Question: When a soul goes back to Goloka, will the soul get a body there which is different from itself OR will the soul manifest a body non-different from itself as per the role to be played by soul – Gopa, Gopi, cow, tree etc.?
Answer by Romapada Swami:
The spiritual body (or spirit soul) is described as being situated in the region of the heart and is covered by the subtle and gross material coverings. Prabhupada compares this to a man wearing a shirt and coat. It is the spirit soul (or spiritual body) which is activating the material body, just as when the man’s hands move, the arms of coat also move. In other words, the spiritual body is already present, but covered and existing in a dormant state. In this way, spiritual form is already there, simply awaiting the mature stage to develop.
