What is it that makes the soul an individual, distinct thing, separate from God, the Whole Consciousness? I will say: two things, its activity, and the shadows fallen upon it. The activity in one part of the consciousness makes that part project itself forward towards manifestation, and when it has gone forward, the shadows of the two worlds falling upon it, make it a separate being. If not, we should know all, what is going on in the war, what is happening in India. But the soul is occupied with the shadows, it sees only the shadows and therefore we know that "I am cold," "I am uncomfortable," we do not know when another is uncomfortable.