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I am the soul, I am the body.
I am the soul when I claim God as my own.
I am the body when I claim myself as my own.

- Sri Chinmoy

Excerpt from: Fortune Philosophy

Question: I never meditate consciously on my soul; I only meditate on the Supreme. Is this a mistake?Sri Chinmoy: There is nothing wrong if you concentrate on the Supreme! Perhaps the Supreme is a little higher than your soul.

How many people on a daily basis even think of their soul, let alone feel its existence, which is infinitely more difficult? Many people enter into a temple or church, but how many give importance to the altar? Some come to work there and others may move around everywhere in the temple, but how many of them even look at the shrine? The body is our temple and inside the body is our soul, the shrine. But we do not pay any attention to the soul. Most of my students, not to speak of other human beings, are not aware of their souls or consciously thinking of their souls even for one second in the day. Yet the soul is our most precious inner wealth; it is the most precious inner wealth of our body, vital, mind and heart.

- Sri Chinmoy

From: Sri Chinmoy Answers