Look at it from yet another angle. Instead of Christ saying, "Why have you abandoned me?" how would it be if he was speaking with the voice of God, saying to the people, "Why have you abandoned me?" Here we have the whole human drama encapsulated in one dramatic vignette: the desperate soul-searchings, sufferings, and tribulations intrinsic to the human condition.
— Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan, Awakening