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Before I continue, I want to tell you about dormant and active memories. Memories are either dormant or active. Dormant memories are potentially active, but not experienced. Dormant memories are ready to be triggered into the Active Experience. Active memories, on the other hand, are in what I call the Active Experience. The Active Experience includes both the active conscious and unconscious memories. The active memories contribute to creating behavior. Some of the active memories in the Active Experience combine to create behavior by evoking a response from the body. Changes in the person’s environment are represented in the Active Experience. A change in the environment triggers or activates other relevant memories that can combine to create the next response. Other memories become dormant.

For example, I am going to ask a question and you will know the answer. The dormant answer to that question will become active in the Active Experience. Now, before you have the question, you do not know the answer. The answer is still dormant. Here is the question: “Are you right-handed or left-handed?” Your response to the question became active and you thought of the answer. Dormant memories appear inactive and do not contribute to our behavior. But dormant memories are indeed active (potentially), ready to be triggered into the Active Experience as active memories. The Active Experience includes both conscious and unconscious active memories. Chapter 3 provides more details about memory activities in the conscious and unconscious.