Plenum, good thoughts. I'd add that if you were to conceive of an intelligent robot, or a self-reflective animal, you'd have a good approximation of a mind/body complex. It would be a creature of the Earth, squarely belonging within illusion, and able to make rational decisions in order to advance its goals which, again, would squarely be a product of illusion - food, sex, shelter, power/dominance, the whole bit of whatever it takes to "nest comfortably" in a 3D body.
Spirit connects illusion to everything that transcends it, dropping hints, insights, intuitive glimpses and guidance; also, aspirations toward greater unity, harmony and wholeness which simply cannot exist as manifestations in 3D, but can - thanks to our spiritual nature - exist as our states of inner being in 3D. Spirit allows us to bring our Higher Nature into the apparently random/mechanistic reality we seem to inhabit - including but not limited to Oneness, Beauty, Truth, non-self-interested Love, etc. The moments when we feel inspired, connected, joyful to be (rather than to get) are gifts of the spirit. It makes life worth living.
Those whom we call "spiritual" are those who are able to use this capacity of the spirit to transcend the illusion to some degree in their attitudes, thoughts, goals, ways of relating to others and to the illusory reality. They have surety, clarity, conviction and poise that the rest of us don't - and people may wonder: where does that come from? Doesn't he live in the same world as me, with ISIS and electricity bills? No, no he doesn't.
Spirit connects illusion to everything that transcends it, dropping hints, insights, intuitive glimpses and guidance; also, aspirations toward greater unity, harmony and wholeness which simply cannot exist as manifestations in 3D, but can - thanks to our spiritual nature - exist as our states of inner being in 3D. Spirit allows us to bring our Higher Nature into the apparently random/mechanistic reality we seem to inhabit - including but not limited to Oneness, Beauty, Truth, non-self-interested Love, etc. The moments when we feel inspired, connected, joyful to be (rather than to get) are gifts of the spirit. It makes life worth living.
Those whom we call "spiritual" are those who are able to use this capacity of the spirit to transcend the illusion to some degree in their attitudes, thoughts, goals, ways of relating to others and to the illusory reality. They have surety, clarity, conviction and poise that the rest of us don't - and people may wonder: where does that come from? Doesn't he live in the same world as me, with ISIS and electricity bills? No, no he doesn't.
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