Consciousness is being aware of your existence. Consciousness is becoming aware of the world around you. Consciousness is to be aware or to gain sensitivity to things around you. Consciousness is being aware that balance/truth/justice does and must exist and must be sought at all costs. To be conscious is to continuously seek that balance.

There are many different levels of consciousness. Some know some things before they know some others, we do not gain consciousness at the same rate or by the same measure, but as a collection of minds we can make strides in consciousness together.