What is spirit

What is Spirit? “…Spirit is not come independently of itself. Spirit is the energy of something else; and the energy of that thing which we call, which we say is spirit, doesn’t come to us [that thing in]. I say, if it comes from some place or some other power or some physical being, then let’s just remember, within our own self that we cannot feel the spirit outside of us. Spirit must be within inside of us and when we feel the spirit inside of us, we say that our life is now happy or made spiritually sad or spiritually happy. And if we are spiritually happy, then we can’t say that the spirit came from some external force – it didn’t come from some external force, it came from within us from that which we were thinking about or that which we heard externally…” [“Who Is That Mystery God? – Radio Broadcast by Messenger Elijah Muhammad] “We cannot expect to see that which cannot be seen. A spirit cannot be seen, only felt. It is like electricity. Electricity is a power produced by friction from a substance that has such power (electric) in it produced by the sun and moon upon the earth. It is not seen, but we know what makes it. So it is with God.” [Our Saviour Has Arrived, p. 66] “We know that God exists and is All Wise, All Powerful, and that this QUICKENING POWER called SPIRIT is from Him. But who is this God? A spirit cannot think, but thinking can produce spirit…” (Ibid)