Conscious Living

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In a world full of pleasant and not so pleasant distractions, we often find ourselves feeling as if we are drifting through life rather than experiencing it to our true and fullest potential. When the stresses of our lives overwhelm us we may feel that things just happen and we have no say in the outcome.

When we find ourselves questioning our life, we are hearing the invitation to living a conscious life.

What makes a conscious life?

1) Conscious living is an invitation to awaken to the power of our inner wisdom and reconnect to our true and authentic Self. It is about coming back to the basics of who you truly are, what you value, honoring yourself, then bringing that honor out into the world.

2) A practice of Recognition, Remembrance, and Presence

  Recognizing the endless, untapped potential in you 

  Remembering the integrity of who you are-your sovereignty

  Presence is the art of being present at every moment, which also means embracing one’s intuitive intelligence. Intuitive intelligence is among the many categories of intelligence and everyone has it, although few ever realize it. Though most individuals can identify colors, one would need to develop an eye to notice the variety of shades. Similarly, everyone has intuitive intelligence-we just need to be fully present to use it.

3) It is a value-based approach to living:

  Self-love – Prioritizing self not at the expense of others but in harmony with one’s surroundings

  Self-integrity – Living our values in harmony with others

  Self-respect-A self-explanatory word which means respecting oneself and values

Oftentimes, when life is going in the direction we don’t want there is a misalignment with our core values.

The reality is when we go inside and remember who we are through our values–the essence of who we are– we discover what’s truly important and meaningful to us. We are able to live deliberately because we are synched to our values.

That reality then becomes the life you desire, want, and dream of–being a witness/observer of our experiences, yet not falling into the traps or chaos that the experience of living brings.

When we talk about values, what do we mean?

We often think of values as the beliefs we hold and by which we lead our lives. While this definition is entirely true, reflecting on the profoundness of its meaning awakens us to the multifacetedness of ourselves.

E.E. Cummings said, “To be nobody-but-yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody but yourself means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight—and never stop fighting.”