The "spirit" you refer to is indeed the most striking thing in life, Akenaton. I've also felt it when reading poetry, hearing music, being in Nature, experiencing a deep form of love, and at various other moments when it mysteriously touched something deep within me, something of great value.

That's the crux of life as far as I'm concerned. Some people see it in religious terms, some don't. I think it is the sudden awareness or apprehension of a state of perfection that one is feeling at those times. Religions also seek that state of perfection. And completion. And an end to fear. And opening to love. And forgiveness. That's why many people are drawn TO religions, provided they are drawn to them by their own free choice, and not just by the pressure of various cultural and family traditions.