Conscious refers to consciousness as the fabric of human existence, to an understanding of consciousness beyond the brain, and to being conscious as the state of being aware about consciousness as the essence of one's own being and of existence itself. 

Ageing refers to the process in which the potential of the divine impulse within every human being unfolds over the course of a lifespan, with the focus on that phase of life in which the body more and more declines, the mind slowly realises that it is reaching its limits, and the self gradually dissolves, whilst behind and beyond all this another form of existence seems to emerge: a being that becomes ever more aware of its own nature as consciousness, that is aware of its existence, which arises from consciousness moment by moment, and that simultaneously dissolves more and more and transitions into new forms of being: the wise being, the transcendent being, the awakened being ... and above. 

Research refers to the collective energy and intervowen capacities of a network of human beings dedicated to understand the process of consciousness development in ageing from a transdisciplinary and transpersonal perspective. It is a process in awareness of the complexity of this existence and by that the necessity of involving a broad, deep and high