Greetings from the Xyphokonic Order and Ordinance. Today we’ll briefly discuss the concept and existence of Remembrances in Xyphoist Philosophy. What are Remembrances? Why do they exist after Death? Are they related to the passed soul? Do Remembrances ever fade away? We’ll address concepts like that. Let us begin.

A Remembrance is defined as the residual resonance of beings who have passed on from one previous existence to the another and are comprised of previous spiritualities, proof of tangible existence, and the existential memory from others. Simply put, the evidence that a mortal once existed after their Death and the impact they had while they were alive.

Take, for example, a memory of a passed grandparent. You may have a family heirloom that was once theirs, you will have pictures of them, you hold memories of your time with them. You remember their voice, you will remember how they acted etc. All of these are examples of a Remembrance; we are able to perceive past existences through what they left behind after Death and the impact they had on the world around them whilst alive.

Remembrances exist mostly to serve as a proof of mortal existence to those still living. We hold onto these Remembrances as a way to say to ourselves “this person has died; Death exists.” The alternative to this would be we mortals dying and being totally oblivious to this reality—that we’d be procedurally succumbing to the eternal reality of Death without understanding why we are dying or that we’re dying at all. Instead, we hold onto the evidence that Death has occurred through Remembrances to assure that we, as mortals, are acutely aware of the eternal reality of Death and cherish the gift of Life as a result.

But can Remembrances fade or disappear? The answer is less concrete. All of existence hinges on the reality of those who can perceive it. As such, so long as there is evidence to perceive, something can exist. Nonexistence is more or less things we don’t know that we don’t know. With this in mind, a Remembrance can only fade from a circumstantial standpoint if all evidence of the Remembrance is destroyed, all who know of the passed Life are gone and have not left any second-hand evidence, and the impact of the passed Life cannot be traced back to any specific mortal being. Being unable to perceive an existence or to have no existing evidence of such a being would make a Remembrance fade into oblivion. This may happen more often than we think. It’s entirely possible for a person hundreds of years ago to die and have all existing links to their existence expire or be lost as well—practically wasting away at the evidence they even existed at all. Existence is about perception, and Remembrances rely on others to perceive them to exist.

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