another important concept that is integral to the teachings of ausar auset society is that man's entire being is a composite made up of the self and the not-self, as both are required in order to exist in the physical world. an individual's true identity, however, is the self which consists of consciousness and will (not-self consists of energy and matter) as there is no energy or matter in man's true self. since spirit is considered not-self, man's true self cannot be spirit. also, every thought, emotion and sensation belongs to the not-self and generally represents a manifestation of the animal spirit in man. the animal spirit, along with the mental spirit and the divine spirit, represents a triune view of man's being. the divine spirit, which is pre-programmed with divine law, corresponds to man's true self while both the mental spirit (man's intellect and reasoning ability) and the animal spirit correspond to the not-self. therefore, failure to control one's emotions, for example, represents a submission to the animal part of being as well as a waste of one's life force.