Conscious (Relationship)
Conscious this, conscious that. What does it all mean?
We use a lot of words. We all mean different things. Many of us are fooling ourselves.
"Being conscious" and being in conscious relationship are enormous and constant undertakings. "Being conscious" is not a set of words, or a use of language.
It means learning yourself inside and out. It means discovering and embracing your ugliest bits — which might also be the prettiest ones, because we are amazing contradictions, us people.
It means delving into the shadows, and taking ownership of what we find.
It means living in our bodies, and taking responsibility for them — even as we find them lacking, even as we wish to dissociate and feel only comfort.
In relationship, it means all of that and more.
The keys here are self-awareness, self-acceptance, and healthy self-expression (which tends to arise naturally from the first two).
My usual prescriptions, meditation and shadow work, are foundational here.
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No one can do this work for us, and no one can know how much we're hiding from ourselves and others. No one can bring us into the light but ourselves.
Also, no one can do all this ALL THE TIME.
Give yourself a break, and I'll take one too.
❤️
- S
