" The faithful, the believers, are those who recognize, both through reflection and through the heart, that an unseen beneficence exists. On the other hand, the unbelievers, those in denial of the spiritual nature of Reality, follow only the god of their egos. Their wills create disharmony and injustice; their actions spread corruption upon the earth. Dominated by their illusions, they are fated to suffer being out of harmony, at the same time that they contribute to the objective suffering of the world. Those in denial exist in a world of self-created illusions, rarely glimpsing the real world, the world the heart knows. Beyond the concatenation of absurd and meaningless facts created by the false self, there is a world of abundant generosity and mercy. (S. 164) "

― Kabir Helminski , Living Presence: A Sufi Way to Mindfulness & the Essential Self