Led By The Spirit - Romans 8:14

Romans 8:14 ESV 

For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.

Not being led by the Spirit is being led by the spirit of flesh. This is the same spirit shared by every creature on earth. This would be a child of nature and is the way we arrive in the world at birth. 

We are innocent until we reach the age of accountability. Then all eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. We know the difference between the two. The nature of man becomes contrary to the Spirit of God, which is the life of God, and we fall from His presence. We are no longer attached to the vine of life and join the crowd who are dead to God. 

For those who reach for the tree of life, the Spirit is given that leads to the mind of Christ. We are raised from our animal nature into the life of Christ. We do not lose our minds, but our thinking begins a process of transformation of a new life in spirit. We become a son of God and enter the body of the Son of God. We are putting off the the body of flesh and putting on Christ. Just as Christ was led by the Spirit in the wilderness, we journey through the wilderness of the world led by that same Spirit.