The individual soul and Supersoul are compared to two birds which reside in the same tree. One of them (jiva-atma) is eating the fruits of the tree, while the other (param-atma) is just witnessing the activities of his friend. The witness is the Lord, and the fruit-eater is the living entity. The fruit-eater (living entity) which is overcome by Both of you have asked many questions on the Nature Of Atma (Soul). Firstly, Atma (Soul) is a spark from the Supreme Lord Krishna who is the Paramatma, and it has no feeling for itself, but, it makes the senses to feel something. Atma (Soul) can be perfectly compared to electricity. REPLY: Let us discuss in detail about Athma (Soul) and Paramathma (Supersoul) in this Post. After reading, you can understand how the mayavadic concept of "Athma (Soul) and Paramathma (Supersoul) are the same" is baseless and false. Updated on June 29, 2019 The atman is variously translated into English as the eternal self, spirit, essence, soul, or breath. It is the true self as opposed to the ego; that aspect of the self which transmigrates after death or becomes part of Brahman (the force underlying all things). Purusha is more narrowly focused on the distinction between the observer and the observed, while Atman is more broadly focused on the identity between the individual self and ultimate reality. However, both concepts ultimately point towards the same realization of liberation and recognizing the ultimate truth. There is no distinction or duality between God and the soul except in our perception. God and the soul are one and the same. There is nothing like a soul separating itself from God and then entering the body as a separate entity. The soul has never been separated from God and would never be. mgC7.

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