CREATIVE MEMORY

What is Memory?

What ever experience with our senses is stored as a mental image and recorded in the brain and nervous system. When theses mental images are brought into focus in the present, we call this recollection ‘memory’. Memory is life and life is memory. All knowledge is nothing but remembrance.

Memory is history recorded in our brain. Memory is a painter; it paints pictures of the past and of the present day. Put simply, memories are neural traces created in the brain. They are linkages or connections between neurons that constitute the chemical bond caused by strong associations. These chemical links are created by several different kinds of action, the most common being an initial sensory or emotional event, and sustained repetition of that event.


Memory is the “Images of the past brought into the present”. Above all, it is recalling the Right Information at the Right Time.

The Human Brain which can accommodate any amount of information. There is actually no limit to the capacity of the brain. The more you remember, the more you CAN remember.

The capacity for memory differs from person to person and to some extent, this depends on how well you exercise it. As we exercise our muscles and limbs, memory also can be exercised through similar training.
The true art of memory is the art of attention. Memory and observation go hand in hand. You can’t remember any thing you do not observe carefully. The eyes cannot see when the mind is absent.

First of all, you should begin trusting your capacity for memory. The more you trust it, the more reliable and useful it becomes. If you are Interested, you can remember anything you want. There is nothing like good memory and poor memory. There is only trained or untrained memory. It is not what you learn but what you remember that makes you wise.

What is good memory and how to develop it?

Memory, like any other faculty of the mind, can be developed. The best and the most effective way to improve INTEREST and REPETITION are through a process of creativity and imagination.

The need to develop a good memory

The world is changing in favor of those who command knowledge. Employability increasingly depends on the ability to learn fast and remember easily. Almost all new industries – and the jobs doled out – are based on information skills. The competition for knowledge – based jobs will necessitate excellent – and not just adequate – learning capacity. Every career change you make will require upgrading of knowledge and skills. Your learning ability should be enough to make you a scholar in the field of your choice. Every one needs good memory – students, doctors, lawyers, sales people, politicians, teachers, trainers, software engineers – even to become a Miss World, good memory is essential.

Forgetfulness is a boon

Nature has been always kind to human race and one of the innumerable gifts it has bestowed on us is the ability to forget. This is a great blessing because when we try to remember monotonous incidents that we have encountered in life, we tend to recall only those incidents that are connected with us or things in which we are interested. Trying to retain all of them will mean getting confused and it makes us unhappy.
This gift of forgetting incidents, especially those that are sad or tragic, gives us relief. If we had total recall of unpleasant experiences, we would be doomed. We wouldn’t be able to progress in life and would surely fall sick.