antennae

Human minds behave much like antennas: they receive signals generated from somewhere. We call these signals ethos/zeitgeist/worldview/memes. We have many terms to connote how ideas are spread throughout societies, social groups, families, etc. In a way, these are like the candles of Hinduism (which sees souls and identities as small passing and changing fires). An idea, or what could be called a "spirit" (like the spirit of Elijah, that's the spirit, the spirit of Christmas) passes from one person to another. If you go to a completely foreign environment you will find that it is necessary to radically change your antenna to get a linguistic, a psychological, a sociological, and a spiritual grasp of how things are around you (these are all realms of the mind). We can surmise how people think to a small extent by their language, but even more so by an unconscious recognition of patterns in how lives are lived. Societies have a distinct spirit, groups of all kinds have a distinct spirit, social settings and events have a distinct spirit, and people have a distinct spirit. I'm not a trichotomist in the normal sense, but I would like to make the distinction here that I am not talking about "souls."
Now if all people are receivers (or conductors) of a signal, what are the sources of these signals? I think that this is could be a very strong case for a spiritual world. It is necessary for all signals to have a source. These signals come from the unseen, unconscious spiritual world, wherein there are many [capital S] Spirits (in the sense of living beings who generate lower case spirits) which have a very significant sway over events in time and history.
The best thing for the world is the Holy Spirit, which is the true wavelength of God and is a deeply personal being, and spells ultimate true peace and love for all living beings.

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