“It’s Hindu philosophy found in the Upanishads, which are ancient Sanskrit texts. The body is not our real essence. Atman is our real essence. Atman is the soul, the true essence of each living thing. Brahman is the world, or cosmic soul. You and I, we’re both Atman and Brahman. It’s like this. Imagine you and I are molecules of water in the ocean. For a moment, as waves crash together, we splash through the air. That moment is our life here on earth. But then that molecule returns to the whole, the ocean, to Brahman.”
