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Nicolai Levashov. Spirit and mind. Vol.1

As a result, the ascending flow of primary matters from the physical to the
etheric level be-comes so weak that creation of a stable imprint becomes totally
impossible — in which case we can remember nothing at all.

Let us now examine some questions connected with problems of memory. Many
of you are familiar, or at least acquainted with, the disease of amnesia (i.e., temporary
or permanent memory loss). To begin with, let us try to understand how it is possible

to lose memory. After all, it is hardly a money-laden purse that can be snatched
away—so what happens when we lose it?

First, we should note that only long-term memory can be "lost." So let us start by
exposing the "petty thief." You will recall that long-term memory in itself constitutes
a system consisting of etheric and astral imprints of external stimuli. Further, this
system is quite stable and self-sustaining, thanks to the continuous circulation of
primary matters between the neuron levels.

Ascending and descending flows of primary matters saturate the etheric and
astral imprints. Within this system, the etheric imprint is less stable than the astral,
since the latter is formed by the synthesis of two primary matters, G and F; this
hybrid form, GF, qualitatively differs from free primary matters and imparts
considerable stability and inertness.

However, the etheric imprint itself represents deformation of the etheric level
which is filled with G matter. As soon as the etheric imprint is destroyed, G matter
merges with the other free primary matters — in essence this G matter "escapes"
from the etheric imprint. The process is akin to water sweeping over and filling up a
footprint on the shore, as it merges with an incoming wave and "sucks out" the
footprint from the sand. So what kinds of "storms" generate waves capable of "suck-
ing out" an etheric imprint and liberating G matter from its temporal prison? They
are: stress, concussion, mechanical brain damage, various types of radiation, etc. All
share the same mechanism of

action; they destroy the etheric imprint of the incoming signal, without which
long -term memory is impossible to achieve, even if the astral imprint remains
undamaged (see Fig. 87).

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