[Shivani Devi]

Originally Posted by davidsun

But I think 'spirit' is, or at least the actions of 'spiirit' are magical - as implicit in:

"Not that which the eye can see, but that whereby the eye can see: know that to be Brahman the eternal, and not what [most] people here adore;
Not that which the ear can hear, but that whereby the ear can hear: know that to be Brahman the eternal, and not what [most] people here adore;
Not that which speech can illuminate, but that by which speech can be illuminated: know that to be Brahman the eternal, and not what [most] people here adore;
Not that which the mind can think, but that whereby the mind can think: know that to be Brahman the eternal, and not what [most] people here adore."

Though, of course, as in AI, magic can be 'faked'!

I take my hat off to you, quoting the Kena Upanishad back at me in reply.