The next question is what is soul? To know the answer we need to delve into the powers of God. God, as we know is the power house of infinite powers. There are three main powers

1. Superior or internal power called as Paraa Shakti.2. Inferior or external power called as Maya Shakti3. Neutral power called as Jeev Shakti.

Inner power is all-knowing, all-powerful, filled with vitality and full of eternal and infinite bliss. There are minute elements of this power which are known as self-elements. Being elements of inter power they too are all-knowing, all-powerful, filled with vitality and full of eternal and infinite bliss. These are various Gods and Goddesses like Brahma, Shankar, Vishnu, Laxmi, Parwati, Durga, Kali and so on. Krishn is God himself while other Gods are his elements.Soul that we are discussing is a minute element of neutral power and hence it is termed as differential-element. They are characterized by vitality but not by other attributes like eternal bliss, infinite knowledge. It is neither inclined to the superior power nor to the inferior power. In such scenario, soul can be overpowered by the superior power or the inferior power.

Hence there three categories of souls. First are those who are full of eternal bliss from time infinite because they are overpowered and controlled by superior power. Second class of souls are all those who are under the spell of inferior power and hence are suffering through infinite cycles of death and birth because these souls are overpowered by and controlled by the inferior power. Out of these, many souls got rid of the inferior power (Maya) through proper procedure of purification of heart.