Self-conception is provisional in order to deal with the demands of environment and society. Self-conception is articulated using the prefix “I am”. For example, I am good or bad, beautiful or ugly, old or young, white or black, rich or poor, atheist or believer, educated or uneducated, father or mother, eternal or ephemeral, etc. Self is not only provisional but also impermanent. There is no eternal immortal self or spirit of any kind independent of its constituent cause and conditions.

Spirit is a phenomenon emerging from dynamic interaction of its constituent cause and conditions beyond its constituent cause and conditions. Like all phenomenon, spirit is ephemeral and empty, devoid of existence without its constituent cause and conditions.

Spirit is ephemeral and cannot exist independent of it’s constituent cause and conditions. There is nothing eternal or immortal about spirit in life that can remain intact after life beyond disintegration of it’s constituent cause and conditions.

Spirit emerges from the improved constituent cause and conditions. For example, a well-played game is said to have played with the right spirit. Great action is said to have great spirit. Gravity is spirit of planetary system. Electric field is spirit of circulating current. Rainbow is spirit arising due to water droplets and sunrays. Moon in water is spirit arising due to night, calm water and moon.

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