I think there are two kinds of spiritual seekers:
"Exploratory" seekers learn&151;often through playful experimentation and exploration&151;what they can from many disciplines taking what they like from each, sometimes looking for a close match with what they believe. Stuart Davis and Joseph Campbell come to mind.
"Desparation" seekers are spiritual serial monogamists ("Ashram hoppers") and immmerse themselves in the practice of the moment with the strict zeal of a convert, half-heartedly going from one thing to the next, looking everywhere except in themselves (which is everything) for something to solve their problems.