I see where you're coming from, GRITS.
I think taking any sort of a spiritual view is more difficult for me because I'm a pretty materialistic person at heart; the first thing I did out of high school was get an honours degree in physics, so when you speak of an energy out there we can't explain, the first thing that comes to my mind is whatever force is responsible for accelerating the universe's continued expansion, haha (so-called "dark energy".
There's not that much mystery in that worldview, but it's never let me down. I have a much easier time solving problems if I'm confident that a correct, physical explanation exists, and that it matters.