Whole lotta soul

What is the soul? And can you encounter it? Let's proceed from what we know to what we are about to discover.
The part of you that you encounter in this life is a constant vortex of change, a shimmering shard of consciousness gliding through the world. At any moment in time it exhibits only some aspects of you.
Even looking at this life as a whole, it still manifests only a part of the totality that is you. However big you are currently being, you are only being a slice of the bigger cake.
You may regard the soul as being that part of you that has not incarnated into this life, or for that matter into any other life. It stands above the you who you are routinely experiencing. It knows you in this life, it knows you always. Now, here's the thing: you can get to know it. It's ready, what has to be present for you to be ready? And that's OK.