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Conscious vs. Unconscious
Which one are you?
Original Publication Date:
April 2008
Life is the coexistence of opposites. One contrasts the other and together they give each other meaning. Pleasure and pain, hot and cold, light and dark, joy and sorrow, birth and death are all members of the family of opposites.
There are many pairs of opposites we use to describe people—rich or poor, strong or weak, happy or sad. When you hear someone referred to as being rich it usually means that they have a lot of money. If they are called weak then you can probably conclude they couldn't make a living as a competitive bodybuilder. A sad description brings to mind someone who is unhappy or depressed or hurting in some way. I'd like to add one more pair to the list—conscious and unconscious. If I were to ask are you a conscious person what would you say? How would you answer?
Day in and day out people come and go in our lives. Some we meet only in passing or from a far. Some stay longer than others. Some we interact with more regularly like on the job or at the gym. Some we are related to or have as friends. Some we actually live with and even marry. Some are conscious some are not. What is the difference and how would we know how to distinguish one from the other?
I have been an observer of human behavior my entire life. Early on, I instinctively knew everyone was not plugged into the world the same way. I couldn't quite explain it, but I could make the distinction. For some it seemed like a firm, solid connection— a high voltage free flowing energy. Others seemed not to be plugged in at all and reminded me of a three-pronged plug trying to fit into a two-pronged outlet—impossible on its own to connect. It was as though these folks were literally asleep at the switch.
What I came to discover is we are, in essence, not divided by color or race or intellect or religion or social status or class, but by being either conscious or unconscious.
Some people are exactly conscious—ever evolving, ever growing, ever striving. They are listeners, givers, movers, thinkers, and keepers of the flame of awareness, stewards of the Earth and of the gift of humanity. They are on a frequency tuned-in to themselves, to others, and to the good of the collective whole.
Then there are the unconscious, those who don't have a clue about who they are or why they are here. They don't care very much about you or your situation either. They go through the motions of life with their blinders and their myopic vision never fully being engaged. They can appear as inflexible or one tracked, unyielding or entitled. These are the people who can be the most dangerous, cause the most disappointment, or create the most havoc. Since they are so little invested they have so little to lose. Unaware of their surroundings or uncaring of the consequences of their behavior they act without thinking or think without knowing. They are on a frequency system much lower that creates a draining on those around them and on the quality of light that flows through us all.
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