{"id":282,"date":"2026-06-24T04:01:36","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T04:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/selfrealizationmantra.com\/?p=282"},"modified":"2026-06-24T04:01:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T04:01:36","slug":"is-the-iself-the-same-as-the-soul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/selfrealizationmantra.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/24\/is-the-iself-the-same-as-the-soul\/","title":{"rendered":"Is the Iself the Same as the Soul?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"687\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/selfrealizationmantra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-15-687x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-284\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.6709031513595215;width:434px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/selfrealizationmantra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-15-687x1024.png 687w, https:\/\/selfrealizationmantra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-15-201x300.png 201w, https:\/\/selfrealizationmantra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-15-768x1144.png 768w, https:\/\/selfrealizationmantra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-15.png 784w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 687px) 100vw, 687px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Iself is the individual focal point of conscious awareness \u2014 the \u201cI\u201d you refer to when you say, \u201cI am here.\u201d It is the center of attention from which you experience life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Someone recently asked me: \u201cIs the Iself the same as the soul? And does it reincarnate?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My honest answer is: I don\u2019t know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Self Realization Mantra is not a religion, a doctrine, or a belief system. It is a spiritual awakening technology. Because of this, it does not make claims about souls, reincarnation, karma, or what happens after death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most religions and spiritual traditions claim to have all the answers. I\u2019m not making that claim. I simply have a spiritual awakening technology that helps people become self realized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Iself, as I\u2019ve experienced it, is this present-moment center of awareness. Whether this awareness is the same thing people call a soul, or whether it reincarnates after the body dies\u2026 I honestly don\u2019t know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It simply hasn\u2019t been revealed to me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Iself is the individual focal point of conscious awareness \u2014 the \u201cI\u201d you refer to when you say, \u201cI am here.\u201d It is the center of attention from which you experience life. Someone recently asked me: \u201cIs the Iself the same as the soul? And does it reincarnate?\u201d My honest answer is: I don\u2019t [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/selfrealizationmantra.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/selfrealizationmantra.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/selfrealizationmantra.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selfrealizationmantra.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selfrealizationmantra.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=282"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/selfrealizationmantra.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":285,"href":"https:\/\/selfrealizationmantra.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282\/revisions\/285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/selfrealizationmantra.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selfrealizationmantra.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selfrealizationmantra.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}