It is permanent, for nobody can un-know what he knows, although at times his possessions may be temporarily not available. Once more, unanimous agreement. Few students think of Spirit as a synonym of All-Knowledge. While Spirit cannot be defined, yet, for the hazy and illogical conceptions so often held, more workable and more logical ones can be substituted, if they are not taken as final. Then it will be understood that Spirit is not something apart from any being, since all have some perfect Knowledge.
Students are often baffled and disturbed by an attitude taken by some enquirers.
Here again is an astigmatic perception. I don't know anybody who does know. Therefore nobody knows. Therefore it cannot be known. Such is the implied reasoning behind the unconsciously egotistical position taken.