Atma is your soul, that is that part that moves on, not your consciousness. Your consciousness is sort of asleep as you move thru the process of
death and rebirth only to awaken when you are born again. That's the way it was explained to me. But from my readings I have come to interpret that
there is an "antaratma" and an "atma"
What is the difference between the physical self and the inner self (antaratma), the domain of Atman (the soul within)?
Physical self is the bodily form taken by an Atman (the soul within) whereas antaratma (the inner self) is the Cosmic truth and non-perishable. The
inner self is on its Cosmic journey until full purification of the inner self occurs. Antaratma is a creation of God, the Creator whereas the physical
self is a short-lived ephemeral phase. Antaratma (the Cosmic self) has to pass through numerous life spans for it cannot purify on its own but needs a
body for purification.
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