I have been practicing meditation for 13 years now and I have noticed during this period I seem to get frequent bouts of forgetting.  I was meditating 1.5 to 3 hours per day and when I was not meditating I sometimes would forget what I was supposed to do, what day it was, what happened the previous day and so on.  I remember hearing a dialogue from Ken where he described moving the subtle energy back into the gross body, I think he was saying do it in kind of a circular manner.  Their seems to be a state during meditation where you can get a clarity of mind, but that mind is not concerned with ordinary activities.  I'm still not sure if this would be the point at which I become forgetfull. While I am feeling this way I see my life more clearly, or at least I think I do.  At some point later I begin to notice a lapse or a fog that just distorts my thinking.  I can't really say that it ever comes back completly, I sometimes just think that it may not be worth remembering. 

Anne

Wow aalferos, I've been meditating for 15 years regularly and I could say the same as you. I have lapses where I am forgetful. I realized that sometimes my state is in a sort of Theta mode. This is a near sleep state. I can tell because the energy in me undulates with slow and repeating waves like the ocean moving through me. I am making a hypothesis here, that people who have meditated for lengthy periods regularly over the years might entrain their brains to enter this state freely, and it's a great place to be. There is great clarity and imagination in this state, however, the Beta state is more active. It's more engaged with the surroundings. The Theta state is pre sleep. It offers peacefulness and relaxation, nonetheless, I believe (don't know) that it might not be a state that is as engaged with activity and on task behavior. If we were creating art or making music, great, but if we have a schedule to attend to and places to be and things to do, the Beta state is more alert to exterior elements. I am not as knowledgeable as I should be in the different types or modes of meditation, but I am sure there is something out there that entrains the brain to activate a Beta wave frequency rather than a Theta. This might all be nonsense, however, you could do some research and start your own quest for truth! I'm going to now that you mentioned it.

Nice question!

Anna

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This is that and so are you.

Anne,

Two things:

1) One small correction: once you've stopped meditating, you can't stop. There's no point when you're not meditating - in other words, don't disown the one who's forgetful (don't disown that part). As Osho said, there's something in the 'coming back' into awareness. It's the form coming back to emptiness after it has incarnated (temporarily) into form (to use Eckhart Tolle's words).

2) What is the dialogue you are referring to?

PS - you can reduce your forgetfulness by pressing the point where the flesh meets the bone just underneath the big toe on the outer side of the foot. This may hurt but it will go after a while. Repeat on both feet, three times a day, for sixty seconds on each foot.

Love,