I continue to complain that humans suffer from a psychological deficit.

There are two significant factors as I see it. One: the developed consciousness. Two: the consciousness being a delicate instrument, and, being forever subject to the common adversities of life, is easily damaged.

Like any precision instrument, in adverse conditions it malfunctions. In humans, the instrument damage has resulted in corruptions of emotional make-up which have been passed down the generations to be further compounded.

A consequence of the damaged psyche is that people are more prone to aggression than they might otherwise be. They are markedly aggressive with each other. Built up frustrations of basic needs have rendered what should be solace into danger. "Hell is other people," Sartre proclaimed. The norm is bad relationships, conflicts and wars strewn across the entire human condition in every age.

Can a solution be had? Could it come from sound theories of healing? If so it would entail determining an exhaustive list of deficiencies, particularly the ones most injurious, and then setting out the proper conditions for their avoidance. In other words: understand clearly what damages and what nurtures. This may seem so simple a statement as to be almost banal but it is astonishing just how much ignorance there is in this area of understanding.

The advancing of emotional intelligence toward an understanding of psychological make-up is the central pillar in being able to achieve this. It might take a while as more knowledge is gathered and the theories developed. By the sheer working through of statistical data it might be possible to identify exactly what kind of experiences do the most damage and which ones contribute to healing.

Even less ambitiously in the shorter term, an improved sense of value could emerge from such an applied theory, one that advocates sympathy and understanding toward feeling. It is not new this, of course. It is the essence of religion at its best and never a bad thing in evidence. Of itself it promotes emotional intelligence, essential to an enhanced quality of life. With this, conflict resolution is easier as a person of such intelligence doesn't see himself in conflict with others to the same degree. He is not so aware of an adversarial poise with others and feels more often in complementary mode. The success, development and contentment of others is more likely to be consistent with his own. If there is anything adversarial to be addressed it then comes from the wider environment and not from mankind to himself. When they relate to each other, humans should be united in that quest. The damaged psyche has historically been the main impediment to achieving that end.