This feels true to me also. And I have had these very arguments with people who have a mechanistic mindset who believe that "spirit" is just an as yet undiscovered chemical compound or neuro-biological phenomena that science will ultimately explain, computers will ultimately achieve parity with, and that thinking machines will have the same access to all the creative source that humans have - and then somehow they will transcend humanity by means of the Singularity.

I am skeptical about this for reasons that I cannot completely articulate, but that I feel deeply to be true. Humans appear to receive divine inspiration at times. Masterpieces of art, vision, philosophy, math and other profound insights seem to simply arrive with no effort. But often after strenuous effort. In moments of pure relaxation. Perhaps there is a mechanistic explanation for this. I would prefer to believe we are connected to an eternal thread of sublime holiness straight back to the creator.

Pulling on this thread, I remind myself of Ariadne preparing the thread for Theseus to lead him out of the Minotaur's Labyrinth. Life is a maze with no way out leading to inevitable death. Salvation means holding on to the thread that connects you to the source.