I read your post as if, “How I knew God.” When I first heard of Einstein’s famous quote about Spinoza’s God, I reckoned it was worth pursuing. I’ve been a Spinozist ever since. Your post was a succinct and superb examination of Spinozism. I would, however, not describe Spinoza as a mere pantheist, but more precisely describe Spinoza as a panentheist, or a cosmist, or a panpsychist, or best yet some combination of all of those. Spinoza, like Einstein, is not easily categorized.