What happens to my memory after I die?

Question

All the music I enjoyed, the friends I knew, the books I read and every thing else, do they amount to anything or is this life for nothing? Any chance any one has met someone who behaves exactly like someone they knew? Does dejavu mean we were here before?

Answer 1

Non-functioning brain would be like a computer turned off and shut down and hard drive wiped.  Gone.

Do something about it now by putting down all those things in writing.  You are unique.  No one in the world has had the exact same life and experiences you have had.  Get it down.  Don't stop - keep it up.

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Answer 2

On this subject one can only speculate.

But if you accept what science has revealed about memory then it will be lost as your brain cells decay.

Answer 3

I would venture to say that your memory stays with your soul, right up to the gates of heaven, or that other place alot further south.

Answer 4

who knows. all you can do is try as hard as you can to leave some sort of imprint on earth, whether it be writing a book or saving a life. let someone know that you were here and you will live forever.

Answer 5

Everything becomes clear and your memories do not fade they are just passed on with you to your concious awakening.  (That's pretty huh?)

Answer 6

For one interesting answer, see divisiontheory.com.

Answer 7

it's backed up on Facebook

Answer 8

I'm pretty sure in one way or another you soul or being or whatever you prefer continues in some way

Answer 9

when you die, you memory certainly dissappears.

its like a computer. when it's hard drive has a fatal crash; the storage is gone for good.

dejavu is merely a lapse in memory/conciousness

Answer 10

It is deleted.  We can see the process occurring now.  We can only remember a very small fraction of everything that happened.

Deja vu is certainly evidence that points towards recurrence and if recurrence occurs then the fact that we can't 'remember' the future is evidence that memory is deleted.

Socrates said that learning is remembering.  This implies that we do not actually experience anything but simply remember what had been and will always be.