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:up: +1, yes, and amen. Thank you Professor Crank. That about sums the last 100,000 years (as far as I’m concerned). Excellent point about planned obs...

One could rightly suppose that the thing which is referred to as spirit is just a part or function of the mind. I wouldn’t disagree, but would compare...

Thank you for that. Well put. The mysterious spark of life. Without it, even the strongest brain and body is an abandoned house.

Thanks for the reply. Would not disagree. A small quibble I might have is about the words “the real world”. This would seem to open up the question of...

Thanks! I found this section most insightful: In 1812 Schopenhauer started to use the term "the better consciousness", a consciousness ... lies beyond...

If I remember correctly, the whole idea of upvoting and/or downvoting was either nixed or physically not possible with the current forum software. For...

Thanks much for the thoughtful and in-depth reply. (Such messages are more filling and satisfying, imho. Posts with dazzling name-dropping, feats of l...

:lol: Don’t trust anyone over 30! Unfortunately, this idea isn’t new. It’s far older than 30 years, so best not trust it. And of course young people t...

:up: Lol! No problem. (I’m a little biased and predisposed to trying “natural” remedies and herbs when possible.) Glad your laser surgery has helped. ...

Duuuude! Misleading people? Dr. Zero? Methinks that’s a little overkill. I’m not a doctor, but I play one on TV. It was just my opinion in a Lounge th...

Not so fast there, Herr Doktor! :nerd: The human eye, with its flexible lens and intricate system of muscles, is by nature adaptable. If someone if lo...

Thanks for your reply, and for starting this thread which hopefully (with all of our best efforts) will generate more light than heat. And any heat pr...

Thanks for your thoughtful post. Most appreciated. Yes, that is a reasonable approach to that which seems to beyond reason. (Sometimes thinking about ...

Attempting to break down “the big question” into smaller ones, this thread about spirit was created. One would imagine that if there is indeed an Abso...

About one’s deeply held beliefs, what sometimes may happen is that a person (often at a crucial moment of their life) has an internal experience. An e...

It’s rare that someone annoys me on a long term basis. More like short spurts. But come to think of it, there’s one on here that I find very difficult...

Still pondering a general description of spirit... I referred to it above as “higher consciousness”. But the metaphor of deepness is at least as apt a...

About one’s deeply held beliefs, what sometimes may happen is that a person (often at a crucial moment of their life) has an internal experience. An e...

Lol. I nominate this for the thread title of the year. Award ceremony next February. But if the Divine Creator is crushing on us, wouldn’t that be bet...

It is interesting how the Eastern theory of the chakra system frames the idea of spirit. The bottom three chakras are important and necessary (especia...

I think I could guess what you are getting at here, but perhaps some clarification might help. A complete break with modernity, or just specific stran...

Some have a theory that mental illnesses, minor and major, (which I’ve been aquatinted with now and then) come from “above and below” the brain, in a ...

:up: Thanks for your reply and for giving this thread a jump start. I can completely see using the words “spirit” and “mind” interchangeably. Especial...

I find the unleavened dryness of the Bible to be pleasantly counter-balanced by a bottle of Manischewitz wine.

A search turned up this thread, which may or may not be relevant considering some other recent threads about the general topics of matter, the non-phy...

Noosphere?

Thoughts themselves (as we experience them) are material? Is that what you are saying? Can they be measured, seen, or detected?

Muchos gracias! :smile:

Out of curiosity... what would you say that thoughts or ideas are? Material or non-material?

A priest and an atheist sat in a bar, intently discussing whether God exists. The priest said “you make some good points, but I must say that I’m abso...

Interesting. Thank you for the feedback on the idea of a poll. Wil be considering your suggestions and ideas. :victory:

Thanks again for taking the time to respond. Since you wrote the post in an honestly subjective way and neatly avoided any sweeping statements or asse...

Just read. Most relevant. Good stuff, in my amateur opinion. Succinctly and clearly written essay which proposes to rinse some of the starch out of ph...

To poll or not to poll... For what it is worth, I am mildly considering the possibility of running a poll asking whether forum members believe spirit ...

Very interesting and honest reply you have written. Most appreciated. (If I can, later I’ll go into more detail).

Or if a general Science of Spirit could even possibly build itself from the ashes, it might face an even steeper challenge. I dare say very few doubt ...

Ok, here’s a small example from chapter 56: Those who know don't talk. Those who talk don't know. Close your mouth, block off your senses, blunt your ...

I nominate the Tao Te Ching as both top-notch philosophy, and therefore an excellent model for one’s writing. The strength and leaness of the writing ...

Your concise maxim expresses something that has gone through my mind, and probably that of many others. That what we are doing here on this forum, and...

Nice! Pithy yet profound. Thanks.

Interesting post, thanks! That is exactly what the OP was requesting. Like you, the (possible) relationship between mind and spirit is worthy of some ...

Ok. Thanks. I think we're on the same page now. :up:

The intent of this thread was to read and discuss members’ definition of spirit and whether they thought spirit exists. (Or vice versa. Substitute a s...

:up: Ha! Well said, thanks. Definitionistas... as passionate and unrelenting as fashionistas, only perhaps not as well dressed. :wink:

Agreed. The dictionary definition is a mere starting point. That is why this thread was started. That (with regards to the subject of spirit) is what ...

I could generally go along with that statement. But now the tricky part... how could one relate that to the concept of spirit? (And please remember th...

We are starting to go around in circles, it seems... As I wrote above in the post about the Wikipedia entry on pneuma is the general idea. Or the dict...

Fair enough! Thanks for your reply. :smile:

Well, that is probably where we differ on this particular point. If I’m reading correctly, in your analogies (and probably your opinion as well) it is...

:ok: Thanks. Can’t disagree with that. Although I would quibble only slightly with the words “only source of information”. A large source certainly, b...