The traditional diagram for this triad is an equilateral triangle with one of the components at each vertex. This allows us to see how each mediates the opposing pair. Spirit gives mind and body transcendent motivation. Mind is the facilitator of the dialogue between the physical and the ethereal. Body grounds spirit and mind in the material world.
In contemporary secular and material society, the vertex of spirit has been largely lopped off. This means that body and mind can easily appear as opposing forces in a black and white duality. The human is seen as at odds with his/her own self, fragmented and not capable of integration. The spirit, always present, has trouble finding a home. It becomes distorted into fundamentalism, sect hatred and rigid forms into which it expects human behavior to fit.
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