the problem in the approach is that god (or whatever you want to call it)
cant be found in words or in thoughts or in pontifications or in arguements or in sacred texts or in srudy
only in experience
if you were to study everything every written or thought about on the subject of
" what a pineapple tastes like" to some one who had never tasted it
or 'what an orgasm feels like" to a virgin
or " what the colour Blue is like " to a blind person
they would never get there
these things can only be experienced
as someone who favours 'personal responsibility" i think the people who have experienced "god" had to do transendant things
jesus in the desert
buddha sitting under a tree for 12 days
ekhardt tolle sitting on a park bench for 2 years
it would appear that it takes a lot of deep work and meditation to rid the body of the ego.
studying, reading books, thinking all amp up the ego.
to dissolve the ego (which appears to be neccessary), flow states and meditation may be an entry point
surfing, horse riding, climbing mountains,tantric sex (its no surprise people scream, oh god oh god )
of all the examples lao tzu would appear the best
much of what new age tries to do appears to be steal from his ideas