Living in Spiritual Consciousness

Scott Curran

Living in Spiritual Consciousness

copyright 2013 by Scott Curran

A link to my other books

To you -- my friend in Spirit.

Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1 - Accepting Everything

Chapter 2 - Avoiding Judging

Chapter 3 - Dying to Illusion

Chapter 4 - Living in the Truth

Chapter 5 - Living with Humility

Chapter 6 - Being Forgiving

Chapter 7 - Being Dead to Self

Chapter 8 - Being Dead to the World

Chapter 9 - Being in the Kingdom of Heaven

Chapter 10 - Trusting in the Spirit

Chapter 11 - Appreciating Mystery

Chapter 12 - Living with Non-Attachment

Chapter 13 - Appreciating Silence

Chapter 14 - Going with the Flow

Introduction

Living in Spiritual Consciousness is about losing our false life and finding our true life in God.  It’s about surrendering our life to God and seeing God’s loving will in all that occurs.  It’s written from the point of view of God speaking to you.

Chapter 1 - Accepting Everything

Living in spiritual consciousness means accepting everything.

See my loving will in all that occurs.

Accept everything with equanimity.

Accept, with equanimity, the fact that you don’t always accept everything with equanimity.

Accept that you sometimes act foolishly.

Accept that you sometimes worry.

Accept that you sometimes don’t know what to do.

Accept that you sometimes get frustrated and angry.

You’re human.  You mess up sometimes.

Accept yourself as you are.

Accept others as they are.

Accept all that is -- as it is.

No criticisms and no complaints.

Trusting in me, just give thanks.

Let trials and annoyances bring you beyond your self.

If you’re criticized, ridiculed or judged harshly, it doesn’t matter.

Lose your life in the realization that your true life is in me.

Things such as illnesses, setbacks, delays, discordant people and upheavals are tickets to paradise.

Every trial is an opportunity for you to take up your cross, die to self and enter into the awareness of your eternal life in me.

You can get angry or you can trust me and be peaceful.

Whatever occurs is my perfect will.

Every single thing that has ever happened in your life is my will.

Everything is bringing you to union with me.

Welcome everything and everyone.

When faced with annoyances, sufferings, discomforts, difficulties, trials and catastrophes, say, “Thank you, Lord.  I don’t understand why this is happening, but I trust that whatever happens is your will and that you will only what’s best.”

Totally abandon yourself to my will.

Accept everything as it is and be at peace.

Chapter 2 -  Avoiding Judging

Living in spiritual consciousness means avoiding judging.

Did someone leave a room messy?  Why judge that a messy room is bad?  Why make judgements about the person who left it messy?  It is what it is.  It’s a messy room.  Why argue with what is?  Give thanks that the room is the way it is.  Then, with thanksgiving, either clean it or leave it messy.

Give thanks for what is -- just as it is.

Why get embroiled?

Why meddle in the lives of other people?

Have an attitude of non-attachment.

Mind your own business.

I’m in control of everything and I know what I’m doing.

Whether it’s raining or sunny, hot or cold, why judge the climate as being good or bad?  It is what it is.  That’s all it is.

Whether you’re tired or well-rested, whether you’re ill or in good health, you are what you are.

Accept what is.

Why complain or make judgements about what is?

Give thanks in all conditions and circumstances.  Yes, even those conditions and circumstances that, from a worldly perspective, seem terrible.

Everything is for the best.

If you realize that were judging, don’t condemn yourself for judging.

If you were judging, just acknowledge it and let it go.

Don’t judge another person’s motives.

Do you know why a person does what they do?

Do you even know why you yourself do what you do?

Don’t judge others and don’t judge yourself.

Don’t be concerned about how others judge you.  It doesn’t matter.

Live and let live.

In spiritual consciousness, you avoid judging.

Chapter 3 - Dying to Illusion

Living in spiritual consciousness means dying to illusion.

Things aren’t what they seem.

The world of your ego is a world of illusion.

Why compare yourself with others?

You are what you are.

They are what they are.

In spiritual consciousness, you realize who you are in me.

You have my mind.  I’m the Consciousness of your Consciousness.

Trade the world of illusion for the realm of reality -- the kingdom of God, the kingdom of heaven.  See my loving will in all that occurs and in all that doesn’t occur.

Dying to self, you die to illusion.

My thoughts and ways aren’t like yours.

Your thoughts and perceptions are only thoughts and perceptions.  They aren’t reality.

Realize -- this isn’t real.

When faced with conditions that could rankle you, let your attitude be -- If I wasn’t dead, that might bother me.

As you become nothing -- illusions vanish.

You’re being transformed, like a caterpillar that becomes a butterfly!

Chapter 4 - Living in the Truth

Living in spiritual consciousness means living in the truth.

Knowing the truth sets you free.

I’m truth.

I’m love.

Know me.  In the awareness of your oneness with me, you live in truth and love.

You’re spirit.

You’re eternal.

Apart from me, you’re nothing, and you can do nothing.

