The more conscious we are of the light within, the more aware we become of the reality of life itself. True life is much more than existence, however aware and self-directed, though it is that also. True life is intense awareness of our existence. When expressed outwardly, it manifests as enthusiasm, whereas a merely aware existence manifests only as apathy, half-hearted reactions, or indifference. When experienced in the inner Self, life reveals itself as divine joy and bliss.
Divine consciousness is the true life which enlightens human minds.
That consciousness is only dimly manifested in people of little spiritual awareness. Nevertheless, God's presence is in them also, for it is everywhere. Theologians err in their claim that only human beings have souls. Everything even things that, to human perception, seem inanimate has a soul, at least in the inchoate sense of being a dim manifestation of divine consciousness. The divine presence is not, however, manifested equally in all things.