What Is Consciousness Work?

[Mastermind]

Hey, Guys,

As far as I know, 
Self-development (self-improvement, self-help) work is about developing and improving specific qualities of one's personality and psyche, 
Enlightenment work is about reaching enlightenment.

What is Consciousness work?

[FindingPeace]

I see 'consciousness' and 'awareness' as much the same thing. So to me, consciousness work relates to raising you levels of awareness of things like your thoughts, motivations, the mechanisms that play within you and other people. Becomming more aware of the dynamics of society, and reality etc.

The reason why people need to do self-development is because, like most of us, they come from a 'low-conscious' perception of life. They are caught up in the illisions and bullshittery that we all start out believing and living by, and ultimately resulting in unsatisfactory lives. So by raising awareness, raising our consciousness to see beyond that, we can start to take real control of our lives and work towards gaining better results, getting more peace of mind and working towards enlightenment.

Here's an analogy for it: imagine you're on a ride through life. As a passenger you have no real control or understanding of the vessel you are travelling in. You sit there and look out of the window facing whatever comes. Believing that that is all you can do. But what if you became the driver? You would have a greater control and better understand of what was happening. You would have an awareness you never had before and an ability to understand what was happening, why it was, and be able to do something about it.

Most people are passengers in iife. The passenger has lower-consciousness. By doing consciousness work you can become the driver of your life.