Can the soul be conscious of itself?
Soul is the subject of consciousness and the world around it is the object of consciousness so is the soul conscious of itself? yes when it is the consciousness is reflected through some reflector the soul becomes self-aware just like if i have a mirror in front of me i can see myself but otherwise it's not that i can turn my eyes on myself i can look at myself so the soul is the subject of consciousness the soul is not the object of consciousness the world is the object of consciousness normally the soul cannot perceive itself but when we become so this is talking about the embodied condition this is talking about the conditioned situation it's not talking about a liberated situation when the soul is no longer conditioned by the body the soul's consciousness is no longer attracted towards external material things then the soul can perceive itself krishna says in bhagavad-gita 6.20 to 23 in these four verses he describes the stage of samadhi perfect spiritual realization and that time he says at this stage the chitta the moment of consciousness stops by the steady practice of yoga at that time the soul turns in words and the soul can perceive itself the soul in the conditioned stage at the present stage soul is conscious but it is the subject of consciousness that means it is the person who is being conscious it is at present not the object of consciousness in the liberated stage the soul can become the object of consciousness also when its consciousness is no longer dragged by outer material stimuli then it can become the object of consciousness does it address your question?