The New Consciousness

Jesus’ giftedness and power had their source in his state of consciousness—a consciousness expressive of the full revelation of man’s potential for being reconciled to and united with God. He never intended that this highly evolved state of consciousness be construed as exclusive and belonging only to him. In fact, this Christ consciousness, while perfected by the man Jesus, has been attained by numerous others throughout this age of Adam. These others have come from different lands across the globe. Like Jesus, their lives were primarily testimonies of the power and presence of God—a power and presence that transforms any and every individual human experience it touches. Thus the signs and wonders that Jesus performed as the validating proof that this state of consciousness was God-union realized were also performed by the others. And the teaching of these masters was also of one accord. What is this teaching? Precisely that the state of consciousness that they were moving in is attainable for all men and women. It is, in fact, our ultimate evolutionary destiny as a species. To attain the revelation of our true destiny of oneness with God—both as individuals and as a species—sets us free from the dualistic materialistic Adamic consciousness that has dominated human experience for at least the past six thousand years. This darkened consciousness has been the cause of every malignant aspect of human life—the strife, discord, war, disease, poverty, and death. Adamic consciousness has built the world that we have inherited. And who can deny that it is a world rife with suffering and misery? Consciousness produces outward conditions according to its kind. This means that there can be no true and lasting change for the better in our world until there has been a true and lasting change in the collective consciousness. Therefore though our attempts at healing our world symptomatically may be well intended, they are inherently misdirected. When we try to patch up the outer picture without tending to the necessary inward transformation, we put the cart before the horse. Whereas, if we would see to the evolvement of our collective consciousness as a top priority, all the outward changes we have been yearning for would follow of their own accord. Jesus gave credence to this truth, when he said, “Seek ye first the Kingdom of God, and all these things will be added to you.” (Matthew 6:33). To seek the Kingdom of God first is to focus our attention primarily on the realm of spiritual consciousness within us. This is really all that is required of us.