Perhaps you experience spirit as changing rather than always staying the same. If so, it can be helpful to name the different conditions of spirit we experience and perceive.
Again, start with your own spirit. Attend to it. Take note of how it changes and name the different conditions into which it changes.
Are you more spirited at some times than at others?
Are you less spirited at some times than at others?
Are there times when your spirit seems contracted within you or expanded beyond the boundary of your skin?
Does your spirit take on different hues? Is it darker or brighter at times?
Do you ever feel that your spirit is spent?
Are there times when it feels exceptionally strong?
Has you ever been wounded in your spirit?
Has your spirit ever been broken?
Take note of the above and any other conditions of your own spirit that you notice.
After you spend some time attending to the different conditions of your own spirit, spend some time attending to the differences in the spirits of others.
Include in your observations more than other humans with whom you relate. Include animals, plants, rocks, and all of the other things that you found to be spirited in the previous exercises in Part 2.
Create your initial list of all of the conditions of spirit that you identified and named. Also, if needed after naming different conditions of spirit, revise your definition of spirit.
You have become a well-informed thumonaut.
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