Does a change, such as purification, during the lifetime, change the soul?

It is the same soul. Previously it accepted ignorance, but now, throwing away the veil of ignorance, it comes closer to its own divine plenitude and divine manifestation.

From:Sri Chinmoy,Yoga and the spiritual life. The journey of India's Soul., Tower Publications, Inc., New York, 1971
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