Chapter 7 memory and forgetting

I really enjoyed this chapter in myth and reality. It talked about all the memory and forgeting in a sense of myth. Theres one part in this chapter where it talks about people who can remember their former lives. I believe in this notion that we live one life after another. Whether human beings, animals, or inanimate objects. The book says that these people have overcome their forgetfulness and in a way cheated death. I believe this because instead of dying and having a whole new slate (conscious and mind) you still have all your prior knowledge from past lives. And each life they keep interpreting new information, which just keeps making them smarter exponentially. I believe that these people must be the rulers and gurus of the world. They are so smart, and have so many generations of knowledge and learning. If everyone had this trait to remember our past lives, this world would be so accelerated I don't even think we could recognize it. Everyone would just have such a great knowledge of the past present and future that this world would be so technologically advanced that no one would recognize it. I am glad that not everyone remembers all of their past lives, because now we have these gurus and teachers to teach us of the past and help us learn and all understand this world.