Some Rumi
Sufi's
Sufis, are the mystics of Islam, and draw much of their methodology from Esoteric Christianity
From couplets 3196 - 3209 Book 1 of Rumi's Mathnawi
The Angel as well as the Intelligence is a finder of God: each of the twain is a helper and worshipper of Adam. The Flesh (nafs) and the Devil have (also) been (essentially) one from the first, and have been an enemy and envier of Adam. He that regarded Adam as a body fled (from him in disdain), while he that regarded (him as) the trusty Light bowed (in worship). Those two (the Angel and the Intelligence) were (made) clairvoyant by this (Adam), while the eye of these two (the Flesh and the Devil) saw nothing but clay.
3200 This discourse is now left (floundering) like an ass on the ice, since it is not fitting to recite the Gospel to Jews. How can one speak of ‘Umar to Shí‘ites? How can one play a lute before the deaf? But if there is any one (hidden) in a nook in the village, the hue and cry that I have raised is enough. To him that is worthy to (hear) the exposition, stones and brickbats become an articulate and well-grounded exponent. Explaining that whatsoever God most High bestowed and created— the heavens and the earths and the substances and the accidents— He created all (this) at the demand of need, and that one must make one's self in need of a thing, so that He may bestow it; for “… Or He who answers the sorely distressed when he calls unto Him?” Sore distress is the evidence of worthiness (to receive the Divine bounty). ’Twas Mary's want and pain that made such a babe (as Jesus) begin to speak (in the cradle).
3205 Part of her spoke on her behalf without her: every part of thee hath speech in secret. Thy hands and feet become witnesses (against thee), O slave: how long wilt thou set hand and foot (strenuously apply thyself) to denial? And if thou art not worthy of (hearing) the exposition and the speech, the rational soul of the speaker saw thee (to be unworthy) and went to sleep (refrained from action). Whatsoever grew has grown for the sake of the needy, in order that a seeker may find the thing he sought. If God most High has created the heavens, He has created them for the purpose of removing needs.
By the Angel, the words 'higher centers' can be substituted - Angel also comes from the Greek Angelos, meaning a messenger - this is one way we experience the activity of our higher centers reaching gently into our ordinary self. By Intelligence is meant Rationality - that is, the ability to reason and cognize from objective good and truth. By Nafs is meant the stupid silly self filled with erratic desires, lusts, wishes and wants By needs is meant the materials required for soul growth. By Adam is meant Adam Kadmon, or the Grand Man, that is, the inner form of heaven is manlike in structure - with its components held together by their functions and uses which intermingle and cooperate in great harmony exactly like the human body, its organs and various functions. The similarity is through correspondence - see Swedenborgs writings to get an idea of what that means - it is not a simple relationship.