I went there many many years ago. The spirituality is thick enough that you can feel it. You could cut it with a knife. It is truly awe inspiring. I sat meditating in Milarepas cave, offering the shawl the Dalai Lama gave me, that had kept me save during many perils. Getting lost in a deathly snowstorm just being one of them. Milarepa had guided me for so many years. Sitting in his cave (a 1x1metre hole in the rock), gave me a new appreciation for his strength of practice, belief and spiritual accomplishment. He sat in this cave meditating for 7 years! In a loin cloth! In the Himalayas. Besides sitting for 7 years, which is nuts, the Himalayas are kind of cold. Ice, snow… I was cold and I had state of the art clothing. He was nearly naked.