We are spiritually one with Lord by the Holy Spirit in our spirits. There is no separation in the Spirit. We have our new spirit within us when we received and it is both inside of us and one with Christ at the same time seated with Him in heaven.
This is not something you understand with our natural mind. It is spiritually discerned.
And of course to those that only use their natural mind - the truth of being one with the Lord and being in heaven too is "gnostic"....it's the nature of the beast.
We are to set our minds ( a part of our soul ) on things above where we are seated with Christ now. The inner man created in Christ is the new creation and it was created in righteousness and holiness.
1 Corinthians 6:17 (KJV)
[SUP]17 [/SUP] But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.
Keeping our minds on spiritual realities that are in Christ because we are in Him - will transforms us. Romans 12:2
Colossians 3:1-3 (NASB)
[SUP]1 [/SUP] Therefore if you have been raised up with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.
[SUP]2 [/SUP] Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth.
[SUP]3 [/SUP] For you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God.