Above Everything, Even The Angels

Mevlana, peace be on him, gives great importance to human beings. He even sees man with the characteristics of God.
Eight hundred years ago, when asked by his close groups how great God was, this is how fearless saint of God replied: "God is as great as man."
When asked: "But, are you telling us that man is the Divine?"
He replied: "Yes. If it weren't for man, God wouldn't have become known; the wonders of God wouldn't have been expressed." How do we come to this belief? God created all things but none of his creation could respond to God before man-kind. Finally, God created man and created himself in man-kind. He surveyed all his work through the eyes of man. He named everything with man's words. He even got his own name from man. He told humans of his wonders and might.
When people can't find God in themselves, they live a life of confusion. We appear in the human form, but are we truly human? The answer lies in our actions. Let's work to become truly human. There is no sacred being other than a person who has found God in him or herself. That person is positioned above everything, even the angels...
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