Here's what I'm thinking, with Kew Gardens video:

Human beings have many options, but to be something other than a human being is not one of them. Because this situation can be difficult, or wonderful, or perhaps just because it’s how our minds work, even those raised without any particular faith may find ourselves involved in religion or spiritual practice.

Religion involves accepting from others that stories which appear unbelievable are indeed reality.

Spiritual practice involves seeing for oneself that what appears to be reality is indeed an unbelievable story.



So maybe religion is easier for those who are able to trust others, and spiritual practice is more attractive to those who prefer to trust themselves. Either way, we come to recognize life as not separate from the unbelievable. Not because we've succeeded in building a pipeline to an external miracle factory, but because there is nothing in our experience that is not miraculous. Forget about the beginning of the universe or life after death. Not even the sensation in our hands, not even the experience of dust on our shoes is something that we could have devised by our own efforts.