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It is felt that the new branch of Psychology called Evolutionary Psychology seems to hold some answer to this persistent problem. C. G. Jung the famous psychiatrist, who is renowned for the original concept of collective unconscious, once said that although he could not prove the existence of God, as a psychiatrist he knew that the human mind was built to have an experience of God. In other words, just as our minds have ―programs‖ that enable us to feel sadness, anger, and ecstasy, and to think creatively and learn a language, so too have we a program that can help us ―read‖ life in a spiritual way. Even if we have not experienced this program personally, it is reasonable to assume that it exists, simply because so many sane and wise people, throughout time, have reported its benefits. The classical work of William James ―Varieties of religious temperament‖ deserves mention in this regard. Providing that we can locate, download, and learn how to operate this program, it can give us a pretty amazing experience, an experience that many people call, among other names, Divine or God.
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