Does substance contain spirit?

First of all, standing on the narrow definition of matter, I agree with your thinking.

You understand matter from a normal point of view.

Matter as you understand it is a substance in the narrow sense of the word, a so-called thing that human beings can create. From a narrow point of view, the spirit you said should be contained in matter, such as the spirit of Lei Feng, the spirit of Bethune, which can indeed be created by human beings, the spirit of Lei Feng is not born in nature, but created by the actions of social human beings, after a process, or an event, people have a conceptual summary of these behaviors, called spirit. It can be seen that it is a concept given to things by people.

If human society does not exist, and nature does not know what is called a good thing, the spirit of Lei Feng, the spirit of Bethune, and the spirit of Jiao Yulu will be gone. The spiritual value created is higher than that of ordinary materials. Therefore, we want material wealth and spiritual wealth to work together!

However, you may later come across his philosophical concept: matter, that is, materiality in a broad sense.

Philosophical Concept of Matter:

Matter is an objective existence, not something concrete, such as a table or chair. The substance of philosophy can be regarded as an adjective, that is, it does not depend on the human mind, so everything is material; As a noun, it is an attribute, an immutable attribute. The key word is that matter is an objective reality, not subject to human will.

For example, a very classic example is the law of gravitation, which is material, and this law exists in the world, it is unchangeable and material.

What is often discussed in philosophy is the unity of consciousness and matter, and you can think, is human consciousness and spirit material? The answer is the unity of consciousness and matter, they are not contradictory. Human consciousness exists on top of matter, and without the materiality of the world, there would be no consciousness, which is a materialist point of view.

From the point of view of materialism, your problem is that matter is not created by human beings, spirit is dependent on matter, and the spirit you said is a form of material, for example, doing good deeds is to carry forward the spirit of Lei Feng, in fact, doing good deeds materially means doing one thing, which exists objectively, although this spirit is called the concept of man, but it still cannot be separated from matter to talk about spirit.

Personally, I think it's right, the spiritual world is not independent of the material world, but a part of the material world.

The spirit you are talking about is actually human agency.

Actually, there are some metaphysical points ... Hehe.

Spiritual and material hunger are two aspects of our lives that we all cannot withdraw. Without spiritual support, all material life is meaningless, and without material foundation, all spiritual life will not be too exciting.

I did this multiple-choice question once 20 years ago, and I chose the spirit, maybe it was the high in my bones, maybe I was too confident at the beginning, maybe I was young and energetic, and I always thought that all the material conditions I wanted would have.

Now, if I have another chance to choose, I will choose material, spiritual life is based on material, material life can not be fully satisfied, wandering back to the heart is uneasy, how can we talk about spiritual life?

Engels also said: "People must first eat, drink, live and clothe, and then they can engage in politics, science, art, religion, and so on; Therefore, the production of the direct material means of subsistence, and thus a certain stage of economic development of a nation or an era, constitutes the foundation, from which the people's state system, the views of law, art, and even religion develop. ”

This is true in the big picture, and even more so in the small case of a family.

Moreover, Maslow's hierarchy of needs theory also ranks people's needs in order from physiological needs, safety needs, social needs, respect needs, and self-actualization. In layman's terms, if a person lacks food, security, love, and respect at the same time, then his need for food, that is, material needs, is the strongest, and other needs are less important.

To sum up, I choose to realize my material needs first, and then to realize my spiritual life.

It's strange that people who don't have money pay a lot of attention to spiritual fulfillment. Then it is decided that those who seek material refinement must be empty and bored, and comfort themselves.

People who are spiritually enriched will see that the life of a materially refined person is also very interesting, and the same spiritually fulfilling person will be psychologically unbalanced.

He will nobly think that even if he has money, he will give up material things and pursue the spiritual plane.

How sure he is, I don't know, after all, he has no money. Is it still the most important thing to pursue spiritually when you don't have money? The answer is yes.

First, how good the material is is related to fate and disadvantages, and it is uncontrollable; Second, there is no upper limit to material desires, and the pursuit is endless; the third is the mid-life crisis mentality that material brings you gains and losses; Fourth, a good material life requires a lot of energy to maintain. The most important thing is that the material is uncontrollable, and the spirit is something that you can pursue and control even if you don't have money.

There is no high or low in material and spiritual, life is short, and those who pursue material things and those who pursue spirit choose to choose differently. Is there opposition between a man who is rich in material things and a man who is rich in spirit? Not necessarily, it's just that it's much easier for you to do what you can control at this stage.

I believe that spirit and matter complement each other, are mutually reinforcing, interdependent, indispensable, material is the foundation, and spirit is the driving force. First of all, material is the prerequisite for spirit, material is the foundation, and only material security can provide a strong backing for spirit. The richer the material is developed, the richer the spirit will be enriched with the development of the material, and the material restricts the spirit.

Think about it, if a person can't even solve the problem of food and clothing, how can the spirit be enriched?

It does not mean that without material, a person's spirit will be gone, at least the spirit must have a certain material as a guarantee. To improve a person's spirit, we must first improve a person's material, and the level of a person's material development determines the level of spiritual development, and the degree of material richness determines the degree of spiritual richness. For example, the primitive society, the slave society, and the feudal society could not enjoy the spiritual life of the present society, because the social productivity at that time was low and there was no highly developed material foundation.

A person's spirit provides a powerful spiritual power for matter, and at the same time restricts the development of matter.

When a person's spirit is liberated, he will let go of his hands and feet and vigorously develop material things without shackles, and the degree of spiritual openness restricts the degree of material development. If a person's spirit is not firm and wavering, looking ahead and looking ahead, it is impossible to provide spiritual support and motivation for the material, and how the material can develop can only be abandoned halfway. In short, people live a lifetime, spirit and material are equally important, both must be obtained at the same time, and one cannot be neglected at the expense of the other, spirit and material are interdependent and interdependent, and one is indispensable.