Separateness vs Oneness with the Divine

Everyday, I receive four quotations from various religions: Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, and Buddhism. Today's Muslim Wisdom Quote got me thinking about how some traditions believe that we are separate from the Divine, while others promote a view of oneness. Personally, I feel that the spritual journey is one of discovering our oneness with nature and the divine, and was surprised by this quote:

When you worship, you are aware of your separateness from God; you are the subject and he is the object. The more you worship, the more you acquire this sense of separateness from God. Union with God comes when this sense of your separateness from God is stripped away. -Qushayri, "Risalah"

As a UU, pulling inspiration from a wide range of sources is a common and frequent occurence. For me, this quote (from a UU perspective) seems to say that the traditional form of worship, in which our separation from God and each other, runs counter to the true goal of spirituality, which is to find our oneness with the divine.
The core issue here is one of immanence and transcendance. In most Western religions (at least supericially) God is superior to Man and Man is superior to the rest of creation. In Medieval times this idea was called the Great Chain of Being.
For other traditions which adopt a more immanent view, the Divine is something that is beyond yet within everything. It is on this immanent quality within all that UUs affirm the inherent worth and dignity of every person. That inherent worth and dignity is derived from the shared divine quality within everything.