Memory

The world is here for us, and we are here for the world (and the universe). Every creative act is a blessing, but, likewise, every loss is a tragedy.

The idea that we must pull something down before we can build anew is a misconception. If things must be pulled down (through lack of space, or because it is spoiled, decrepit or dangerous) we must firstly learn how to preserve it (or preserve its spirit). Preservation is part of a process of being because all things are part of the nature of what is, and the loss of a part is a crime against Being (reality).

This can only properly be understood by embracing the importance of consciousness to being which is shown in the idealist notion that being is induced by consciousness. Consciousness provides the possibility of preservation through its power to remember. Memory is an integral component of developed consciousness and is, therefore, an integral component of Being.  

Without memory there can be no creativity. Evolution of matter is only possible through a development of what we call physical laws – combinations of cause and effect which will always repeat themselves when they occur – and this is an instance of memory. Likewise, organic reproduction and development is only possible through the memory of its DNA.

Only when it has developed memory can a physical universe hope to become stable and achieve the degree of temporal permanence that is required to allow it to become real.