The Journey of the Atman

 In Hinduism, the Atman, or soul, is one’s eternal Self. The Atman resides in all living creatures, the Atman itself gives the materialistic body life. The Atman is all-knowing; it comes from the supreme God, Brahman. Thus, it is essentially a part of the supreme soul, God. One can say that God resides in oneself because all souls converge with Him, the supreme soul, and power. The soul is the basis of every living creature, everything will cease to exist if there are no souls. The Atman travels through different forms or bodies after death, the removal of the soul from the body. The soul learns and matures after each life; it provides knowledge to the body. A person finds it hard to feel the essence of the soul in the body due to the hindrance of bodily desires, emotions, and ego. Finding the soul in oneself is very difficult, especially in today’s age, the Kali Yuga, which is the Dark Age. It is the last stage of the four stages of the world, the Satya Yuga, the Treta Yuga, the Dvapara Yuga, and the Kali Yuga. The Kali Yuga is the stage where evil is extremely prominent, and the only way to have a pure soul is by becoming a dharmic, or righteous, person.