“The picture of God and of souls is that of the sun and its rays. The rays are not different from the sun; the sun is not different from the rays. Yet there is one sun and many rays. The rays have no existence of their own; they are only an action of the sun. They are not separate from the sun, and yet the rays appear to be many different rays. The one sun gives the idea of one center. So it is with God and man. What is God? The Spirit which projects different rays; and each ray is a soul. Therefore the breath is that current which is a ray, a ray which comes from that Sun which is the spirit of God. And this ray is the sign of life. What is the body? The body is only a cover over this ray. When this ray has withdrawn itself from this cover, the body becomes a corpse.” Sufi WisdomThe SoulSufi GnosisHazrat Inayat KhanThe Heart Of SufismThe One SpiritThe Spirit Of God Book:The Heart of Sufism: Essential Writings of Hazrat Inayat Khan Source: The Heart of Sufism: Essential Writings of Hazrat Inayat Khan