What is Christ consciousness, and  have you experienced it?If so, describe what you went through.?
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Christ consciousness is knowing and experiencing Christ in your life.\n\nknowing Christ simply means you acknowledge Christ's existence and role in your life, depending on how you see Him. Some people consider Christ as their brother, friend, or best friend.\n\nexperiencing Christ means you get to know Him through people who had known & experienced Christ in others. it means you experience unconditional love through people who will support you & love you for who you are, helping you become a better person spiritually, mentally, and in other aspects imaginable.\n\ni myself had experienced Christ consciousness. i have joined a religious group, and i can say i have known Christ more than my religion subjects had taught me in my schooling years.\n\ni was made aware that our mission in life is to share to others that God loves them. as i have witnessed, lives are changed by people who value this mission. they acted, helped out people & proclaimed God's love to other people, as simple as that.\n\nhomeless people are helped. homes are built for them, and they were taught how to make a living.\n\nprodigal sons' lives are made better.\n\ni know i am among these people who will be forever thankful for people who made me know that God loves me.
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I was 16.  From a non-believing background.  Borderline alcoholism.  Attracted to christians by their love and simple joy.  \nWhen I realized Christ was alive and present in the room where I was, I couldn't resist Him.  I told someone the following day I had been born all over again, and he showed me that the expression was in John's Gospel.  A month later a Christian asked me when I was saved, and I was stunned:  "saved" - what a wonderful word!  That really described it!  So I became a Christian withoutg having been exposed to the two major buzzwords of evangelical Christianity! lol.  That was over 40 years ago.  I have never regretted it.
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Nope..The whole concept of being a Christian comes from the Bible and apart from that there is no way to become a Christian..  Jesus said you had to be born again.  There is no other book I know of that says how to be born again and have a personal relationship with God himself, only the Bible talks in those terms..  \nA christian that doesn't believe the Bible really isn't a christian.  \nAn electrician that rejects the concept of electricity..\nHere lies the crux of the problem.. Christians have had a spiritual experience with God that you cannot see, but experience inside of their mind and will.  It is positive and beautifal and we love what has happened to us.  No one else can taste, feel, or measure what has happened except the person that it has happened to.  That is why Christians are so sure of what they have.  \nA non christian is puzzled by this and reads the same Bible and can't get the same answer, because they haven't had the experience..  \nI understand how the non christian feels as I was once a non christian and didn't understand..  I can still remember thinking that these guys are fruitcakes.  But now I am one of them and never ever want to go back to my old life.  Jim I am so happy and fulfilled in my life that I would never exchange it.
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My life born-again has been just that...born again!!!  I am a whole new creation through Christ. With Christ  I am complete, fulfilled, whole and humble.  Life with Him is serene, wonderful, joyous, favored, amazing, miraculous, saved, redeemed, blessed, honored, and filled with grace.  I floundered all my life trying to fit in, work it out, make it last, trying new schemes, conniving fruitless plans to  be better, do better, have better, and never got anywhere but TIRED and wore out..  Thank God He is rest and peace..  Thank God His love is complete.  Thank God I found my place and that is with Him!   No, my life is so, so so, so far from perfect but my worst day with Him is better plus infinity without Him. we will never have words to express that love but I'm gonna keep on trying by singing His praises everyday,!! HE IS WORTHY!!!
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I was raised in a Christian home but as I grew into adulthood I began to have doubts.  I think some events in vietnam made me question a lot.  Then going to school afterward I began to explore other philosopies eventually labeling myself an agnostic.  However I always remained curious and would on occasion read the Bible as well as other philosophy books.  One night about twenty years ago I was reading the Bible and had just started a new chapter and as I read it was like I could hear the words audibly...and in an instant..I believed.  I knew it was true like never before.  I didn't hope it was true.  I didn't wish it was true.  It wasn't a matter of faith for me then.  I knew it was true as certainly as I am sure that I exist.  I never had an experience like that before or since.  well..i guess that's religous but it's the most spiritual thing that's ever happened to me...kinda made me feel strange.
