Death And Memory

...ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν ἐν τῷ θανάτῳ ὁ μνημονεύων σου... Οἱ περὶ τοῦ κοινοῦ θανάτου ὑπονοοῦτες εἰρῆσθαι τὰ προκείμενα, σφάλλονται, μᾶλλον δὲ ἀσεβοῦσιν· οἱ γὰρ ἅγιοι ἄνδρες οὐ τότε μόνον μνήμην ἔχουσι Θεοῦ, ὅτε τὴν κοινὴν ζωὴν ἔχουσιν, ἀλλὰ πολλῷ μᾶλλον ὅτε χωρίζονται τοῦ φθαρτοῦ σώατος. Τί οὖν φησίν; Ἐπεὶ οὐδεὶς μεμνημένους σου ἐν θανάτῳ γίνεται, ὄν ἡ ἁμαρτία ἀποτίκτει· οὗτος δέ ἐστιν ὁ χωρίζων ἐναρέτου ζωῆς τὴν ἁμαρτάνουσαν ψυχήν· ποθῶ δὲ μνήμην σου ἔχειν, εἰς τοῦτ' αὐτὸ ῥέψας τὴν ἀγαθότητά σου, σῶσόν με, ἵνα μὴ ἰσχυσάσης κατ' ἐμου τῆς προσούσης ἀσθενείας καὶ ταραχῆς, καταποθῶ ὑπὸ τοῦ θανάτου. Οὐ γὰρ εἴρηται, Οὐ μέμνηται Θεοῦ ὁ ἐν θανάτῳ, ἀλλ' Ὁ μνημονεύων αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἔστιν ἐν θανάτῳ, περὶ οὗ φησιν ὁ Σωτήρ· Ὁ τὸν λόγον μου ἀκούων, θάνατον οὐ θεωρεῖ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα. Δίδυμος Αλεξανδρεύς, Εἰς Ψαλμούς, Ψαλμος Ϛ’ Source: Migne PG 39.1177b-c

...for in death there is no memory of you... 1 They lie who say this speaks of the common death, or rather they think impiously. For holy men are not only mindful of God while they are in possession of this common life, but much more when they are separated from this corruptible body. What, then, does this say? That no one who is mindful of God falls into that death which sin fashions, for that is the death which separates the sinning soul from the virtuous life. I, however, am mindful of you, and immediately turning to your benevolence, you save me, lest I am overcome amid my weakness and confusion and devoured by death. Therefore he does not say here, 'There is no one who is mindful of you in death,' but 'he who is mindful of you does not fall into that death,' concerning which the Saviour said, 'He who hears my word shall not see eternal death.' 2 Didymus the Blind, Commentary on The Psalms, from Psalm 6 1 Ps 6.6 2 Jn 8.51