who and what we are. But what is spirit? Discussing psychotherapy as spiritual inquiry presupposes that we have clear meanings for spirit and spiritual inquiry and recognize the place and usefulness of intensive psychotherapy in the process of spiritual inquiry. The words spirit and spiritual come from the Latin spiritus and are related to the Greek pneuma, the Sanskrit prana, and the Hebrew ruach. All of these words refer to air or breath and denote something vital and dynamic, more subtle than thought, as powerful as wind, as close to living creatures as their breath. The word spirit points to the limitless being and unconditioned awareness that transcends all physical and mental structures, yet permeates all. Being and awareness are said in many traditions to be our true, unconditioned nature. Spirit is also symbolized by fire, which apparently speaks to and through people. God spoke to Moses in the form of a burning bush (Exodus 19:18). The Holy Spirit reportedly