I love you -- yes, I know your worldly weaknesses, wickedness and weirdness.

In me, you’re not of the world anymore than I’m of the world.

I’m manifesting as you, and as everyone else too.

I’m the only reality.

If it isn’t me, then it isn’t real.  It’s illusion.

I’m the Unseen Essence of all that is.

You’re in the midst of an amazing mystery.

All is one in me.

In me, you’re one with all.

In spiritual consciousness, you relax and rejoice in the truth.

Chapter 5 - Living with Humility

Living in spiritual consciousness means living with humility.

Be happy to say, “I don’t know.”

Be happy when others are praised.

Be happy to live and die in obscurity.

Be happy when you’re excluded.

Be happy when you’re insulted.

Be happy when your ego is taking a beating.

You’re becoming humble.

You’re becoming nothing.

You’re becoming real.

Be happy when you’re ridiculed, maligned, and persecuted.

Be happy to be last.

Be happy to serve.

In humility, you give glory to me.

Only in me do you find peace.

The peace that you have in me isn’t based on the opinions of other people or on external events.

In the awareness of your nothingness, you have humility.

I’m all.

I’m love.

In spiritual consciousness, you’re gentle and humble.

You live with humility.

Chapter 6 - Knowing That You’re Forgiven and Being Forgiving

Living in spiritual consciousness means knowing that you’re forgiven and being forgiving.

Forgive as I have forgiven you.

Forgive everyone.

Forgive yourself.

Forgive yourself for the times you’ve been unforgiving.

Trust in my mercy and love.

Be forgiving and loving.

What’s impossible for you is possible with me.

In me, you can forgive.

In me, you can love.

Why play the blame game?

Don’t look back.

What happened is what happened.

What’s happening is what’s happening.

Everything that occurs in your life is my will for you, and I will only what is best for you.

Right now is all there is.

It’s always now.

You’re forgiven.

Forgive.

Chapter 7 - Being Dead to Self

Living in spiritual consciousness means being dead to self.

Things such as delays, disappointments, annoyances and disasters are part of your earthly life.  Accept them as my holy and perfect will for you.

Being dead to self, you’re alive to a new life in me -- here and now.

Accept whatever happened in the past without ruminating about it.

It was what it was.

You’re dead, so it doesn’t matter.

Why beat yourself up when you’re already dead?

Why get frustrated with yourself for not yet being dead enough?

Your sanctification is my work.

Apart from me, you can do nothing.

Accept that you sometimes forget reality and slip into illusion.

You’re a citizen of heaven.

You’re not of the world of illusion any more than I am of the world of illusion.

In knowing me -- in being spiritually conscious -- you’ve crossed over from death to life.

Knowing me is eternal life.

You’re in the kingdom of heaven.

The  ‘flesh’ -- your worldly self and your mortal mind -- counts for nothing.

You are infinite spirit.

Chapter 8 - Being Dead to the World

Living in spiritual consciousness means being dead to the world.

Why would you need approval or status?

Being dead to your self you’re dead to the world.

Do you need a lot of stuff?  What for?

Do you need guilt, shame, resentment and blame?

Why not get rid of what you don’t need?

Look at whatever it is from a cosmic perspective.

Why get embroiled in the stories and scenes of your mortal mind?

In spiritual consciousness, you’re dead to the world and alive in my kingdom.

Chapter 9 - Being in the Kingdom of Heaven

Living in spiritual consciousness means being in the kingdom of heaven.

You’re in my kingdom -- ‘the kingdom of heaven,’ ‘the kingdom of God.’

Thoughts are just thoughts.  That’s all they are.

Thoughts aren’t real.  They’re just thoughts.

Spiritual consciousness -- my kingdom -- is beyond thoughts.

My kingdom is within you.

Be -- unselfconscious.

The price of admission into my kingdom is -- your life.

Surrender your will and your life to me.

By losing your life, you find your real life in me.

Why not trade your illusions -- your thoughts, your stories, your judgements, your fears, your desires, your biases, your conditioning, your preferences -- for Truth?

Instead of relying on your mortal mind, put your trust in me.

You sometimes wonder why this or that is the way it is, or why he or she is the way they are, or why this or that happened or didn’t happen.  Just trust  in me and forget about why.

Be at peace with what is, as it is.

Love people as they are.

Be at peace with whatever happens or doesn’t happen.

Things that seem to be killing you are bringing you to eternal life in me.

Eternal life is this -- to know me, to be conscious of me.

Trade your thoughts and ways for mine.

In spiritual consciousness, your will is aligned with mine.

My will is done on earth as it is in heaven.

Be content with whatever happens or doesn’t happen.

Be content with whatever is or isn’t.

Make a decision to abandon yourself to me.

In spiritual consciousness, you’re in my kingdom.

Chapter 10 - Trusting in the Spirit

Living in spiritual consciousness means trusting in me.

I created you.

I don’t need your directives or your advice.

Do you realize that, when you complain, you’re saying that you know better than I do how things ought to be?  How silly is that?

