There are some who are content with the beliefs taught to them at home or in church. They can just as well rest in that place of realization where they are contented until another impulse is born in their hearts to go on higher. Sufis do not force upon such souls their beliefs or thoughts. In the east there is a custom of saying that it is a great sin to wake anyone who is fast asleep. This saying can be symbolically understood: there are many in this world who work and do things and yet they are asleep; they seem awake externally, but inwardly they are asleep. The Sufi considers it a crime to waken them. For some, sleep is good for the health. The work of the Sufi is to give a helping hand to those who have had sufficient sleep and who now begin to stir in their sleep and to change sides. That help given is the real initiation.