When you lie out under the stars, do you sense the divine? Do you feel in your gut that you are staaring up at the work of God's hand?"
This is something that has totally eluded and mystified me. I literally spent years of my life trying to experience this... but is just not in me. I honestly feel absolutely nothing in regard to the perception of a god. A lot of people find this very hard to believe because they feel it so strongly.
I have long suspected that most people have what I call "The God Pod"... a collection of special cells in the brain that allows them to experience such a thing. Whether it is a real perception or an illusion I cannot say with any certainty... but what I can say is that I don't experience it.
Even though I am atheist, I am still "spiritual". I have discovered that one does not need to believe in deities or the supernatural in order to be spiritual. For me a spiritual moment can be found in nature or meditation or a tender moment of love.
I would have to say that I do agree, in part, with what the book is saying... that everyone must find their own path. Ultimately the goal is to find inner peace and happiness.