McGrath, I think possibly you are misunderstanding me (or maybe I'm misunderstading you?" When I said "find it on your own", I meant to find something by direct experience rather than simply on the word of another human being. What other people say is often worth listening to, but it's not the final authority. You can only know for sure by your own direct experience.

In any case, I didn't mean that there's "nothing out there" with which you can make spiritual contact. I have no basis for saying that there is nothing like that out there, and if I did say so, it would be a dogmatic act of faith on my part! ;-) (I actually DO think there is something out there (and in here), but I wouldn't attempt to define it...)