“I agree with that(quoted) more or less.. even though soul and spirit are the same thing..”
Well, it clearly isn’t simply a matter of semantics, I am sure you will agree. The distinctions between soul and spirit or Spirit and Holy Spirit are fundamental to an understanding of who we are and what we were created for. +Gregory Palamas saw the human “spirit” as being a created power which is part of the soul, another created thing. This “spirit” gives life to the body. The “divine spirit” or “Spirit” as used in the comment by Christou and by Palamas is an uncreated divine energy which gives true life to the soul and not a divine essence. The Holy Spirit, on the other hand, is of the essence of the Triune God, which is to say, the Holy Spirit is fully and completely God. We can “participate” in the “divine spirit” but not in the Holy Spirit Himself because,
“Three realities pertain to God: essence, energy, and the triad of divine hypostases. As we have seen, those privileged to be united to God so as to become one spirit with Him - as St. Paul said, ‘He who cleaves to the Lord is one spirit with Him’ (I Cor. 6:17) - are not united to God with respect to His essence, since all theologians testify that with respect to His essence God suffers no participation.
Moreover, the hypostatic union is fulfilled only in the case of the Logos, the God-man.
Thus those privileged to attain union with God are united to Him with respect to His energy; and the ‘spirit’, according to which they who cleave to God are one with Him, is and is called the uncreated energy of the Holy Spirit, but not the essence of God...” +Gregory Palamas
Exactly.. The complete truth of the matter only may be available to supposition.. but hints maybe can be had..
Its that way with metaphors or parables.. you are pointed in a certain direction.. and dared to think about "it"..