Therefore the position is that every soul seems to be longing for spiritual attainment; at the same time every soul seems to be afraid of it, and craving for it; at the same time it runs away from a spiritual thing. It is quite a peculiar situation. The more you study psychology, the situation of the American mind towards philosophy, the more you see that it is a peculiar situation. In the first place, religion is getting out of favor, as it is everywhere. In America it is most. Then there are some religious fights.