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Originally Posted by Mark Lapierre  It seems as if what you refer to as spiritual is closer to my understanding of "spirited", i.e., full of energy; animated. And something more, a desire to live, and a joy in life. Or happiness, as ethereal put it. But perhaps I'm just confusing the matter  |
Well, yes, I do kind of think of "spirit" as being something vital, some kind of force animating life. Since people tend to associate spirits with living things, that only makes sense to me. Also consciousness and the mind--people don't tend to ascribe spirits to things that are not aware.