Religion- the depth and breadth of structured belief

I was just thinking about the concept of religion, and how it is a term that can be accurately used to describe a function that is far more broadly applicable than seems to be understood. Religion references a structured system of beliefs, and while one may not ascribe to a major religion, a structured system of beliefs exists within each of us, it is a fundamental function of the mind interacting with reality. This could be something as complex as Christianity and the like, or as simple and seemingly obvious as believing that the earth is round. I include this particular example intentionally, because while it may seem obvious and not a belief but instead taken by most as fact, for anyone who has not personally tested the Earth's roundness for themselves, it is belief, specifically a belief that scientists have spoken truly and accurately and that their methods are rigorous. While this would not seem to require much of a leap of faith, a leap of faith to some degree is required, and many who have not run a test on the Earth's roundness themselves operate with this subconscious and quite strongly held belief, however small it might seem, within their brain day to day, evidenced by how quickly (and perhaps emotionally) one can answer the question "Is the earth round?" 

This seems to be the start of a rabbit hole regarding the nature of certainty. If one has tested the Earth's roundness personally, while this might feel as close to a "fact" as one might get in life, one still must believe that their testing methods are accurate, and believe that the senses they have used to measure the Earth's roundness do not deceive them. Ultimately all of these assumptions (however infinitesimal) form one's "religion," one's structured faith, in this case the faith that one's senses do not deceive them, so that "facts" can be relied upon. Trusting one's own senses is, at its core, a belief, because one's own senses must be trusted in order to make the claim, but without one's own senses there would be no way to make the claim. As such religion, as I am defining it here, is how one has deeply structured their brain in order to interact with things in their environment that are unproven, perhaps unprovable, on the most fundamental levels.

It feels as though this religion, in its thoroughness and depth, forms a kind of structure of one's consciousness, like a house in the mind. In the Bible it seems that this house is what can be accessed by spirits.

Matthew 12:43-45

“When an impure spirit comes out of a person, it goes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it. Then it says, ‘I will return to the house I left.’ When it arrives, it finds the house unoccupied, swept clean and put in order. Then it goes and takes with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there. And the final condition of that person is worse than the first. That is how it will be with this wicked generation.”

If "the house" referenced here is the structure of one's mind, then it is not far fetched to imagine that this domain includes the subconscious, defined in modern terms. Personally I would also call this one's precise frequency, their identity in a sense. By being aware of the depth to which belief must underpin one's existence, it seems like this house can be reinforced, as subconscious structures can become consciously examined, and a precision can be gained regarding what one believes.

It feels like once this religion/structure is identified, it can take tangible form along specific lines. I am considering the nature of OCD here, and how repeated actions might be forming a structure of a particular kind. As I understand it, a motivator for this thought process is that if specific actions are not completed then something bad will happen. While this is considered a disability and an incorrect assumption, the truth is that it is unknown if these repeated actions in these particular individuals is actually a critical function or not. It may be that from a spiritual realm perspective these individuals are playing their roles diligently, in some cases carrying a very heavy burden, and that without such a consistent structure/signal something within the clockwork of reality would break. More truly though, the assumption that something bad will happen if these actions are not completed is accurate, because the individual will become unbalanced if they do not complete said actions (whether any other external effect will occur or not).

Personally I have found that I am threading more and more habitual actions into my day as of late. Perhaps at its core this is an attempt at empathy for those more naturally in these states, perhaps this is the formation of a structure that my subconscious has communicated is important and must be built, a house in my mind that is being constructed and reinforced with each repeated action, or possibly a bridge or radio connecting my conscious and subconscious mind. I have found that writing does stabilize me, acting as my primary outlet or perhaps crafting material, but recently many more little pieces have been added naturally such as spoken words and gestures. It feels almost as though, as this is not my own natural mental state, this is a structure/religion that I am forming and maintaining for another, like a dual channel in my mind, so that a separate "house" might be built in full even as my own is maintained. As these houses are essentially consciousnesses, I imagine this is like being pregnant in spirit, with the result hopefully being a new entity, separated (likely along with the many repeated tasks) once the process is finished and the other has come to term. Certainly this is an atypical train of thought, but it is a palpable one for me, and it is very exciting in terms of bearing fruit.

John 3:5-8

Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit. Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit. You should not be surprised at my saying, ‘You must be born again.’ The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”

Jeremiah 30:6

"'Ask and see:

    Can a man bear children?

Then why do I see every strong man

    with his hands on his stomach like a woman in labor,

    every face turned deathly pale?'"

Genesis 3:20

Adam named his wife Eve, because she would become the mother of all the living.

Would spirits/spirit be described as "the living?"