“By giving consciousness a definition, we minimize the vast and infinite nature of it. And on the other hand, attempting to touch the entity of consciousness gently with words is a beautiful and awakening practice; and honestly one that more people need to have. I believe that inside a definition of consciousness, there must be an invitation—an invitation to go deeper within, to discover for yourself, what consciousness is to you.

Without consciousness, there would be no life. Period. Just like the way our bodies are nothing without breath, without a heartbeat, life is nothing without consciousness. Consciousness is the breath of life. It is the melody and lyrics that dance around the stable beat of a song. It is the quality of undeniable and inevitable mystery that comes with self-aware beings like us. It is the entity that brings us to life, and that which ends our life. It is what gives us purpose, a divine mission, and yet also what allows us to have choice in the way we relate to life.

Consciousness is the substrate of all life; the connective tissue that brings all things together in an infinite flow of complex, intricate and self-sustaining patterns. Consciousness is both our creator and that which we create. When we ask questions, meditate, and seek truth, consciousness is the silent conversation partner that shows itself through sensations, intuition, and sparks of insight and inspiration.

And maybe most importantly, consciousness is what we believe it to be. The universe operates in a co-creative existence, where all living beings within it are interrelated to the extent we may never fully understand. The fact that we, as humans, embody consciousness, means that we are active co-creators of not only our own experience, but also of the nature of the entire universe itself. By making the choices we do here on Earth, we decide the course of evolution, thus changing how the universe operates as an entity; changing how consciousness operates as an entity.

The importance of each individual nourishing their relationship with how they experience and relate to the force of consciousness is undeniable. I believe that of the things we must do in order to survive as a species and grow into a sustainable way of living, communing with whatever we believe to be consciousness is at the top of that list.”