The person from whose soul such impulse comes is called the Guru — the teacher; and the person to whose soul the impulse is conveyed is called the Shishya — the student.
To quicken the spirit, the impulse must come from another soul.
When it comes, the higher powers and possibilities of the soul are quickened,spiritual life is awakened, growth is animated, and man becomes holy and perfect in the end.
Every soul is destined to be perfect, and every being, in the end, will attain the state of perfection.
You will find that all recognised religions have these three elements. Some lay more stress on one, some on another.
We are always making this mistake in judging others; we are always inclined to think that our little mental universe is all that is; our ethics, our morality, our sense of duty, our sense of utility, are the only things that are worth having.
While we recognise a God, it is really only the Self which we have separated ourselves from and worship as outside of us; but it is our true Self all the time — the one and only God.
Life and death are only different names for the same fact, the two sides of the one coin. Both are Maya, the inexplicable state of striving at one time to live, and a moment later to die. Beyond this is the true nature, the Atman.
There are yet unreached depths and others where the equilibrium has been regained; but the ripple is always progressing, the struggle to regain the balance is eternal.