How are Dark Mtter and Consciousness different from Spirit?

[robvalue]

Hmm...

I don't even know what something that was "non-physical" could possibly be. How does that work? It just sounds like "doesn't exist". I agree that it is very tempting to try and put consciousness, emotions and so on down to something mystical. It does "feel" like there's some sort of distinction between "me" and my brain. But I suspect this is an internal illusion.

Of course I'm not saying things can't be non-physical, but I don't understand what is even being proposed. What other method of existence is there? Is it supposed to be in a separate reality, maybe? So that it's not so much non-physical as it is untouchable?

Or... it exists abstractly? Like, consciousness is supposed to be an emergenct process. But existing abstractly sounds suspiciously like not literally existing.

I'm not pretending to understand consciousness. I have an extremely weak grasp at best, even via my own direct experience of it.