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The chemical reactions inside the biological mass that is called human body, must be making dissimilar response in varied situations like the reflex reactions of the individuals caused not only by its programmed tendencies at birth but also by the traits acquired during lifetime..

And even for the same individual, the chemical reactions invoking the sense of taste can differ in degree and quality of pleasure or pain arising.. according to the health of the person, the frequency of such reaction ( a mango will not give the same sweetness and pleasure when you have a diarrhea.. or when you have already eaten a dozen of them.. to cite two examples ready on hand)

However in such matters we can at least think of a comparable behavior pattern based on the past experiences..

But spirituality as we conceive is too abstract and unclear, and no comparable or set pattern has ever been seen or reported.. No Pavlov methods ever seen in spirituality

Supreme being is only a human definition.. and the definition can vary from person to person.. But there is general agreement on a few points..

First, we have by consensus ascribed certain agreeable qualities and powers not seen even in the best of humans to that being.. and every religion and even the non believers, usually use such standards to expound the idea of that superior being..

Secondly, we human beings find that the capacities to think, understand and achieve vary markedly with reference to Individuals and that such achievements are never matched with the faculties possessed by them.. So by definition an ideal being is created who does all things rightly and perfectly and we call that being as the Supreme being.. If an individual cannot agree to such calibration, then for him there is no supreme being.

Even in language or in other social transactions, we bring in some standard rules by consensus..The shape of a letter or a figure, the method of recording them on some recoverable medium.. all these have been defined and agreed by substantial number of stakeholders.. to enable communication.. If someone refuses to learn the symbolic logic, he simply remains ignorant.. Even a language is difficult to understand if he refuses to learn.. but then there are certain rigid and agreed patterns.. and so through a language we can communicate over centuries or millenniums.. And if the logic of that language is not known to us we are helpless.. this happened with reference to Harappan seals..

The laws and practices of the society also evolved by set definition , and there is some set pattern and reasonable uniformity in applying such law.. Even the Apex Court relies on judicial precedence..

But when it comes to God and spirituality, it becomes very difficult to cite any standard or reasonably foreseeable response to any input or prayer or entreaty.. and most of the spiritual texts just exhort us to believe without any validation

This situation, IMHO is beyond the capacity of a logical mind to conceive and interpret ..