I express in half a verse what has been said in scores of books: Brahman is real, the world is phenomenal (unreal) and the soul (Jiva) is none else than Brahman. Sri Sankara
Inner Work
Though Christ a thousand times in Bethlehem be born
and not within thyself, thy soul will be forlorn;
and the cross on Golgotha thou lookest to in vain
unless within thyself it be set up again…
Why we are here.
We are each of us here to build a soul. What we have is the seed, the potential for a soul.
There are no Shortcuts
With patience thou shalt possess thy souls. Jesus