The spirit & the soul
SPIRIT & SOUL
Perhaps see the earlier webpage: The two meanings of the word ‘spirit’.,,,,, In the Bible, the word ‘spirit’ has two meanings: 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Spirit(ghost) . . . the eternal quality of your body & brain. Spirit(core) . . . . the inner you. This webpage is about the spirit(core), the inner you.
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An operation on, illness of, or damage to, the brain affects any human thought, feeling, or activity, you care to mention. Therefore all thoughts, feelings, & activities, are caused by only the brain (i.e. axons, dendrites & synapses).
Functionally speaking: Your spirit(core) is: your central area, the inner you, the real you. Your soul is: your outer area, the outer you, the not quite you.
HUMAN BRAIN spirit(core) soul
		spirit(core) = core of brain soul = outer area of brain = mind + emotions + cultures. The mind and the emotions are vital. But cultures are not vital. , , Hence, in text & diagrams, I often omit cultures.
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The spirit(core) and the soul can each function independently of one another. Heb c4 v12 Your spirit(core) functions on its own: when you are, say, praying in tongues, with eyes shut, focussed entirely on someone’s miraculous need, with your mind switched off. Your soul functions on its own: when you are, say, very involved in an earthly activity that doesn’t even properly involve people.
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		ABOUT CULTURES
The mind and the emotions are vital. But cultures are not vital. Hence, in text & diagrams, I often omit cultures. Functionally speaking: a culture (or more probably a number of cultures), the outer layer of the soul.
HUMAN BRAIN spirit(core) soul culture
If a number of people each have only one culture and it’s the same culture then that culture makes them all seem alike, even look alike. Making all its members seem alike reduces variety, something God dislikes. (God is constructive, and so likes variety). But the constructive aspects of such a culture would more than make up for that homogenising effect.
A human’s layer of cultures begins at zero thickness then grows: The first culture is usually: play, child discipline, followed by: the moral disciplines of adulthood along with many other, non-moral, cultures.
Your layer of cultures may grow quite thick: Each culture may grow or shrink. More cultures may yet be added, or taken away.
As a child: Cultures are usually imposed on you. As an adult: You’re more free to discard/reduce cultures &/or add/increase cultures. You may even invent a culture.
Some cultures (age, race, etc) you may be stuck with. Some cultures (music, pastimes, etc) you can add, change, or discard. Here, in no particular order, are some examples of cultures: age race music gender vocation pastimes nationality social class income level chosen religion ability/disability inherited religion clothes & fashion sexual orientation being a parent or not educational standard national characteristics worldliness, or lack of it, marriage/relationship or single etc.
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