How to attain the exalted state of ahsan taqwim, of becoming the total of all the divine names and qualities and to rise to the stature of al-insan al-kamil? Sufi mystic Abu Yazid Bistami explained that a seeker could attain to lofty spiritual heights in meditation through fana.
As soon as an individual emerges from the state of deep sleep, ego arises spontaneously and along with it the gross, physical universe becomes manifest with its concomitant joys and sorrows. 'I am the body' thought is experienced in the dream state as well but in the dream state the 'i' (ego) identifies itself with the astral body and the universe is perceived at an astral level.
http://newageislam.com/fana--when-the-ego-gets-annihilated/islam-and-spiritualism/d/741
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