The Over-self (Atma or Atman,) is the innermost core of our personality, our divine essence. Upon this center of consciousness, like clothes on a coat hanger, are built the outer layers of personality, which can obscure this inner core to such an extent that it becomes unrecognizable to the observer. People, unaware of this inner core, live in a false self-identification, mistakenly identifying themselves with their body, emotions or thoughts. Because the latter will be different for each person, they think they are different, nicer, better than others. This is true, if we consider the personality traits, but it is not true from the perspective of those who see the inner core. For they know that the divine self ...