Neuralyze me

Remember the Neuralyzer from the MIB (Men In Black) movies? One zap and all memory of what just happened was erased! Zappo. Gone! No-one ran from the scene in hysterics, screaming Aliens, Aliens, we’re all going to die! No one went home and built alien proof homes or developed elaborate alien detection systems…preparing for the worst. One zap and they simply continued their day, completely unaware and at peace in the moment.


So, I have been thinking about this (and learning some stuff too). What if we couldn’t remember our past experiences? I mean really, didn’t know what we had been doing or feeling back there. What if we didn’t have any memory of our job, our finances, our likes and dis-likes?  What if we couldn’t conjure up past agreements with ourselves, ‘I’ll never do that again, I’ll be better next time, I won’t break it, drop it, lose it!” I wonder what we would do if we woke up one day with just the daylight and nothing else? How then, would our day unfold?


I then thought…because I think a lot…if we didn’t have any past stuff guiding us, would we plan for the future in a different way? Would we be worried about failing like we did last time, when we have never failed? Would the word ‘comparison’ even exist? Compared to what?  Would there be guilt, blame or judgement without a reference point? What would we do on this day, this first day in the brightness of daylight?

Would there be fear? But what if…? If our past and all past experiences have been removed, then our future is completely 100% unknown and all things are possible. The only reason we believe that there is lack, or danger, or that we have to behave, moderate or control how we act now, to “future-proof” ourselves, is because we are coming from what we have experienced of the past. What we did, how we felt and the results of our and other people’s actions back then. BUT we’ve been Neuralyzed…with no memory of back then and don’t know any of that. So what now?
Would we wake up and say to ourselves…O.K. today I’m going to go and do something that makes me feel bad, sad or mad? I’m going to live an uninspired life today even though everything is possible.  I think not.

Personally, I would do something that felt like joy, wouldn’t you? Embark on an adventure – even if it was just a walk down the street. Create something from my imagination, celebrate an idea and nurture it to fruition (without past feelings, judgements and experiences stomping all over it!) Without ‘knowing’ that I couldn’t – I would dance, sing, act, perform on stage! I would even consider stand-up comedy or perhaps spoken poetry! Whose clothes are these in my wardrobe I might ask? Not mine surely.