Christ Consciousness
By Kate Everson
Smashwords edition
Copyright 2011 Kate Everson
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Christ is the Light. 
This has nothing to do with religion. You don’t even have to be a Christian to believe in Christ consciousness. It is a universal Truth.
Inside your being is a soul that is eternally connected with the Highest Power, with God, the Almighty Creator of all things.
In Christ consciousness, you not only become aware of this link, but become it. You take on the Light as an integral part of who you are. The Christ within becomes one with the Christ body that is you.
“I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father but through me.”
This is not a religious statement. It does not say that one historical figure is the only way to salvation. What it really means is that Christ’s Light in you will lead you to eternal glory, the freedom of the soul. Right now. In this lifetime. In this body.
What Christ did was show us the way. That way is not restricted to one religion or belief. It is universal, because God loves all His creation. You don’t have to be a Christian to find the Christ-Light. Everyone has it. We are born with the gift. Our mission on this earth is to find it, inside our beings, to come back to the garden of original truth.
The liberation of the soul is not an easy thing to achieve. But it is the only thing worth living for.
“I am the Way.”
What Christ meant was that his Essence was the way, not the man himself. How could a man be the way? This is where most Christians go wrong. They connect the wrong dots. Christ was the Light. We have to identify with that Light, and use it to liberate us. The Light is the way to Christ-consciousness, a connection to God that is as great as the one that Christ himself had. We are all God’s children. We just need to know that, beyond a shadow of a doubt.
I AM. The emphasis is not on finding salvation outside yourself. The search could be endless, always looking for another answer. The only solution that really works is to go within. Seek God in you. Find that inner connection to God that requires no priest or druid or guru, but speaks directly to you.
The Gnostic Christians understood that. They found their own Light, without a middleman.
Today, God is asking you to do the same thing. When the world is confusing, simplify it. Meditate. Cast aside the mind. Go into a higher level of consciousness.
This takes practice. But when you consider the rewards, it is worth any price. And what is being asked? Some time, some patience and persistence. Perhaps some training of the mind, to allow it to let go. Baby steps towards a higher consciousness. Meditate more and more. Connect to the reality of God in your life every day. Make your spiritual life the priority.
Go deeper.
Inside is the truth of all things. 
Love.
Peace. 
Joy.

Inside you is all you need, if you go deep enough. The waves do not tell the true depth of what lies beneath. 
How do you find your own soul? How do you make the leap to Christ consciousness?
First you have to want it more than anything. Whoever is not willing to give up everything for spiritual growth will never find it. One must lose one’s self to find one’s Self. 
Seek ye first the Kingdom of God.
That is all.
Be relentless in your quest. God is not far. He is very, very near. He is your very heartbeat. But you have to listen to hear Him.
Pray. Even when you don’t feel anything, pray to a greater Power, to a living God. Pray that you will become as near and dear to Him as His own child. You are that.
Put aside any preconceptions of what God is. Just listen and He will speak to you. Look and see His face everywhere. Love and feel His heart in yours.
Right now is the only time. There is no other.
Feel the space between the dots. He is there.
Draw a line between the clouds. He is there.
Touch your heart. He IS there.
In the emptiness, He is there. In the fullness, He is there.
There is nowhere He is not.
Trust in Him.
Last night, the moon shone so bright in the sky, that all the birds of the air took wing to revel in the Light. Tonight no moon shines. 
Where is God when we need Him most? Sometimes He is invisible. But He is still there. Know that no matter what, He has not forsaken you. The Light shines just as brightly now in you as it ever did, and when the clouds move aside, that Light will feel so bright you will be overwhelmed.
Last night, God came to me in a starscape. He flooded the sky with brilliance, each star a masterpiece of light, each constellation a call home. 
I am not that Light, I said.
You ARE that Light, He said.
Identify with your highest Self, the link to God, the Christ-consciousness.
This is the highest goal you can achieve.
Life is not so serious. Death is not serious at all, just a transition. Life and Death are both part of your eternal journey. Live your life to the fullest, not for material gain but for spiritual wealth. When you die, your beautiful luminous soul will become one with the cosmos. Yet while you live, remember the One who sent you. Your mission is to live life close to the vast universal heart. Love God and love the world. Share your love in every way you can. Give back what He gave to you.

See also: Life Lessons in a Canoe, A Message of Hope, and A Message of Faith .