Atman
This word often comes back in Siddhartha. Atman means
spirit: "it is the common denominator of all life and is not the monopoly of any of them. It just is eternal but not immortal entity, because there is no consistent principle in man" , provides an interesting book by Humphreys dedicated to Buddhism.
The soul, therefore, is not rigid but constantly evolving entity.
This concept is well illustrated, I think, in the chapter entitled "The Boatman"
"That's what he saw: this water running, running, always running, yet he was always there, always and at all times was the same, and yet another at all times! "
The interior change, as the water of the river flows continuously, it is often ignored Western man, by contrast, thinks only of running constantly towards a goal that almost always identifies with the work.
Few stop to feed that water, to get them to make deviations, glitches, or to build dams to do it, if necessary, slow down.
The Atman, though not strictly individual affected by a monopoly, needs to be mastered.
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