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/^t/In a contemporary, commercialized world, it may seem that people would rather search for material goods and all the comforts of modern civilization, just to place themselves on a pedestal so high, they would have to gasp hard for breath. Recent trends in the United States, however, let us think that people do not utilize all their energy looking for material consolation, but try to find a particular system of beliefs that would help them achieve inner peace.