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Ghazali_Letters_To_Statemen, page : 11
As all separate intelligence, so all individual souls are embraced by the universal soul.
They are all the same, because all are offshoots of the same universal soul, yet distinct
in individuals.
Bodies are formed by nature, the world-spirit which through energy is the direct cause of
shape, bulk quantity and quality of matter. Nature is the sum-total of all energies in the
world and assumes various forms made active by the reflection of the Real. The soul is
not in the body but the body is in the soul. Man's real ego is pure, without motion or
consciousness of the worldly objects, never separated from its higher self and remains
a faded form of the universal Soul. The Supreme Being, formless, attributeless, above
goodness, above life, above thought, motionless, nether increasing nor decreasing is
yet the true source of all existence. He shines everywhere and every thing is the
reflection of Him. The distinction is caused by the successive stages of reflection and
every lower state is comparatively a weak reflection turning to its higher for illumination.
There is a divine ground in the human soul through which there can be a birth into
newness of life and a direct partaking of eternity. The spiritual goal of life is the feeling
They are all the same, because all are offshoots of the same universal soul, yet distinct
in individuals.
Bodies are formed by nature, the world-spirit which through energy is the direct cause of
shape, bulk quantity and quality of matter. Nature is the sum-total of all energies in the
world and assumes various forms made active by the reflection of the Real. The soul is
not in the body but the body is in the soul. Man's real ego is pure, without motion or
consciousness of the worldly objects, never separated from its higher self and remains
a faded form of the universal Soul. The Supreme Being, formless, attributeless, above
goodness, above life, above thought, motionless, nether increasing nor decreasing is
yet the true source of all existence. He shines everywhere and every thing is the
reflection of Him. The distinction is caused by the successive stages of reflection and
every lower state is comparatively a weak reflection turning to its higher for illumination.
There is a divine ground in the human soul through which there can be a birth into
newness of life and a direct partaking of eternity. The spiritual goal of life is the feeling