-Removed-With humans, it is all about the brain, but consciousness is the inner subjective experience of what it feels like to see blue or smell petrol or hear Beethoven. Consciousness has baffled and intrigued philosophers for centuries and can not simply be labeled as the natural functioning of the brain. Consciousness 'is' spirit.
-Removed-Oh it's certainly not non-sequiturial. You maintain that you dislike usage of the term 'spiritual' in prosaic contexts. I wondered how you felt about the terms 'soul' and 'spirit'. Do you see now that it is indeed sequiturial? My point is as stated previously. It's a semantic argument. A lively horse is 'spirited'. Language is soft. I find the use of the term 'jealous' where the user in fact is talking of 'envy' to be quite irritating, but in language, usage determines meaning. Nowadays it is considered 'correct' to use the term 'literally' entirely incorrectly. Meanings of words wander.
-Removed-I understand, and even agree somewhat. I recall when I first started to study critical theory how incensing I found the subject because of the seemingly constant stream of terms reapplied to new contexts. It made it very difficult for me to discuss the subject with those whose advice I sought. Actually I'm still a bit ratty about that.