Seems like you’re conflating memory and past and have yet to define “real”. I believe the past is real. Our memories or documentation of the past may be biased by perspective or influenced by other things, but it does describe some-“thing”, imo.
"There ought to be a term that would designate those who actually follow the teachings of Jesus, since the word 'Christian' has been largely divorced from those teachings, and so polluted by fundamentalists that it has come to connote their polar opposite: intolerance, vindictive hatred, and bigotry." -- Philip Stater, Huffington Post
always working on cleaning my windows- me regarding Johari
always working on cleaning my windows- me regarding Johari