3.1: The Soul
The soul is the life force within the body. It is the source of consciousness, your very self, which is experiencing the changes of the mind and body. Therefore it is also called the knower of the "field" (i.e. body).
Here is a list of important qualities
- Eternally an individual personality and identity
- Pleasure-seeking by nature
- Sat-cit-ananda (eternal, knowledgable, blissful)
- Transcendental / does not mix with anything
- More powerful than ten thousand suns
- Situated in the heart alongside with the Supersoul
- Always dependent; must take shelter of Krishna or His energy
- An eternal part and parcel of Krishna and therefore has the same qualities as Krishna
- A servant and lover of Krishna
- Controlled by Krishna
- Naturally serves Krishna
- Illuminates the entire body with consciousness, as sun illuminates the solar system.
- Never born and never dies
- Ten-thousandth of the tip of a hair in size
- Unbreakable, insoluble, everlasting, indestructible,
- Unchangeable, invisible, inconceivable and immutable.
- Cannot be cut by any weapon, burned by fire, moistened by water, nor dried by the wind.