“The human spirit is the lamp of the Lord, searching every inmost part” (Prov. 20:27)
You are a spirit that lives in a body. You are not the body. You are a spirit that has a mind. You are not the mind. You are the observer, the awareness behind the mind and body. You are consciousness.
Consciousness is the Lamb of the Lord because without it you would be aware of nothing. You would be in the dark of oblivion.
Without consciousness there would be no self-consciousness and no God consciousness. Being aware of nothing means that there would be no light, no knowledge, no you.
As Paul explains, “For who knows a person’s thoughts except their own spirit within them?” (1 Cor. 2:11 NIV).
It is our spirit that is aware of our thoughts. The spirit does not refer to the mind, the thinking faculty. Rather the spirit refers to our consciousness, our awareness of what is going on inside.
You will not understand the spiritual unless you understand this very important point. The spirit refers to consciousness. Therefore, spirituality deals with the deepening and expanding of our consciousness.
Deepening our consciousness means that we become aware of more of the details of Ultimate Reality. Through being born again, we become aware of an unseen Reality. At first we see very dimly. But as we grow spiritually, Reality becomes more in focus. We begin to look around. We begin to take in more of the unseen Reality in which we live.
Expanding our consciousness means that we become more aware of the vastness of reality. As we begin to grow, we become more aware of the vastness of the spiritual realm. We begin to see the limits of our worldview, our framework for interpreting the world. How little of Reality do we really know?
But spirituality is also about unlearning. Our worldview helps us to see, but it can also block us from seeing. There’s a long process of unlearning and unknowing. We must be open and teachable in order for Christ to lead us into all truth.