Explicit memories are those that we remember as clear pictures of events in our mind, like the time we went to Disneyland (tee hee)! Implicit memory relies on structures in our brain that are not fully developed. As we mature, we can experience certain events as fuzzy memories, without the clear vision and feeling of what actually happened. Implicit memories are unconscious body memories, with more of an established focus on the feeling of what happened.
When those past memories – some we have forgotten as a means of protection – are triggered in the present, they may not seem like they’re coming from the past. Instead, they feels like they’re happening now. Thus, we react as though we were back in the original situation. Unlike an explicit memory, an implicit memory does not involve the internal experience of recalling. It’s been described as “retention without remembering” and as “non-declarative, nonverbal memory.” It can be behavioral, emotional, perceptual, or somatosensory, and is often felt deep inside the body.
Implicit memories are body memories of the fear, the pain, the grief, the anger, and all the intense emotions experienced by the body and stored in the unconscious mind. Wartime traumas can be triggered to bring to the surface the ‘feeling’ of the event. Neural pathways are opened during a present-day experience like energy healing, another trauma, counseling, or working through an intense experience. Triggering an implicit memory can indicate neural pathways are opening for the purpose of healing. Implicit memories can also relate to an event filled with joy and excitement, which can stem from love and sex. Victims of sexual assault, molestation, or a violation of will can be especially prone to implicit memories. Angelic whispers often create feelings in the body, so let’s see if there is a connection with our implicit memories:
A soul travels directly from the arms of divinity into the magnetic domain of the Earth. Prenatal memories are filled with implicit memories of that divine connection. The body knows love and will try to repeat that feeling on the path to enlightenment. The soul soon forgets why it came here, and survival becomes the main focus. Implicit memories contain the deep-core vibrations of divine love that support unconscious movements in the return to a sovereign divine state.
Traumas impose a residual energy on the body, mind, and spirit. It is the residual energy that can clog energy channels and neural pathways. When a process works to open those channels, implicit memories are triggered, and the body remembers all the feelings associated with the original events of the past. The spirit is being encouraged by a moment of remembrance to heal and balance any form of separation by returning to love. Joyful and loving experiences offer a glimpse of the spark of light from which life originated. The body remembers light and love.
Sex is more than meeting physical desires. The sexual practice is an equal sharing of love in a manner that creates a rise in the life-force energy. A shared experience of joy can move a person beyond their explicit memories of love into their implicit memories of love and connection to the center of origin. The human experience of rebirth points upward toward Divine Light and opens the heart to a true awakening. Love cleanses the neural pathways when there is a remembrance of the true nature of existence, a knowing of life purpose, and a love for living.
Bring joy, ease suffering and create beauty, then dance like you mean it!
Blessings, Russell
“Our dreams and stories may contain implicit aspects of our lives even without our awareness. In fact, storytelling may be a primary way in which we can linguistically communicate to others—as well as to ourselves—the sometimes hidden contents of our implicitly remembering minds. Stories make available perspectives on the emotional themes of our implicit memory that may otherwise be consciously unavailable to us. This may be one reason why journal writing and intimate communication with others, which are so often narrative processes, have such powerful organizing effects on the mind: They allow us to modulate our emotions and make sense of the world.”
― Daniel J. Siegel
