Hey Mark,
It's interesting, isn't it, that we have the same programming, and yet the "spirit" impresses us in diabolically different ways. How does that happen? I mean, I'm definately led in the direction I'm going, and empatheitically, and by extension, I'd say that you are too. So, is the "spirit" an objective thing, or is it a function of an individual's personal experience?
Chris
Oh, yeah! I'd say the Spirit leads men according to their need and capacity. G-d makes everything beautiful in His time.
He (she) works with the material available to "draw all men" and everything works around to the glorification of G-d in the end.
I realize how corny this sounds coming from me, but it's really how I feel.
(Blind men of Hindustan, etc.)