I have a soul and I am a soul. What is the difference?
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I have a soul and I am a soul. What is the difference?
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Hare Krishna,
Looks like you have too many doubts. Let me see how can I help you.
I have a soul :- That means you are the "i" and you have a soul inside you?
As per BG :- According to the Mundaka Upanisad, this atomic soul is situated in the heart of every living entity.
Partially you are right but you are not the body. You have to understand that. The one whom you are claiming as "I" is not the body. Yes as a living entity you have Soul and Supersoul sitting inside the same heart.
If you see in this picture. The car is the body and the owner of the car is the soul.
Your body has the soul but the owner of the body is the soul.
You are just identifying yourself as the body and thinking Body is the owner of the driver/soul. I am owner of this body. Where is this "I' sitting it is sitting in the heart of the body and spreading its consciousness through out the body.
I hope it clears.
Hare Krishna
Thank you for explaining me complex topics in a simple and easy way along with illustrations. Hare krsna.
Hare Krsna
What is the difference?
Consider the below
I have car or I am a car ?
I have a student or I am a student ?
Hare Krsna
If I have car I can use it. If I am the car I must work for someone else.
If I have a student I can train him. If I am student I am being trained by someone else.
Hare Krsna
Excellent.
The fact is we are soul. But we have forgotten it.
Hare Krsna
If I am soul who is using me?