Spiritual Nature of Consciousness

Abstract

We explore the spirit, its relation to the body and soul, and its relation to consciousness. We posit that the spirit descends from transcendent primordial consciousness, preexists its human vessel, and emanates from that vessel. Although spiritual consciousness may emerge neurologically, primordial consciousness engenders the process that generates, shapes, and evolves the spirit. We suggest that spirit resides in the mesostratum as a signal reception, processing, transmission, and storage modality. Concurrently, we argue that primordial consciousness generates the life cycles and interacting spiritual networks from which shared spiritual consciousness emerges. We attempt to demystify the nature of spirit, perceiving spiritual messages and apparitions, visiting spiritual worlds, and accessing transcendent realities - with illustrative examples.