" [T]here is evidence that [the self-less] sense of connectedness is the wellspring of human solidarity and of civilization as we know it. The knowledge gained from an extended “higher” perception (a “God within”) is central. It is not the result of deduction, research and reason. It is not obtained from a neo-medieval doctrine that is taught to be memorized, recited or sung weekly, or from a dogma with which one is inculcated. Nor does it come from feeling deeply or emotionally what is really true. It is what one perceives. "

― Robert Ornstein , God 4.0: On the Nature of Higher Consciousness and the Experience Called “God”