My Thoughts Become Your Thoughts: Hearing the Voice of God

By Tracy Menchenton

The existence of life's Presence within you, the Kingdom of God, was never intended to be a mystery. And Eternal life is to be experienced now in this Present moment of life's only reality.

Your life's Conscious-driven purpose was predestined before you were ever born. It has always existed within you, ready to be revealed; you just had to come into the light of awareness of its existence.

This is the Practice of Awakening Your Mind to Your True Identity, Life's Calling, and Your Inspired Purpose: The Minds Renewal Is the Path to Your New Transformation

You are not who you think you are ….

Your mind's false self-awareness has separated you from the Presence of life. In your separation from life's only reality, this Present time, you have created a false self-identity or ego. This ego continues to lead you astray from life's Presence by seeking for more beyond this Present moment, the only reality of life's existence. Transcend your mind's false self-awareness to the higher state of Consciousness, the awareness of your Oneness with life's Presence. Know your true identity, your Oneness with the Author and Perfecter, the Creator of all life.

The end of all suffering ….

You hold the key to your inner peace, the end of your mental suffering.

You are not your thoughts, the thinking and rationalizing mind, but you are the observing or witnessing Presence within. Know your mind's right standing position, its correct alignment with Consciousness, the awareness of life's Presence in the here and now of reality. Learn to become free from the mind's attachment to the intellect and put an end to all your suffering.

Life has a purpose for you ….

Predestined before the foundation of the earth, life's unfolding script had a unique role for you to play. You were created with a longing desire within to know your inner purpose, something much greater than you could imagine for this life.

You were created with the secret of your identity and purpose hidden within you, waiting to be revealed.

Life is calling you, drawing you inward to an awareness of your true self and to fulfill its destiny, and there is no greater time than now.

The New Beginning

Are you ready, child? To take the journey of life as I have set it out, just for you? Hold fast, for there is much to learn, much to teach you. Lend an ear to Me. I will fill you up, for wisdom only comes with reverence. Ask, and you shall receive. I give all to My children who reverence Me. Do not go outside of life's existence, but remain in the Present with Me. I shall surely reveal to you My unfolding plans for your life's purpose, your great destiny!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Balboa Press
• Release date: Oct 24, 2018
• ISBN: 9781982213541

Tracy Menchenton

Tracy Menchenton with more than twenty years experience in law enforcement felt internally driven at a young age to explore and investigate the darkened mind of the unconscious experience. As she recounts in this eloquent case for seeking the Presence of God, her personal journey unfolds to the supernatural awakenings of the voice of God within. Losing all identity of who she thought to be, having suffered through many personal trials of her life, she surrendered her false self awareness and sought to find God in the midst of her pain. For purely altruistic reasons through the Divine calling and greater purpose, she was guided along in Spirit to write the wisdom of this book. Tracy Menchenton lives in Calgary Alberta with her young and vibrant daughter, and their rescued dog, Rosa. She is currently writing a sequel to My Thoughts Become Your Thoughts.

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Contents

Dedication

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1: The Kingdom of God, the

Presence of Life—It Is within You!

