The Wall of Separation...

Our limited self is a wall separating us from the Self of God.

Bowl of Saki, by Hazrat Inayat Khan

Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan:

In order to reach spiritual perfection the first thing is to destroy this false
self. First this delusion must be destroyed. And this is done by the ways taught
by the great teachers, ways of concentration and meditation, by the power of
which one forgets oneself and removes one's consciousness from oneself, in other
words rises from one's limited being. In this way a person effaces himself from
his own consciousness, and places God in his consciousness instead of his
limited self. And it is in this way that he arrives at that perfection which
every soul is seeking.

Real justice cannot be perceived until the veil of selfishness has been removed
from his eyes. The least spark of selfishness will prevent man from being just;
he will continue to have a partial interest, because he will be looking after
his own interest. Whatever furthers his own interests, he will call his right
and his justice.

The prophets and the holy ones have all recognized the justice of God as the
only real justice. What is the nature of the justice of God? It cannot be read
in scripture; it cannot be learned from a book; it can only be learned from the
Self within after selfishness has been removed. Our limited self is like a wall
separating us from the Self of God. God is as far away from us as that wall is
thick.