The Individual Soul

The second part is concerned with spirtitual practice, performed inwardly, and directly concerns our consciousness, which is known as soul or the individual soul, by the Vedantists and Sufis, and is a spark of God Himself.

There is a higher consciouness in each of us, but we can be aware of it only after concentrating our consciousness at the eye center. The saints have called this conscious energy the surat or soul. Surat is also another name for attention and when it is combined with consciousness it is soul. It is within us as is the very life and essence of our whole being.

From “My Submission” page 112 by Baba Sawan Singhji