Conscious Identities
Image Courtesy of Luke Schroeder
“Consciousness is dancing to a new rhythm and vibration, both collectively and individually.”
Not so long ago, I was moving through life unconsciously. Though blissful, existing unconsciously had lulled me into a state of inaction, closed mindedness and feeling largely indifferent to the world around me.
One day, I realized my unconsciousness wasn’t fulfilling the kind of life I wanted to live. This led me to choose consciousness over drifting, which set my life on a new path.
To gain consciousness as I moved through life, I had to learn to let go of my ego and embrace new perspectives and rhythms that at the time, didn’t feel like I identified with. Just like learning a new dance, I stumbled to find the flow and kept making the same mistakes over and over again until my body and mind learned how to pull the lessons together.
Relearning how to be conscious was incredibly tiring, emotionally and physically, but it was absolutely worth it.
As my conscious identity began to find stable ground, I took notice of the multifaceted world around me and how it was responsible for not making one ‘correct’ identity, but endless identities that were constantly experiencing changes based on their individual experiences.
The more I learned about the world around me and who I was within it, the more fluid I saw consciousness. It is constantly ebbing and flowing.
As we begin to explore our own consciousness and its significance, we can gain more openness and empathy in our perspectives. We are able to see the beauty in people’s singularities and how these singularities form all of our consciousnesses.
But take it with a grain of salt, because consciousness isn't something that is meant to everyone the same way. In fact, every person has a different consciousness so it wouldn’t work to judge yourself off of someone else’s consciousness.
As we begin to move through the world consciously, we can become stewards of where our energies are directed and more responsible for what we put into the world as we recognize its effect on others.
As business owners, it is important to promote businesses with consciousness. This is firstly important for your employees whose individual creativity, empathy, and teamwork will grow as they learn more and feel supported with your care. It is also important for promoting responsible stewardship of collective consciousness. It is our responsibility to create businesses that support healthy consciousness across communities where people can share different ideas but feel understood, valued, and at ease with each other.
By Arabella Davis