{"id":636,"date":"2021-10-21T18:26:51","date_gmt":"2021-10-21T18:26:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theconsciousvibe.com\/?p=636"},"modified":"2022-03-25T13:55:33","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T13:55:33","slug":"this-is-what-being-woke-really-means-not-political-but-most-people-miss-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theconsciousvibe.com\/this-is-what-being-woke-really-means-not-political-but-most-people-miss-this\/","title":{"rendered":"What Does Being “”Woke”” Really Mean. The History of Wokeness and Woke Culture"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
I’ve heard the term woke being thrown around in the media a lot lately. But why is being woke so controversial?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Woke is a slang term and is short for awake. Not physically awake, but mentally awake and consciously aware.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Some say that being \u201cwoke\u201d is a reference to one\u2019s logic, and awareness to social and political issues. However as you dig in, there’s more to being woke than just social and political issues.
Social and political issues are just complicated problems stemming from how people interact with other people and their environment.
Maybe being fully conscious of your environment (both locally and globally), understanding historical cause and effect relationships, and deep understanding of your own self-awareness, might also be part of being woke.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Being “woke” in not something new. Looking back in history, examples of \u201cwoke\u201d are associated with gaining a deeper understanding to reality and becoming \u2018enlightened\u2019 to the bigger picture context.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You would think that being \u201cwoke\u201d or becoming more aware should be seen as a positive thing. And it is a positive thing. But there\u2019s also a danger in thinking you\u2019re \u201cwoke\u201d when you’re not and looking down on others who don’t poses the same level of understanding. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Like many subjects in the 21st century, being considered woke has become politicized and poorly misunderstood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It’s time to lift the veil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In this article we\u2019ll take a look at the history of \u201cwokeness\u201d, what it means to be \u201cwoke\u201d today, the dangers of politicizing \u201cwokeness\u201d, the future of \u201cwokeness\u201d, and the benefits of continuing to develop a deeper understanding of reality both past and present.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Regardless of any political affiliation, being woke is being aware of reality, both past and present. <\/p>\n\n\n\n