Humans Need Spirituality

March 4, 2026

Some people put their faith in divine forces and others put their faith in abstract ideas. At the end of the day, we all place our faith with something unseen. This “unseen” has been with us since our species began, and much earlier. As time and human civilization progressed, we began to interface with this unseen force differently: while some of us chose to uphold ancient traditions and rituals, others developed material methods of understanding and applying “the unseen” (what we now call science). There does exist a third category in this case: those who apply the scientific method, whilst leaving room for spiritual unfoldment and exploration.

Naturally, tension has formed between those on either end of the spiritual-scientific spectrum: there are spiritualists who disregard the utility of measurable, predictable results as a means of suppression, and there are those on the other side—who believe spiritual evocation is an obsolete remnant of our “primitive” past. Let’s focus on the scientifically, materially-minded camp. Even those who deem themselves rationalists put their faith into something unseen, and that is faith in the stability and lasting-power of their collective understandings. As we have seen continually, science can be largely rewritten by simple discoveries—what we once held to be true can easily be turned on its head. What keeps the scientifically-minded driven? What allows them to pursue truth and understanding even when their reality is challenged? Although some may not concede, they are fundamentally driven by their faith in the chance that they can make sense of their world—they believe in something not directly visible: truth and order.

Humans need spirituality, because without belief, we could never make ideas a reality.