Sankaracarya's Vivekachudamani 562

प्रज्ञानघन इत्यात्मलक्षणं सत्यसूचकम् ।

अनूद्यौपाधिकस्यैव कथयन्ति विनाशनम् ॥

prajñānaghana ityātmalakṣaṇaṃ satyasūcakam |

anūdyaupādhikasyaiva kathayanti vināśanam ||

(Sankaracarya's Vivekachudamani 562)

"The embodiment of consciousness"---in these words the scriptures indicate the true nature of the Self. Having established its Reality, the scriptures speak of the destruction of apparent conditioning only.

All our Vedic scriptures are clearly explaining that our body is destructible but the soul remains forever. The soul is the embodiment of consciousness. The body is not a reality but we are keep on forgetting that the soul is the ultimate reality.