4. Notes - another definition / humor

       Late morning. You meet Kim for lunch at Brio's at Polaris Center after which the three of you meet with Andy your financial advisor at Ameriprise on Columbus Pike. On Friday cousin Marilyn, her husband Tony (in from California) and your sister Cathy will stop by your home along with Aunt Ruthie who wants her daughter and son-in-law to see the house. They are in town for Aunt Ruthie's 90th Birthday party this Saturday afternoon. Aunt Ruthie (Ruth Ann) is your mother's (Mary Laverna) sister. - Amorella

              

       Suppertime. You are wondering why your heart and soul and mind each have an individual point a view when, you consider the heartansoulanmind, as a single unit which you define as an example of the human spirit?

       1810 hours. I need to begin with a definition to respond to your question, Amorella. 

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Human spirit

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The human spirit is a component of human philosophy, psychology, art, and knowledge - the spiritual or mental part of humanity.While the term can be used with the same meaning as "human soul", human spirit is sometimes used to refer to the impersonal, universal or higher component of human nature in contrast to soul or psyche which can refer to the ego or lower element. The human spirit includes our intellect, emotions, fears, passions, and creativity.

In the models of Daniel A. Helminiak and Bernard Lonergan, human spirit is considered to be the mental functions of awareness, insight, understanding, judgement and other reasoning powers. 

It is distinguished from the separate component of psyche which comprises the entities of emotion, images, memory and personality. 

John Teske views human spirit as a social construct representing the qualities of purpose and meaning which transcend the individual human. 

Distinction between the human spirit and soul

According to historian Oswald Spengler, a distinction between Spirit and Soul has been made by the West and earlier civilizations which influenced its development. The human spirit can be seen as the heavenly component of human's non material makeup - the part that is impersonal or universal.Whereas souls are the personal element unique to each individual. As Spengler writes in The Decline of the West: . . .

In Christianity, the Bible identifies humanity's three basic elements: spirit, soul and body. Christians emphasise that the human spirit is the 'real person', the very core of a person's being, the essential seat of their existence. When a person accepts Jesus Christ as their Saviour, it is their human spirit that is transformed as they become 'new creatures' in Jesus Christ. The soul which is the seat of the will, mind and emotions does not get converted but needs to be renewed on a daily basis through the recommended Christian disciplines such as prayer and reading the Bible. In Islam, Muslims are viewed as having their own spirits, but one that in a sense is one with God's spirit. For Spengler, the perception of unity this idea led to was important for the emergence of the "consensus" that maintained harmony in Islamic culture, especially during the Golden Age of Islam. 

Selected and edited from Wikipedia

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2040 hours.   This list from above will serve as my working definition of The Human Spirit within the context of this blog.

1. The human spirit is a component of human philosophy, psychology, art, and knowledge - the spiritual or mental part of humanity.

2. The human spirit includes our intellect, emotions, fears, passions, and creativity.

3. [The] human spirit is considered to be the mental functions of awareness, insight, understanding, judgement and other reasoning powers. 

4. It is distinguished from the separate component of psyche which comprises the entities of emotion, images, memory and personality. 

5. [John Teske] views human spirit as a social construct representing the qualities of purpose and meaning which transcend the individual human.

6. The human spirit can be seen as the heavenly component of human's non material makeup - the part that is impersonal or universal.

7. The human spirit is the 'real person', the very core of a person's being, the essential seat of his existence.

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       Duly acknowledged. Number 7 above is bothering you because you do not believe it is possible for a living person to truly 'know himself' because of unconsciousness and other factors. Factors that cannot be fully known or taken into account, particularly during rushed decision making. - Amorella

       2053 hours. I think Socrates' uses of the quotation "Know Thyself" in the framework of a cynical bit of dark humor whether he did or not. Most anytime I sense an irony at work I smile and think, "Who says G-D does not have a sense of humor?" Life embellishes humor. Life may even embellish G-D or the Lack of G-D. Either way, humor exists.

       In here, in this blog, you have free will. You are entitled to use it even if it is not a necessity. - Amorella

       2101 hours. Is this a natural rule, to have free will?

       This is our blog. I am setting perimeters, just as you are. Post. - Amorella