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Hi "One_man_woman",\nOne time, I was walking to the corner market for a loaf of bread when I had to pass by a neighborhood church. I was somewhat acquainted with the structure as it was always mentioned in the newspaper's community section. Known as "The loft," folks would gather there on Thursday evenings for poetry readings.\n\nHowever, this day happened to be a Saturday afternoon and a pair of gentlemen greeted me as I walked by. They invited me inside to sample an hour of their presentation. Ok, I went inside and found myself to be a prospective new recruit for their brand of religion.\n\nMost of the pews were filled with hooded monks chanting a haunting rhythm. There were others who like me, were wearing their regular denims. The service began like most other church-goers would be familiar with. A grand master of ceremonies led the group through some songs and gave a sermon. Near the end of the hour it was time for their ritual of "laying on of the hands." Some of the parishioners would come forward and ask for prayers for their ailments or a sick grand mum whom fell down in the tub. All the hooded dudes whose faces could not readily be seen would all place a hand on the person and their combined energies were presumed to have a strength and expedite a solution to the problem.\n\nOK now, there was another new guy in the pews who was watching eagerly. I noticed he had a shaky-leg syndrome. When he saw a chance, he approached the ring of conspirators and described how he never was able to settle down. The hooded goons closed in upon him, all to make a physical connection. The master of ceremonies began a prayer, a dogmatic mix of logic and pure hocus-pocus. I immediately saw the effects as the tension went out of the man's body. When the beseeching was near an end, the master asked, "Are the brothers ready?"\n\nA suspenseful few moments passed until he almost shouted, "NOW!"\n\nOn that cue, the brothers began to pummel their hapless victim. Continually delivering blows over head and to the solar plexus until he was down on the floor getting stomped. After another minute, the grand Pooh-Bah decided the treatment administered was sufficient to induce a relaxing calm that would assuage the nervousness for a long, long time.\n\nI can't say for certain that the syndrome was lifted permanently as I had a loaf of bread to buy and some other errands to do that day. I hope for you "One_man_woman", that you can find a cure.\n\n-Mark
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That's the whole point Charlie.\nWe have lost our minds.\nIt is now the Mind of Christ we have...\n\nPHILIPPIANS 2:5\n    Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:\n\nROMANS 7:25\n    I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.\n \nROMANS 15:6\n    That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.\n \nI CORINTHIANS 1:10\n    Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.\n \nI CORINTHIANS 2:16\n    For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.\n \nPHILIPPIANS 1:27\n    Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;\n \nI PETER 1:13-16\n   13    Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; \n   14    As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance: \n   15    But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; \n   16    Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy. \n \nI PETER 4:1,2\n   1    Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin; \n   2    That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.
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Yes. I feel God,s presence all around me. he speaks to me. He said, My sheep hear my voice.Sometimes i dont understand something in the Bible, he revels it to me.  In rough times i can feel his presence. he lets me know everything is ok.  I pray and Trust Him. He will guide my life.
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Yes, I had an experience once when I was very depressed and at my lowest.  I was so low that I did not know what else to do, so in my desperation when there was nobody else to turn to, I tried to picture in my mind the face of Jesus.  (At the time I had still not made my mind up about religion.)  All of a sudden there was a surge of peace and tranquillity and a feeling of love that I had never ever experienced in my life.  It was as if I was in his loving arms and he was saying "it's going to be all-right if you just give this to me."  That is the best way that I can describe it because the strength of it was not of this earth.  It had to have been Jesus.  There is a Bible passage where Jesus says "If you search for me, you will find me."  It was then that I understood what that passage meant.
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I have had near-mystical experiences (in addition to intellectual reasons) that have contributed to my commitment to God (through what Jesus Christ has done for us on the cross).\n\nI have also had a hundred or more prayers answered by The Christian God (by his kindness and Grace).\n\nI used to be an atheist. Over a period of time however, I grew convinced of the existence of the Christian God, and ultimately committed my life to Christ. \n\nFor a draft-version of my journey from atheism to Christ, see http://www.godsci.org/gs/chri/testimony/seek.html\n\nThe near-mystical experiences are described at the link above (if you are interested).\n\nCordially,\nJohn
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I am a Christian already... I just feel Christ presence and I have faith in Him. I read the Bible and pray to God constantly and helps me strengthen my faith in Him. I also listen to Him.. listen to God and contemplating in His words really helps alot... Christ did something so wonderful to me... He saved me from ALL my unrighteousness... but not just ME but to you also...to all of us... and the good news is Christ is coming again to take us to heaven and would give us a new earth and a new life where there will be no more tears and no more failures and heartaches.. that's how wonderful to have Jesus in your life...
