According to Osho, to become conscious is to bring inner light—through meditation—so awareness expands from ordinary mind into superconsciousness, collective superconsciousness, and cosmic consciousness. This upward movement instantly burns the unconscious ‘rubbish’; you don’t dig into darkness, you illuminate it. Consciousness is presence, clarity, and silence that dispels burden and tension, like lighting a candle rather than wrestling with the night.
Becoming conscious means stop fighting the mess in your head and simply switch on an inner light (meditation) so the mess melts away.