Transcendence

Spiritual Transcendence  is when an individual stands outside of his/her immediate sense of time and place and views life from a larger, more objective perspective. This transcendent perspective is one in which the person sees the fundamental unity underlying the diversity of nature. They see that there is a larger plan and meaning to life, something beyond our mortal existence. Despite all the ups and downs in life, there is something more permanent and constant that gives direction, meaning, and value to life. Those who have not experienced any form of transcendence see no larger meaning to life other than what life offers in the here and now. Spiritual Transcendence presents a feeling of joy and contentment that results from personal encounters with divinity, a belief that all of life is intimately tied together; and a belief that one is part of a larger human reality that cuts across generations and groups.
  was likely achieved by most well known religious leaders: Moses, Krishna, Jesus, Muhammad,  Guru Nanak, Joseph Smith,  Mary Baker Eddy and many others. Spiritual enlightenment is the natural result of achieving spiritual transcendence. Though all these and others achieved Spiritual Transcendence and spoke about it to others, social norms and their own understanding of the world and reality during their lifetimes dictated how their enlightened teachings would be expressed and comprehended.

Spiritual Transcendence is also known as Christ Consciousness. To awaken the Christ Consciousness within our being we will need to set an intention which will go into the depth of our being and use the non localized aspects of our consciousness which lies within our nonconscious mind.  As such, trying to set such an intention based on what mind wants will never achieve what we desire. We need to remember, mind is the product of the experiences we have and what we think and believe. As our experiences change and/or we change what we think and believe our mind becomes different. Unless what we seek lies below the ever-changing desires of mind, we will simply divert our attention and awareness away from what we set out to experience. It is the Ego which governs our mental desires. It is the Ego which must die, that we may be raised to Christ Consciousness.

Empty yourself and I shall fill thee.

If the desire to access and awaken the Christ Consciousness does not go to the core of our being, we will not access it. We may access aspects of it which align with the core of our being and the intention for our life for what we incarnated to experience in, and with, our life. But we will be unable to experience the Christ Consciousness. It is not that an experience of it is denied us. Rather we must create the proper vehicle and space to experience it. If the priorities for our life are different than what the Christ Consciousness is all about, there will be a conflict between what we desire to create and what we incarnated to do.

There is an assumption by many that the awareness and consciousness of Christ as many other similar spiritual teachers is something that would be desired by all if it was understood. However, that is not the case. Creation has Its desires and wants and, at any giving moment in time, the Christ Consciousness may not what Creation desires to be experienced. Additionally we each have our own reason for being incarnate. What we are here to do is not necessarily aided by awakening the Christ consciousness within. Maybe hard to believe but nevertheless true.

It needs to be remember we each are a unique aspect of the infinite consciousness within, or behind, Creation and our inner world is reflected in the outer. What we access within will change that which we experience without. If we change our consciousness within, we will change the external world we experience. How our external experience changes and how the external world changes depends on what we access. We each have different reason for being here. We can copy and mimic any aspect of Creation. However, everyone is not here to be a Christ or do what Christ did. We are here to be true to our truth and fulfill the intention for our life. There are gifts we incarnated to give. Unless we live our truth, they will not be revealed. If we do not live true to ourselves we deny the Creator whomever we believe the Creator to be.

 

As the Bible says, "Let this mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus." Jesus was just a mortal man, but he surrendered his Ego and was filled with Christ Consciousness. Thus he became the Christed Jesus, or Jesus Christ.