Ends or Transformation?

Ends....Do they really exist? From most spiritual views, a soul always exists in some form or another so there is no end of life only transformation. Under this premise our souls are with us in life and death so the only transformation is the body....from a structured set of atoms to......well dust. The body forgets how it was aligned. So the question that we should consider is: Does the soul forget its structure also? Does the soul remember who or what it was? Eric Clapton's song "Tears in Heaven" explores this notion. Will we know each other again once we get to heaven....or should we? Currently, at an atomic level, we are all connected. The gaps of the atoms may vary, but the connection is still there. However those connections constantly change.....just as the connections from life to death change. The underlying law that governs this is time. Without time there is no transformation. Our memories are the only things that defy time. You can recall a picture in your mind of a summers day, your wedding,  a first kiss, or even the death of someone you love. That memory is frozen in time in your mind. Is that memory also frozen in memory of your soul? Are souls governed by time if they always exist? If souls do retain memories then maybe there truly is no end...no time that passes. And maybe it truly is those memories that keeps us alive forever.