"To those who expect the Teacher to be a man, a man will bring the message; to those who expect the Teacher to be a woman, a woman must deliver it. To those call on Allah, Allah comes. To those who knock at the door of Sheitan, Sheitan answers. There is a answer to every call. To a Sufi the Teacher is never absent, whether he comes in one form or a thousand forms, he is always one to him, and the same One he recognizes to be in all, and all Teachers he sees in his one Teachers alone. For a Sufi, the self within, the self without, the kingdom of the earth, the kingdom of heaven, the whole being is his Teacher, and his every moment is engaged in acquiring knowledge. For some the Teacher has already come and gone, for others the Teacher may still come, but for a Sufi the Teacher has always been and will remain with him forever." - The Way Of Illumination (The Sufi). ~Hazrat Inayat Khan