Memories restricting Perception?
Yesterday when I washed my face in our college university I stared at the reflection for a second. Never have I met someone so young with the memory so old, I thought. Starting from minor details of everyday life to huge events happening in my friends life. There was a time when I remembered everything, like it happened only yesterday. Earlier I didn’t have to make any effort to remember things rather I was trying to forget the a few. Whether it was person or a place or an action or a song it would just click. I didn’t have to pressure my mind to recall. But over the period of time, I had to. And now eventually I barely remember the details of the days I thought I would never forget. It happened unknowingly. It’s not that it was bad but it no longer added an emotional/ mental value to my personality. And now I realise how much I have missed on while being clung on to memories. Not that I have reached to ‘Saint level of letting-go’. It can be called as a stroke of self-actualisation. Not just that it kept me absent minded but it also damaged my curiosity.
On the other hand I didn’t realise the fact that I started looking at every moment as something I will miss in the foreseeable future. Not that I am against being philosophical all the time but I need to understand or enjoy every moment as much as I can though my senses. And as I mentioned earlier I have finally made my take of letting go on a few memories I chose to work on it knowingly. For this I went through couple of websites but these are the ones I found helpful:
- Helpful to Improve your sensory perception
- Darius Foroux's article on medium-Although it talks about other people’s perception towards you a few points are helpful for taking babysteps.
- Helpful to understand which action will trigger which sense and will enhance your perception altogether-Please ignore annoying ads and their products, I believe you must be having better stuff around you. Also I think a 22 year old person need to get back to her childhood games and toys soon :-p