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Posted by Gee on March 30, 2007, at 11:30:12
Just in general. Is it better to forget or to remember? History wise... better to remember the wars or to forget them? So many people who come back after the wars just want to forget. What about in your personal lives? Are there somethings that are better forgotten or should everything be remembered?
Posted by one woman cine on March 30, 2007, at 12:44:05
In reply to Is it better to forget or to remember?, posted by Gee on March 30, 2007, at 11:30:12
IMO, it's impossible to forget - even if think you've forgotten - some part of you (your body, your unconsciousness, your dreams) implicitly remembers. I would like to learn how to live better with the things I remember, rather than go about the task of trying to forget.
Posted by Phil on March 30, 2007, at 14:19:18
In reply to Is it better to forget or to remember?, posted by Gee on March 30, 2007, at 11:30:12
Hi Gee, I was thinking of people in my past too much. Some good memories--mostly bad. I'm above the depression enough that I started doing a mental trick.
As soon as one of these people would 'reappear', I imagined them in a big bubble floating away in the sky. Poof!! Gone. It really has helped me but probably wouldn't do squat for someone really depressed.
If I really dislike some particular person, I imagined shooting the bubble with a shotgun! lol
As far as wars go--Viet Nam wasn't long ago but our current administration clearly has forgotten.
Those who forget the past are destined to repeat it.Phil
Posted by Phillipa on March 30, 2007, at 20:58:37
In reply to Re: Is it better to forget or to remember? » Gee, posted by Phil on March 30, 2007, at 14:19:18
I would like to remember the good days but then I look at now and can't understand how I ever felt so good if that makes any sense? Love Phillipa
Posted by Larry Hoover on April 1, 2007, at 9:16:58
In reply to Is it better to forget or to remember?, posted by Gee on March 30, 2007, at 11:30:12
> Just in general. Is it better to forget or to remember? History wise... better to remember the wars or to forget them? So many people who come back after the wars just want to forget. What about in your personal lives? Are there somethings that are better forgotten or should everything be remembered?
I don't think the question is valid. I don't think it's an either/or situation. Apart from psychogenic amnesia, I don't think you can forget. Even if the remembrance does not readily come to consciousness, its effects most certainly will help shape behaviour and emotional responses. However it is that we have gotten to where we are, we had a path by which we arrived there.
I think the goal is to remember, but with liberty.
Liberty? Yes, liberty from the weight of past emotions, whatever they may be. That's what is meant by acceptance, but some people confuse that with approval. Nothing could be further from the truth. So, I chose to say liberty, instead.
Lar
Posted by Gee on April 2, 2007, at 15:26:35
In reply to Re: Is it better to forget or to remember? » Gee, posted by Larry Hoover on April 1, 2007, at 9:16:58
It's a hard question at the best of times. We watched "Heroshima Mon Amour" the other day, and that was one of the questions that came up out of the movie. It was the first movie to be made or win awards with sound. It's all in french, but has english subtitles.
I think at times it's easier to forget than remember, but if we forget, then we could be in more trouble later on down the road
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