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A model showing the communal nature of spirit might be as follows. God is love (love is commitment), and all of creation is necessarily derived from love. Outside of God, this love is created love and may be corrupted by sin.
All of creation is derived from God’s created and perfect love, but having this common and sustaining origin of created love, the parts affect the whole, which then affect the parts.
