The simplicity of meditation means just experiencing the ape instinct of ego.
Faith is the readiness to reveal whatever is concealed. You don't have to conceal doubts by putting on patches of self-confirmation. The readiness to be exposed seems to make the difference between ego's approach to spirituality and an enlightened one.
The problem is that ego can convert anything to its own use, even spirituality.
Walking the spiritual path properly is a very subtle process; it is not something to jump into naively. There are numerous sidetracks which lead to a distorted, ego-centered version of spirituality; we can deceive ourselves into thinking we are developing spiritually when instead we are strengthening our egocentricity through spiritual techniques. This fundamental distortion may be referred to as spiritual materialism.
The attainment of enlightenment from ego's point of view is extreme death.
What is needed is the constant unmasking of ego's strategy.