1      God Is Spirit—The Conscious Life Force Energy within You

2      The Presence of Life—The Essence of

All Things Living

3      Enlightenment—Your Conscious

Awareness to Life’s Presence

4      Eternal Life Is Living in the Present

Chapter 2: Your Real Identity—The Truth of Who You Are

1      We Are Made in His Imagination, Having

the Likeness of Our Creator

2      We Are the Manifested Vessels of Life

3      You Are the Manifestation of God—The

Alignment with Your True Identity

4      Falling Away from the Presence of Life—

The Birth of Self-Awareness

5      The Need for a Savior—The Death of

Our False Self-Identity

Chapter 3: Inheriting the Kingdom—The Practice

of Entering a Present State of Mind

1      The Captive Thought: Your Weapon of

Warfare

2      Freeing the Mind—Seeking a Mind

above Thought

3      Be Still and Know—You Are the Witness

4      The Light of Awareness—You Have

Entered through the Inner Room of

Consciousness

5      In and Out of Pasture—Entering into a

Present Moment State of Awareness

Chapter 4: Your Mind’s Alignment with the

Reality of Life’s Presence – You Are

Now One with the Creator of All Existence

1      Salvation—You Have Reached the End of Your Mental Suffering

2      The Peace That Surpasses All Understanding

3      You Are Complete—Receiving the Crown of Life

4      The Power of Discernment

5      The Abundant Life—The Joy of Being One with Life’s Presence

6      Walking in Newness of Life—You Are a New Creation

7      One Collective Consciousness

8      The Voice of God—Inspired Thoughts through the Power of Presence

9      A New Purpose—Your Inherited Power and Intent

Chapter 5: The Book of Life—Remaining in the

Eternal Presence of Life’s Existence

1      Fulfilling Your Destiny

2      Your Mission—Life’s Last Instruction

Appendices

1      A Practice of Enlightenment: Entering into the Light of Awareness—A Present State of Mind

2      Bibliography

About the Author

Dedication

I have dedicated this book to the three women whom I have shared my life with and deeply love.

For my dear grandmother, Beatrice, a selfless, sacrificing woman who eagerly gave of herself to others in pure love and gentle kindness: As I now have come to understand, she was a manifestation of the Christ, fully surrendered to her true identity. I had often thought, Who are you but a reflection of God? Surely, you must be! Oh, how easy it was and is to love you, Nanny! My love for you is eternal, as I have seen the light of Him within you. I love the Christ in you!

My beloved mother, Doris: I treasure your sacrificial heart, the selfless love that can only come from a mother, the love and care you so readily gave to each one of us. I knew your struggles and pain, and at last, the Lord gave you no more than you could bear. He called you home to His Eternal Oneness. Thank you for your love and your profound humor.

For my sweet Aliyana, my gift of love and joy: What a treasure you are to me, my very reason to live this life in its fullness. May you continually seek the Lord’s Presence in every moment, experiencing His aliveness, the very peace and joy of being One with Him. May you sacrifice your self in all that you do, so that the Glory of God may be revealed in all His magnificence through you!

I dedicate my heart’s wisdom to all who have suffered mentally in fear and doubt, crippled in darkness, stumbling through the unconscious mind, the very unawareness of life itself. There is a great light of awareness to be witnessed, a saving from mental anguish! Come, enter into this glorious Present state of mind, and become all you were created to be!

Acknowledgments

I can only acknowledge my awareness of the Presence of God within me. It is the Conscious Infinite Intelligence within that desires to express His words through this manuscript. I am but a scribe to His free-flowing wisdom and inspiration.

Christ in me is my awareness to the abiding Presence of Consciousness. This is the revelation of God and mystery made known.

May you become awakened to the Conscious Presence of life within and its continual calling you inward, to reveal your true identity. Be transformed by the renewing of your mind ….

Introduction

Prelude

I decided to begin this book by sharing with you some of my personal Spiritual awakening experiences. I hope to give you insight into my mind’s awakening to Consciousness; my awareness of God’s Presence within me. These are only some of my preliminary awakening experiences, and it would be impossible to write them all within the context of an introduction. I will attempt to give you clarity of understanding through my personal firsthand account.

I had an earnest pursuit to know God, why I was here in this moment of time, and why I felt such uncertainty or loss of control in my life. I wondered why the world, in itself, is unjust. It just did not make sense to me. Why would a Creator, an all-loving God, purposely allow the world to exist in the state it is in? Why is there so much pain, depression, darkness, and death? Why am I here? What role am I to play in this? These recurring questions came to mind from time to time, but they were certainly not the reason why I found myself questioning God or shaking my fist at Him, this go-around.

A Mind Imprisoned by Thought

Before I had received any understanding through my mind’s renewal, this new way of Being fully Present with life; there was no Conscious awareness or understanding to the thoughts that would lead me astray from experiencing life’s Presence, in the now. My experiences of life were essentially led by my attachment to the mind’s processing of thoughts. I saw my identity as the thinker within my mind: the, I, me, myself voice within. I was the thinking, rationalizing, and seeking mind. Whatever thoughts arose within my mind, the continual chatter and internal dialogue, I followed them.

My thoughts held me captive to experience emotions and oftentimes thoughts of fear that led me down paths of worry and uncertainty. There was no purposeful direction, one might say, in the thoughts that ran rampant through my mind. It was like being taken on a roller coaster ride with no control of the ride itself. Prior to a Conscious mind of awareness, I thought my identity, this ego persona, was reality. Because I was thinking these thoughts, surely it was I who was doing the thinking; the voice of I, me, and myself were all that existed within. I was not aware that my unconscious mind’s thinking and rationalizing had imprisoned my mind and that I was held captive by my attachment to it.

