People are not told they need certainty, but they are subject to a great deal of emotional violence to get them to conform to systems. You bring up the topic o

People are not told they need certainty, but they are subject to a great deal of emotional violence to get them to conform to systems. You bring up the topic of social belonging - being ostracized is the primary form of shaming that is used. Having been wounded in this way, people seek any path out of their suffering. Spiritual experience is observable in the brain, but it is certainly not understood, nor are the mechanisms. This is equally true of psychedelic experiences caused by drugs.