We have become accustomed to the marvels that today’s technology provides. Small square disks, barely larger than a postage stamp, can store an enormous volume of information. Hundreds of highly detailed photographs can be recreated with the push of a button or click of a computer mouse. Thousands of pages of documents can be stored on the smallest of these devices. Small, spinning hard drives on notebook computers can hold hundreds of times more.
As amazing as these devices can be, they pale in comparison to the abilities of the human memory.
If you reflect on your own memories, you will recognize that human memories are like rough pencil sketches, just waiting for color to be added, like a child’s coloring book. These fleeting sketches of memory are more like an index or a snapshot picture. Focus on a memory and the details come flooding back, filling in the gaps and restoring seemingly forgotten aspects.
Much like doing an internet search, certain key triggers can open the files and restore memories. A certain word, song, smell or sight can trigger a recall. The strongest, most vivid memories usually are associated with a powerful emotion. It could be fear, love, hate, sorrow or even embarrassment that gives a memory more punch than average.
And, the evidence of a spiritual connection is compelling.
As much as we marvel at the abilities of our science, the abilities of our human memory bank are even more amazing.
The number of images you can cram into the storage device on your digital camera is nothing when compared to the images you store in your memory from a lifetime of experiences. While most of us lack that ability, there are a few people who can recall the details such as weather conditions of a specific day at will. Under hypnosis, many people can recall details they otherwise would be unable to access.
When we consider the workload of the human brain needed to process all the sensory inputs and coordinate all the bodily functions, it becomes even more difficult to believe that there is room for the vast collection of memories that are accumulated during a human lifetime.
Logic suggests there may be another answer.
Although rare, there are occasional reports of people who insist they have memories of a past earthly life. While mainstream Christianity denies that possibility, we are once again straying into the uncharted territory of possible alternate realities. If we accept the possibility for a moment, we are faced with the question of how a memory could transfer from a past life into a new life.
The logical answer is clear.
Considering the past-life phenomenon and the enormous volume of information comprising human memory, it becomes more likely that memories exist outside the body.
Perhaps the spiritual realm is more than a future home for our existence after death. Perhaps the spiritual realm is a storehouse for the memories of all that is and all that ever was.
Maybe, just maybe, our memories live on in the mind of God.