I propose that we cannot begin to shift the seat of our identity from the material life and world to the spirit/morontia realities until we are first spirit responsive.
That’s what I call, born of the spirit. It has to do with an awakening to the inner religious attitude of the soul. It is also called the new birth, meaning a change of mind by faith. When attitude is properly aligned inwardly toward spirit it is capable of being properly aligned outwardly with the universe.
142:6.7 And Nicodemus said: “But how can I begin to lay hold upon this spirit which is to remake me in preparation for entering into the kingdom?” Jesus answered: “Already does the spirit of the Father in heaven indwell you. If you would be led by this spirit from above, very soon would you begin to see with the eyes of the spirit, and then by the wholehearted choice of spirit guidance would you be born of the spirit since your only purpose in living would be to do the will of your Father who is in heaven. And so finding yourself born of the spirit and happily in the kingdom of God, you would begin to bear in your daily life the abundant fruits of the spirit.”