The map provides a tool for self-reflection. Instead of judging emotions as "good" or "bad," one can view them as energy fields. The goal is to recognize where one currently resides on the map and consciously cultivate thoughts and behaviors that raise one's vibration—moving from Force (energy expenditure) to Power (energy availability).

Hawkins categorized specific "attractee fields" or levels of consciousness. Here are a few key distinctions:

Below is a summary of the key concepts behind the Map of Consciousness.

Frustrated, she opened it. The first page said: “The level of consciousness is not what you know, but what you are.”

Platforms such as Scribd and the Internet Archive offer the chart and related books like Transcending the Levels of Consciousness for online viewing or borrowing.