decorations in the form of the objects we need.
The third tier is the same. The fourth tier is the bottom one, with various boxes of gifts. Have you ever decorated a tree? Can you remember something?
The mnemonic method is good for memorizing random information, such as the number Pi.
The difficulty in remembering is that you have to get from “here and now” into the “area of remembering the past.” This cannot be done by force. You have to sort of fall asleep while awake. Enter the “dream area of the past” and see the requested image—or, more precisely, its dream.
A block of information should be reinforced for a month by recalling the images every day.
The record for memorizing Pi is 24,000 digits after the decimal point.

369 · Apr 11, 2023

873415 , the most important thing to understand in your situation is this:
A teacher's quote:
“Whatever we do not use dies.”
Our bodies are designed this way: if we do not exercise our muscles, they become weak; if we do not make our brains work, they also atrophy. I would even put it this way: the brain becomes lazy and does whatever it wants.
You know lazy people, don't you? They lie on the sofa; you tell them, “Get up and do something,” but they do not even react—they are too lazy! The same goes for the brain (quite a manipulator): it comes up with a bunch of excuses just to avoid doing anything! That is where various depressions, neuroses, and psychoses come from!
The only—and effective—way to restore your memory is to constantly make your brain learn and not allow it to be lazy.
What you teach it is up to you. Choose something you enjoy. For example, if you have long wanted to study a foreign language, make yourself do it. In reality, you will not be forcing yourself, but your brain!
Remember that the brain is a computer, and if you do not download new applications, the computer will run on old programs. That means it will not improve, but will work worse and worse.
I have also personally discovered a lot of new things in Human Design. For example, your personal authority is very important. If it is emotional, it can also have a strong influence on your emotional state and, consequently, on how your brain works. In this case, you need to understand this and work with it. It helped me a lot. But to do this, you need to study the Ra-information topic. It is here at the school! Also, in the Human Design information, you can find out whether your mind is left or right. If your mind is left, it is a strategic mind, and such a mind will not cause you memory problems; if it is right, that may also be the cause of your memory problem.
By the way, you could study this topic as well. It is both useful and fascinating!

873415 · Apr 11, 2023

Thank you,

369 . There is certainly something to think about, but I think you are absolutely right! I used to read a lot; I don't anymore.
1 1114 , thank you for the method. Unfortunately, this is the first time I have heard of it, but it is very interesting.

373762 · Apr 11, 2023

Perhaps you lack concentration. Why try to keep everything in your “head”? Your “head” will become heavy, and everything will seem hazy, difficult, and hard.
Press your palms together into a single fist, raise both index fingers upward, and hold them parallel. Let your gaze pass through them, shifting your focus farther away; in other words, imagine a third (mythical) finger and keep your concentration on it. You can also shift your focus to a point in front of your fingers, looking closer at the space before them; you will also see a third finger there. Keep your concentration on it as well. Practice this way, and your concentration will improve, while remembering will become easier and easier.