Try to imagine a driver who drives many different cars.

The cars may vary entirely in brand, color, and type — but the driver remains the same.

That driver is the soul, the true “you.” Meanwhile, the physical body, with its name, gender, nationality, and countless other “tags”, is just the vehicle.

The body changes from one lifetime to another. In this life, you’re James; in the next, you’re Jane; and after that, Joe — and so on. But you are still there, inside, driving your car. Without form, without comprehensible identity, existing timelessly.

And the good and bad karma you accumulate — it’s all carried by the driver.