"Being spiritual is simply acknowledging that the body is more than squishy flesh and contains a soul or spirit if you will. That being said, the spirit is connected in some form (usually religion tries to put specifics here) to the rest of the living universe."

Yeah, I understand that, but don't accept it. No offense, just my personal belief.

There's no evidence that the mind -- our consciousness -- is anything other than a manifestation of the physical brain. Physical injury to the brain results in injury or loss of the mind. No one has ever measured or documented a soul or spirit; people only have the subjective impression that such may exist.

It's nice to think there might be something more -- and I'm not ruling out that there might be -- but I learned a long time ago that wanting something to be true is not the same thing as it's being true.