Conscious Communities are created around specific affinities such as Giving Peace a Dance in the example of EarthDance. Generally conscious communities tend towards raising the consciousness of the planet, through actions that gather people to grow food, to dance, to increase wealth, to celebrate life - or all in One.

Communities have seven well-defined developmental levels of consciousness. Each level focuses on a particular existential need that is common to all forms of human group structures. The seven existential needs are the principal motivating forces in all human affairs.   Communities develop and grow by learning to master the satisfaction of these needs. The seven levels in the development of community consciousness are shown in the following table.