Why should everything be the way you think it should be?

Why should everyone think you’re wonderful?

What does it matter what anyone thinks of you, one way or the other?

In the awareness of me, creatures are nothing.

Step back.  Get out of the way.

I’ll handle it.  Okay?

Your ticket to peace is -- trusting me.

If you truly trusted in me, what would there be to worry about?

There’s nothing to worry about.  Nothing at all.

Why let your heart be troubled about anything?

Everything’s fine.

Everything’s perfect.

Cast your cares on me.

I’m the essence of every person, place and thing.

I’m operating in every circumstance.

Look with the vision of I within you -- and truly see.

Trust in me and watch things unfold -- perfectly.

Chapter 11 - Appreciating Mystery

Living in spiritual consciousness means appreciating mystery.

Know that you just don’t know.

Accept that you don’t know why things are the way they are.

Accept that you don’t know why things happen the way they happen.

You don’t need to know why.

Forget about why.

Say “I don’t know” often, because it’s true.  You don’t know.

You don’t know anything.

What you do know is beyond thoughts and words.

Truth is -- experienced.

Ask yourself -- Who are you?

What are you?

Where are you?

What are you doing here?

Where is here?  In relation to what?

How are you able to exist?

Why does your body die?

What happens to you after your body dies?

You don’t know.

Life is a sublime mystery.

You don’t have to figure it all out.

In spiritual consciousness, you delight in mystery.

Chapter 12 - Living with Non-Attachment

Living in spiritual consciousness means living with non-attachment.

You don’t need anyone’s approval.

If someone was unkind or unfair toward you, why make judgements about it?

All that happens is for a higher purpose and for your good.

Forgive and move on.

Often things happen for a reason that is beyond the ability of human reason to comprehend.

Things that seem to assault your sense of self are bringing you to a deeper awareness of your oneness with me.

In the world, you’ll have troubles, but in me you have overcome the world.

You’re in the world, but you’re not of the world.

‘The world,’ -- ‘the flesh,’ -- counts for nothing.  It’s transitory and illusory.

My timeless, infinite spirit is your life.

If you’re praised and honored -- Amen.

If you’re reviled and shunned -- Amen.

You’re nothing apart from me.

In me, you’re everything.

Leave outcomes to me.

Trusting in me, let your attitude be -- ‘I’m at peace with whatever happens or doesn’t happen.’

In spiritual consciousness, you trust in me, and you have an attitude of blessed non-attachment toward all people, things and events.

Chapter 13 - Appreciating Silence

Living in spiritual consciousness means appreciating silence.

Silence -- teaches.

Learn from silence.

To the interior tumult and chatter, say -- Peace.  Be quiet.

Keep your words simple and few.

Listen more and speak less.

Go to quiet places.

Have a sanctuary of silence within.

Words can create barriers as well as bridges.

Often a smile, a nod, or a look communicates more effectively than spoken words.

Speaking can muffle the message of silence.

Talk less.  Be silent more.

Communicate -- in silence.

Silence is your friend.

Though being in silence can be awkward at first, you soon get used to it.

Get to know silence.  It’s a beautiful companion.

Silence has much to say.  Listen.

In spiritual consciousness, you appreciate silence.

Chapter 14 - Going with the Flow

Living in spiritual consciousness means going with the flow.

Why argue with what is?  It is what it is.

What you resist you give more credence to.

Let difficult people and troubling situations dissolve in a sea of holy indifference.

Let the dramas of illusion dissipate into nothingness.

Let your attitude be -- Whatever happens, happens, and whatever is, is.

See my loving will in all that is and in all that happens -- in every detail of your life.

Take it easy.

Go slow.

Be like the river -- go with the flow.

Life is unfolding exactly as it’s meant to unfold.

You’re where you’re supposed to be.

Turn your will and your life over to me.

Be at peace with everything as it is.

Accept and love yourself as you are, with your strengths and your weaknesses.

Accept and love others as they are.

Accept and love life as it is.

Give thanks in all situations.

I love you.

I’m in control of everything.

Leave everything to me.

Thank you for reading Living in Spiritual Consciousness.

If interested, here’s a link to my other books

If you’d like to say hello or send a comment or a question, I’d be glad to hear from you.  My email address is:  sjcurran100@hotmail.com

Thanks again.

Table of Contents

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Introduction

Chapter 1 - Accepting Everything

Chapter 2 - Avoiding Judging

Chapter 3 - Dying to Delusion

Chapter 4 - Living in the Truth

Chapter 5 - Living with Humility

Chapter 6 - Being Forgiving

Chapter 7 - Being Dead to Self

Chapter 8 - Being Dead to the World

Chapter 9 - Being in the Kingdom of Heaven

Chapter 10 - Trusting in the Spirit

Chapter 11 - Appreciating Mystery

Chapter 12 - Living with Non-Attachment

Chapter 13 - Appreciating Silence

Chapter 14 - Going with the Flow

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