Memory comes up in the form of thoughts and images in the present moment like any other thought activity. So memory is a form of thought. Memories are present thoughts that arise and pass in the present-moment awareness. Practically speaking, memory seems to be a function that ties together, coordinate and recalls former thoughts. It appears to store concepts and images and bring them forth. Conditioned beliefs, such as being a separate self and all the related identifications, survive in memory. Without memory they have no substance, no continuity, no real existence. So, in a sense, you can say that all our problems are due to the capacity of memory. All our beliefs, points of view and assumptions appear to be stored there. Further the reference point of a fixed "I", thinker or self only resides in memory.
John Wheeler
Memory pp 22-23
You Were Never Born
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