Our Soul Poem by Ravinder Kumar Soni

Often I ask -
Why do people talk about hurting their own or other souls?
Why do they speak about the sadness of their souls?
They forget that
A small part of the Universal Soul is within each of us
In all its completeness as the Individual Soul
And unlike the Mind, it does not feed on human emotions.
It makes us live.
A living body is not flesh placed on the bones and a mind.
No one other than the soul can make it breathe and act.

Those in the know of truth tell us that
We laugh, weep or fear due to our mind,
The soul is fearless; it does not laugh or weep;
The mind creates a separate identity and individuality for us,
Not the soul.
There will always be those who live in the fear of losing their soul,
However, the soul is not a loosely attached appendage.
The soul neither gives nor demands anything,
It remains a witness to the activity of the mind and body
In which activities it does not participate.

And I know
When the soul departs, it leaves the body,
Death of the body ensues.
Of course, the soul does not die,
Depending upon the merits gained
It either merges with the Universal Soul
Or finds another body as its home
To restart the experience of living for that body.
The individual soul does not share any reward or punishment
With any person;
Incorporeal this essential self is devoid of any identity
It is virtually indescribable.
This then, in brief, is our soul.