EGO: “Edging God Out” Since sin or turning away from God is an act of the ego, it is important to better understand what the ego actually means. It is believed that the ego (nafs) or the illusionary sense of self is created when the breath of God (ruh) is joined with our mortal body. It is metaphorically said that if the spirit is symbolized by the sun and the body by wet clay, the ego is the translucent steam created when the light of the spirit touches the clay.23 In other words, like a fog that distorts our vision, the ego is a veil between our consciousness and our spirit. The purification
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