This is taken from The Sufi Message of Hazrat Inayat Khan: The Sufi Teachings
found here:
https://books.google.com/books?isbn=161310667X"
does the sufi seek the presence of god? does he depend upon the meditation of any prophet or master? to this also the answer is no. he does not seek the presence of god, because where there is a presence there is duality, and his aim is unity. in unity there can be no presence. he does not seek to attach himself to any master for ever.
he has no wish to go to heaven, because he sees that heaven is everywhere.
once imagination has helped a man to bring the presence of god before him, god is awakened in his own heart. then before he utters a word it is heard by god; when he is praying in a room, he is not alone: he is there with god. to him god is not in the highest heaven, but beside him, before him, in him; then heaven is on earth and earth is heaven; then no one is as living to him as god, as intelligible to him as god, and the names and forms before his consciousness are all covered by him. then every word of prayer he utters is a living word.
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