A Sufi parable
In one of the great court banquets, everyone was seated according to rank, waiting the entry of the king. In came a plain, shabby man who took a seat above everyone else. His boldness angered the prime minister, who ordered the newcomer to identify himself. Was he a minister? No. More. Was he the king? No. More. "Are you then God?" asked the prime minister. "I am above that also," replied the poor man. "There is nothing above God," retorted the prime minister haughtily. "That nothing," came the response, "is me."