"As for becoming aware that I'm a conscious and emotional being and labeling that spiritual."
I'm a God person, but lately I've realized that I don't believe in "God" per se.
I think it is more about consciousness, awareness, & experience than any set of beliefs. I've heard it said that religious beliefs can be a bar to religious experience. What a person believes can keep them from the experience.
To sum it up, for me "God is more of an experience than an idea.
Peace,
Jim