Spirit edified

If we acknowledge the propensity of humans to refer to the presence of spirit as evidence of the presence of at least a mystery, we are open to an examination of spirit function and manifestation in life and community for the purposes of describing its possible origin. To find a vantage point as regards some manifestation which reveals the function of spirit, we will approach the subject from two directions, in order, the individual’s perseverance and the group’s congeniality.

As has been noted in other papers and demonstrated via the life process played out in the real world, individual living things have a great inclination to survive, and work very hard to do so. As was noted earlier in this paper, in order for an individual to survive, it must first satisfy its physical nurture and security needs. This trait of individual life to focus on feeding can be observed especially at feeding time in large groups of young mammals. They squirm and grunt and learn to growl and fight and snuggle determinedly, even single mindedly, ever closer to the teat where succor is found. The sight could hardly be described as sharing or friendly until all mouths are aligned with their own spigot of nourishment. So it would seem that a force has drawn even blind, traumatized, insensitive, inexperienced units into contact with the nurture source, the very thing that they need. Depending upon physical endowment of strength and quickness and determination, a youngster will successfully find that resource for which it yearns and grow, or become runted and possibly die. To state the obvious a spirit of survival drives these individuals as much as any physical sensory stimulated response, for these early infants could not know from experience where nor what is needed.

Part of survival even of the individual is regeneration. Regeneration requires community formulation of at least 2=>3. The successful construction of this formula in communal terms then guarantees at least one more generation of the gene pool, perhaps as valuable a pay load to present downstream as we can carry. When the gene pool is regenerated then community is given a chance at continuance. But why would the singular individual feel drawn to community? Raising the standard definition of 'resource for need fulfillment’ to better describe the traditionally accepted understanding of people interactions, though the detail would be daunting, even overwhelming for this article, we can better observe that humans have at their core an engrained selfishness which can be overcome, evidenced by their ability to develop acquaintance, comradery, alliance, friendship, partnership and marriage. Marriage, then, yielding children and the beginning of extended family, is that regeneration of the gene pool which accomplishes the 'successful community'. Although I am unable to set myself outside this petri dish and make absolutely unaffected assumptions and conclusions, it is logical to believe that there must be some outside force influencing the behavior of selfish, obstinate individuals to do things, which, at least on cursory glance, and to 'a priori’ thought by those individuals, would seem counterproductive to the self so involved. It is in hindsight that the community is seen as beneficial, and often for reasons unfathomable to a purely materialistic mind set. Spirit is able to goad us into action whereby we are made, if not more obviously complete, at least more comprehensive through time. The effect then of this comprehension is more life. If the assumption from evidence found in the behaviours of young is accepted as indicating a selfish person, then from whence do the selfless characteristics issue that are required to rear selfish young to selfless maturity?
Mustn't it be from outside ourselves?