There are many places to explore in this world.

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And there are lots of other worlds to explore as well.

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It is part of human nature to want to explore.

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We are fascinated by what we don't know.

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Humans are driven to always learn about what is not yet understood.

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There is so much still to explore in our world.

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The depths of the oceans, the hidden jungles, the layers of history buried beneath our feet.

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Yet there is still one great unknown that we are intensely interested in exploring even more.

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That is the mystery of our own consciousness.

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For what greater depths are there than our own psyche, our own mind?

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It is still a mystery how our consciousness even came to be.

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We seek to understand ourselves on such a deep level so we can make sense of the world around us.

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To find our place in this universe.

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And most importantly, to understand our pain and suffering.

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There are so many theories and so many assumptions.

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We are constantly bumping up against their limits and want to understand even deeper truths.

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Where was our consciousness before we were born?

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And where does consciousness go when we die?

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We see life all around us, yet we don't know if any of it is conscious the way we are.

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We get confused by all we see in our life.

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And that drives us to want to understand ourselves better.

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Not only do we want to understand our place in the world, we want to explore why we show up in the world the way we do.

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Why do we pick the partners we do?

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How do we deal with the pain we have felt since we were children?

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What can we do to feel better about ourselves?

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These kind of questions motivate us to want to understand our inner working on a truly personal level.

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As well as wanting to understand human beings as whole better.

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Our motivations, our hopes and dreams, our frailties and our faults.

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It all drives us to explore our consciousness in new, and sometimes ancient ways.

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To stop and just sit and be with ourselves so we can see ourselves more clearly.

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Sure, we sometimes don't want to see what's there.

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The fear of truly seeing our tortured souls can be formidable.

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It takes someone of strong heart or strong pain to continue on this path of exploration.

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Yet is can be the most rewarding path of all.

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To truly know oneself.

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And be present to all of our internal struggles and visions.

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To look at ourselves naked in the mirror and accept ourselves as being imperfectly human does not come easily.

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Yet we keep at it and we keep walking down the path to greater understanding.

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There are worlds to explore inside of us as well as outside of us.

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Which worlds we decide to explore is entirely up to us.

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Perhaps when we've truly explored our own depths we will be able to explore the depths of the universe in peaceful harmony.

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So are you ready to explore your own internal depths?

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~ Sam Liebowitz, The Conscious Consultant

Host of The Conscious Consultant Hour