There is no such thing as an individual Soul.+

There is no such thing as an individual Soul. The Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness pervades in everything and everywhere in all three states. The three states are the product of ignorance.

From the standpoint of the Soul, the ‘Self’-there is no ignorance; therefore, the three states are non-existent. Only from the dualistic perspective, one can speak of the individual Soul and the universe. On the non-dualistic perspective, there is no second thing that exists other than the Soul or the consciousness.

What is it that becomes the waking? What is that becomes the deep sleep? What is that becomes the dream?

It is the Soul, which is present in the form of the consciousness that appears as waking or dream (duality) and disappears as deep sleep ( nonduality).

Thus, there is no second thing that exists other than the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. 

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The Soul is not different from the universe because the universe is merely an illusion created out of the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. Only in ignorance, there is diversity or separation. In reality, diversity or separation has no place. 

Chandogya Upanishad:~ One who meditates upon and realizes the 'Self' discovers that everything in the cosmos-- energy and space, fire and water, name and form, birth and death, mind and will, word and deed, mantram and meditation--all come from the Self. 

Man and his senses and his experience of the world are a reality within the waking experience. The dream man and his senses and the dream world are a reality within the dream. The dream becomes unreal when waking takes place. Similarly, the waking also becomes unreal when you realize the fact that, the ‘Self’ is not you, but the ‘Self ‘is Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. 

Thus, the theory of Prana Shakti or energy is based on the false self (waking entity) is imagery. When the body, ego, and the world are created out of a single clay and that single clay is consciousness then there is no second thing that exists other than consciousness. Consciousness powers the whole universe there is no second energy other than consciousness. 

Everything is consciousness. Remember, the world in which you exist is nothing but consciousness. 

If the Soul, the Self is non-dual then the question of inward and outward does not arise, because in Self –awareness the body, ego, and the world are nothing but consciousness because they are a mere mirage created out of consciousness. Thus, all these yogic theories hold no water on the standpoint of the  Soul, the   Self. 

Brihadaranyaka Upanishad: ~ A wise man, having realized Brahman as his Self, should keep his higher intuitive faculty (prajna) united with Brahman (consciousness). He should not oppress his mind with many words, for they are a mere waste of energy. 

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There are no individual Souls.

The Soul is not an individual. The Soul is present in the form of consciousness. The Soul is a formless, timeless, and spaceless existence. The Soul is the cause of the universe which contains the whole of humanity. Thus, limiting the Soul to an individual is erroneous.

Sage Sankara asks his opponents: "How do you know there are separate individual Souls? Have you seen the Soul of a man? You can only say that you have seen different bodies. To say more is to misuse language. Therefore, I call you liars unless you give proof, which is impossible.

The Soul, the innermost ‘Self’ is in the form of the consciousness without the division of form, time, and space. The form, time, and space are merely an illusion created out of consciousness. 

The Soul, the ‘Self’, is the fullness of consciousness. In the cloud there is nothing other than the water, so too consciousness is nothing other than itself. Consciousness is absolute without a second.

The moon reflecting on the water and appearing as many, the ‘Self’ is just like the reflection of the moon on the water which increases with the volume of water and decreases with its reduction, which moves when the water moves, and which differs as the water differs.

The moon seems to conform to the characteristics of water, but in reality, the moon never has these increasing or decreasing qualities. So also, from the highest point of view, the consciousness always retains its sameness; it seems to conform to such characteristics as an increase and decrease of the limiting adjunct, owing to its entry into such an adjunct as a universe.

The thread is drawn from cotton and is woven into cloth. But the reality of cotton is in both of these forms, viz., thread and cloth. Similarly, the projections of names and forms of this material universe on the consciousness do not alter the nature of consciousness. It remains as it is without any change. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar