Both Forgetting and Memory Distortion are both forms of Mind Control inflicted on the Mind by the Dark Powers. Forgetting is to live in a world of darkness. Remembering is to live in a world of endless light. When we remember that we are Truly connected to God, we experience ourselves (according to reports of spiritualists) as Light, Pure Light. We remember who and what we Truly are.
Being enlightened means being in a constant state of absolute knowledge that you are One with the Universal Spirit. It also means that this “earth-school” of sorts holds no more interest for you. You then have the option to stay a little while or a long while and be a teacher to others. Or you can move on, no strings. There is no shame in going away from this school upon reaching enlightenment. You no longer are learning the teachings of the school, but you rather have become the knowledge itself, embodying it within yourself, knowledgeable of its secrets, aware of how it is a sort of “zero sum” merry-go-round that looks like a world of ignorant masses who are being ruled over by selfish overlords. You see how there is nothing to gain here, that it is all essentially worthless in the end. Etc., etc., etc. A student has no business staying in school unless he/she wishes to become a teacher. But eventually, all must retire from such a post.