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I have found the Seven Sacraments very powerful,but there are internal actions that must accompany the external actions,and these must be done in a precise order to activate the experience.....When you asked this question did you know that you were in the process of waking up?
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I had a religious Catholic upbringing at home and school, I chose to go to a co-ed state high school instead of a Catholic all-boys one, quickly learned that not everyone has belief in God.\n\nI  went on to University and mixed with every type of person and gradually the religious conditioning began to fade away but I still half believed in God and would never dare say I didn't believe in case I was struck down on the spot.\n\nI took up buddhism for a time and it cleared my head even more. \n\nQuite recently only a few years ago I was aware that all the religious garbage had finally left my head, I felt clear clean and bright and life made sense more than at any time previously, I still feel that way and I can tell you it's great. But it was a long slow and gradual process, not hard work though. \n\nI'm very pleased to be in charge of my own brain instead of having some religious dogma in charge of it. If you are not  controlling your own brain and thoughts somebody else is ...you can be sure of that (and I don't mean God guys).\n\nProblem is my family, and one especially newly fundamentalist sister..she gets very nasty at times and communication is on hold for time being.
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I tried to do the same thing. It never worked. After I gave up this happened to me.\n\n\nSeveral years ago I had an unusual experience concerning an uncle, a distant relative who lived over a thousand miles away. \n\nWhile driving my car I suddenly felt the unmistakable presence of this relative that I hardly even knew. He was more like someone I had heard about than someone I knew. It was very strange; it felt as though I was momentarily lifted right out of my physical body. I seemed to be suspended somehow beyond space and time, bathed in a love so intense It felt like I could have just disappear into it at any moment if It would have let me. It only lasted for a few seconds, but it seemed to last forever at the same time. I realize how crazy this must sound. The experience was so strong that at first I was afraid I was loosing my grip on reality. I finally managed to chalk it up to an over active imagination.\n\nThree days later I got a call from my aunt telling me that this uncle we are talking about had gone into a coma and died the day I had the experience. It felt like ice water had been poured down my back when she told me this. I had lost any real ideas of God or faith and had become somewhat of an atheist. Needless to say this experience caused me to rethink some of the conclusions I had come to. \n\nI feel blessed to now understand that even in our darkest confusion something loves us so much that it went out of its way to assist me and bring me back to a state of absolute certainty about Gods love for us.\nDuring the experience it seemed like there was a vast amount of information that I was somehow allowed access to. One thing that I came away from this experience understanding beyond any shadow of a doubt was that any Idea that God is unhappy with us or would judge or allow us to be punished for any reason is simply impossible. \n\nI can’t explain the love I felt with words. They simply don’t make words big enough or complete enough to do this. The only way I can begin to convey this love to you is to say that there was simply nothing else there. Nothing but love. No hint of judgment, no displeasure of any sort. It is as though God sees us as being as perfect as we were the day we were created. It is only in our confused idea of ourselves that we seem to have changed.\n\n I hope this is of some help to you. Good luck. Love and blessings. \n\nYour brother don
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Bang on dude.  Christ gave us the key to an incredible life and most of us hardly ever use it.  Sometimes I can't believe how stupid I am when I actually marvel at the consistency of his teachings and then stumble a second time.
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I have have many experiences like this, it's difficult to focus on one or two. I really wish I had more time to think about these things in the midst of a busy life, so thank you for asking this question.\n\nI had a near death experience, which made me more sure that there is something there after death. I saw a light, and found myself travelling towards it, and could hear the voices of loved ones who had died. Just as I seemed to arrive at a beautiful garden, it was as if I started travelling rapidly back again to the here and now - it wasn't my time yet.\n\nMeditation is a spiritual experience for me. So it prayer, although I don't belong to any organised religious group. And sometimes just walking in a beautiful place, or even sitting for a few minutes in a sunny garden. Or looking into the eyes of someone you love. Or sometimes a dream will take you to a spiritual place.I believe these are all spiritual experiences and they are available to us all, whenever we are open to them.
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I've never thought of it that way. I'm in between religious beliefs at the moment, but yours has given me an entirely new perspective on Christianity. Thanks for putting it out there!