Bring Conscious Drama to your Life

Stop Creating Probems and Start Creating Excitement
Another Principle of Radical Wholeness - Conscious Drama

Does the title sound like a radical idea? Perhaps, yet for many, it's a matter of choosing drama consciously or unconscious drama chooses us, often with negative consequences.

Have you ever met anyone who craved and created drama in his or her life? They may have a wonderful life and yet they are not satisfied unless there is some crisis or drama happening. Over and over again they make poor decisions that result in stress, hurt and excitement. There is a reason this happens. Did you know that your body's nervous system processes fear and excitement as if it were the same? It does! While these are two very different emotional responses, neurologically, they are alike. Who would have figured?

Did you or someone you know have a childhood filled with drama? Many of us had home environments that included fighting, abuse, addictions, money problems, serious accidents, sickness, or perhaps frequently moves. Even though we most likely experienced these things as negative and possibly traumatic, wishing and praying that they would never happen again, they were also stimulating and produced a fight or flight survival response within us. Here's the kicker: Our nervous system felt this hyper-alert state of awareness exactly as it would something exciting. It doesn't know the difference!

If we grew up in a home with unconscious drama, the fear/excitement is so familiar to our nervous system we will tend to recreate it in our adult lives. Our unconscious will choose drama for us if we do not consciously create and choose positive stimulation for ourselves. Can you recall a time when things were going really well? It was smooth sailing in your work and your primary relationships. Yet you noticed a funny feeling, perhaps subtle, that felt like something was missing. Were you maybe feeling a little bored? Was the stimulation of the drama was missing?

This unconscious need for stimulation is hard wired into us from our early childhood experiences. We have a choice to meet that need through conscious drama. This could be anything that has an element of the unpredictable and provides a feeling of adventure, excitement or being a little on the edge. We chose our drama consciously so that our drama doesn't choose us.

Here are a few examples of choosing Conscious Drama from SOULutions clients: � Taking an a self-improvement class � Joining a comedy workshop � Kick boxing � Visiting a religious service from a different culture each week � Ski diving � Paint ball � Starting a Meet-Up for something they felt a lot of passion � Pole dancing � Volunteering in an unfamiliar area � Taking up a new hobby � Starting a blog to express passionate and/or controversial ideas

Operating from an aware ego and moving toward wholeness requires us to observe the pattern of unconscious drama and respond from our higher self. We are more than the nerve bundles in our body. The most profound kind of conscious drama comes through finding a passionate purpose that feels deeply personal to you and yet is bigger than you.