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/^t/Questions of the above sort come up more and more frequently in the debates going on in the Western world. If they do, what is the possible reason of intellectuals' being so fervent in their quest for the answer? Why so spiritual leaders, politicians, scientists, and artists display so great ardor in presenting their views to the public, when matters of spirit are being discussed? Why has the strife come out in the open at all? Answers to these questions seem to support the view that the bare fact of their being analysed in public is the sign of the times, and the times we live in differ immensely from all the previous periods, when the basic human need of spirituality did not raise widespread doubts.