Souls and Suns

The quote from Reality for today is:

“The soul of man is the sun by which his body is illumined, and from which it draweth its sustenance, and should be so regarded.”

Bahá’u’lláh

Once again we have the words "man" and "his" which in the original language of this Writer were non-sexually differentiated occurrences.

This statement would imply that we're not a body which gives life to a soul...

Seems to me that some folks claim they believe the soul is the primary factor of Life yet their actions (and hidden fears) say their soul is getting treated like a second-class cosmic citizen...

What are your thoughts and observations?