I am 26 years old. I grew up most of my life atheist as I was raised in a very anti-religious household. I transitioned to an agnostic view sometime after I started studying global religions as I noticed each religion essentially reaches toward same idea - divine power which binds us all and guides us toward enlightenment/happiness/paradise. Then I'd say within the last 5 years I've developed even further spiritually and feel I have found God.
I majored in Biology and am very much a man of science and logic. I believe the idea of consciousness and god are based in science as well. To me, God is the universal power which we are all connected to. It's an incredible cosmic energy which balances every action, thought, and feeling that is put into it. Through exploring and understanding consciousness we are able to become one with the universe and in the same vein, one with everyone and one with God.
This post is vague as I don't care to go into my views on this platform and am only trying to increase my post count so I can pm people. But for anyone who is curious to delve further, I recently came across 2 online sources which help explain and introduce these ideas fairly well. Perhaps they may challenge you to think in a way which you may not have before or help you along your own path to finding spiritual enlightment.
ciao
article about spiritual awakening/exploration:
http://powerofpositivity.com/11-sign...ual-awakening/
video which inspired article, strongly tied to consciousness:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4YYEObxhAE