I lack the spirit to try to understand this post.Killing chickens. Breaking eggs.
Double-blind studies show prayer works better than the placebo affect. Maybe not proof but definitely worth considering.Prove the spirit exists.
again it says in the lost gospel(dont remember exact wording); the kingdom of heaven is like a person that is home alone and thinking of his enemy, enraged he picks up his sword and stabs into a slab of wood with his enemy in mind,
after that he goes forth and kills his enemy.
i know the killing part is sortof freaky, but i believe it's meant to be philosophical and symbolic not murderous really...
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"The Tao that can be named is not the eternal tao."
Before heaven and earth were, Tao existed by itself from all time. It gave the spirits and rulers their spiritual powers, and gave Heaven and Earth their birth --the Chuang-tzu
Xue Sheng hits the point on the head.
If we're talking about the typical "trinity" cited in many Asian martial arts, the majority of the discussion of "spirit" in this thread have been completely off the mark.
Indeed, I think the "body, soul/mind, and spirit" trinity is definitely a western concept. Not solely western, but the division can be traced back to the renaissance with regard to martial arts.