In my experience, the more my thoughts focused specifically on the ego, the more I went down paths of mental anguish. Fear, doubt, and anxiety began to creep in. The more I thought about any perceived issue without resolution, the more momentum the thoughts took within my mind. The more focus I placed on those thoughts, the more they began to expand. It was during times of great trials in my life that the incessant focusing on the problem at hand created darkness within, leaving me with very little mental peace. At times, a war raged in my mind, and I had no awareness that I held the key to end my torment instantly. I was not Consciously aware of my Being in those moments of life, as I gave no insight to the Present moment of life’s only existence. I was not aware that I could rise above my thoughts in surrender of them and experience a stillness of just Being Present in the observation and acceptance of life’s reality. Rising above my thoughts would lead me to a refuge within my mind, a peaceful and content Present state of mind.

Enlightenment: Awakening to the Awareness of God’s Presence Within

In Brokenness, a Brief Moment of Awareness

I remember one instance in particular in which darkness had enslaved my mind. The fear of the unknown, the uncertainty of my future, and all that I perceived to have recently lost weighed heavily on me for days. I had little hope and was despaired of my current situation. I had recently become a single mother to an infant child; my daughter who slept peacefully in the back of my SUV was unaware of all the changes that were taking place in her little life. I found myself driving around aimlessly with no purposeful direction, and my mind was doing the very same thing. Street after street, my mind was caught up in darkness. I was not in a state of Presence—Being Present of mind in the now—but was instead reflecting on the past or thinking of the future. As I reflected on the past, I was momentarily held captive by my emotions. Hurt, resentment, regret, and condemnation began to creep in. As I focused my mind on the future, I had uncertainty, doubts, worries, and anxiety. There was little belief in a positive outcome because my mind dwelled on the past pain or the uncertainty of my future. In those moments, my mind sank in a pit of despair.

In between my mind’s continual chatter and run-on dialogue, I was seeking direction and guidance. I was searching for a light to shine through the darkness that had imprisoned my mind. And then next, through a brief moment of clarity, an inspiring thought: maybe I should search the radio channels for a song that would uplift me, give me some reprieve from the mental torment my thoughts were creating. As I began to search and listen to the radio channels, I heard a man speak whom I would later come to know as Dr. Stanley, a TV and radio evangelist with In Touch Ministries. As my mind was now fully Present and aware, listening rather than rationalizing and thinking, the words that were spoken in that moment seemed to have been directly voiced at me. The words had awakened my mind to the shocking revelation of what was occurring. It was as if God was talking through Dr. Stanley to commune with me. Each word spoken directly related to my heart, my brokenness, my despair, and my current situation. I was so in awe of what I was hearing that I frantically pulled over, longing to stay connected to the voice that knew me so well.

Then as quickly as I experienced the moment of clarity through my awareness, thoughts of disbelief entered my rational mind: How can this man know what I am feeling? How does he know my personal situation? How does he know all these things? How can he be speaking to me in this moment? The thinking and rationalizing mind had crept in again and led me away from a moment of Being Present through a Conscious awareness with life itself. But even through my mind’s rationalization, I could not dismiss what I had just experienced, its very realness; something was calling me out of this world to awaken to another existence. That was the first seed of a burning desire planted within me, a luring or pulling of some sort to know God more—or at the very least, to experience more of this metaphysical occurrence. The only answer to the darkness is to seek God, I thought. It would take many more of these awakenings before I had any understanding of my mind’s transformation.

A Moment of Acceptance to Life’s Presence; the Surrender of My False Self-Awareness

Several months later, I found myself back in the same city I had left a year before. I had no job and was living in a high-rental home with a small infant to care for. Indeed, I was back in the familiarity of the life I had left, the same surroundings and friends, but the darkness still followed me. I tried to ground myself with a job search, seeking childcare and even social assistance to help me provide for my daughter. I had lost everything, including my savings and my pride. I was in complete despair when every job position I applied for, even the ones for which I was overqualified, closed their doors on me. I thought my life struggle could not get any worse at that point. And then I received the call that my grandmother, who was living across the country from me, was hospitalized. I was advised that I should go back to my hometown to see her because she did not have long to live.

When I was growing up, my