Physically the past is or was a reality that we perceived and enjoyed and now is gone. The only record of it is in our minds or records that we artificially create, such as media.
Everything we are is mimicked in our lives. The way we do things is mimicked in the tools we use, the way we think is mimicked in our actions. The past is only a record of these things so that we may not make the same mistakes again and also to give us the knowledge to handle future survival situations like in the past.
Our pasts are each different as we all experience things that are different. The way we perceive and experience them is the same. They can be recalled in present time so that we may use that knowledge or feel pleasure at our accomplishments.
We can also feel the pain of past failure.
Anything in the past which has a failure or pain can replay on us in present time. This is a well known phenomena but many ignore it because of indifference or ignorance. It is the largest killer of all time. It has no equal. If one failed in the past it would make sense to think that one would learn from that and prevent failure again. NOT TRUE. That is definitely an old wives tale.
The fact is that there is another mechanism at work here that can cause a repetition of a particular incident or portion of an incident in the present. A good example is the person who is accident prone.
Time after time getting hurt for no apparent reason. This is a physical example, but how about it affecting our perceptions, eyes for instance or speech, smell and hearing. All are affected.
The most crucial thing affected by past failure is memory and data. To have correct memory is very important, even more so to be able to communicate correct information to others. If someone tells another data that is incorrect it may cause arguments, fights and even death. It may be crucial data needed in an emergency or in the event of any created product, which could result in injury or death.
A lot of our society is wrapped up in figuring out how this mechanism works, but will not acknowledge the reality of it. Pain is usually the accompanying peice of failure. Look at the drunk, the druggie and the homeless. A pain that is a constant memory of failure. They present it to the world every day, unable to feel joy or comfort because of the overriding past failure.
The key to accessing the actual incident that caused the problem in the present is by accessing by memory, the past. However most painful times are hidden by the strength of the pain recorded there and one other thing, “unconciousness.” Without a correct approach to this moment of pain and unconciousness no access to the painful incident will happen. This all changed about 60 years ago with the advent of Dianetics. It supplied the technique to access something called the “engram”, a moment of pain and unconciousness.
Once an engram has been found it is only a matter of time and repetitively going through what can be remembered of that time as if in that time currently. The mind is capable of that and does it easily, once an incident has been run through many times it starts to lose its hold and releases. Once that happens the pain and unconciousness vanish from memory and the memory can be remembered normally. It also releases what is sticking the person to his past failure and allows him to get on with his life.
A really amazing process, which can be applied to virtually every person, and to every science allowing less trial and error and more logic.
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