One of the first practices that Atum taught me years ago was the Ocean Zikr or the Zikr of Love, Ishq Allah Ma'abud Allah. We are a wave on the ocean of reality. The wave of who we are rises up so that the divine intention may be expressed. When the divine qualities are blocked - that is the picture of the suffering god in Sufism. Sufi practices are geared towards removing these veils so that the full expression of these qualities are manifested.