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I was minding my business, scrolling like a responsible adult avoiding her responsibilities, when a video about “higher consciousness” popped up. You know the ones. Soft lighting. Calming voice. Someone who looks like they haven’t argued with a matatu driver their entire life telling you that you and the person next to you are basically living in different dimensions.

And honestly? I don’t disagree.

I’ve felt that. Lived that. I’ve been in the same room with someone and thought, wow. We are not experiencing the same planet right now. And I am pretty certain I have made someone think the same exact thing.

But then I started wondering why we’ve turned being into yet another competition.

Like… how did we manage to make consciousness a ladder? A spiritual Olympics?

Human beings will turn anything into a race. Anything. Even existing.

And listen. I’m not anti-growth. I am not anti-awareness. I’m not sitting here saying, “Let’s all stay exactly the same forever.” I love peace. I love harmony. I totally love the idea of everyone being soft and kind and aligned and whatever else the gurus promise.

But I don’t love the pressure. The hierarchy. The subtle shaming that comes with “Oh, you’re still on that level?”

Because the truth is: we're not all going to be in the same place.
Not spiritually.
Not emotionally.
Not mentally.
Not even in life.

And that's not failure.

Some people are learning how to survive.
Some are learning how to feel
Some are learning how to let go.
Others are learning how to hope again.
Even more are learning how to breathe without apologizing for taking up space.

And all of there are valid. All of these are human.

So maybe the point isn't to sprint to the "highest level." Maybe the point is to do your level well.

To actually live the chapter you’re in instead of rushing to the next one like life is a syllabus you’re trying to finish before exams. To stop treating consciousness like a staircase and start treating it like a landscape-wide, varied, beautiful, and not meant to be conquered.

Because at the end of the day, it’s not about the destination.
It’s about the journey.
It’s about the version of you that exists right now, doing the best they can with what they have, in the place they currently are.

And honestly? That feels like enough.