Some gurus say you do not know 'you are' without consciousness.+

Some gurus say you do not know 'you'  without consciousness. Those propagating the non-existence of consciousness are propagating their own cocktail knowledge gathered from here and there.    

Only in the Soul, the Self you will find the reality of true existence because the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness, is eternal existence. 

Bhagavad Gita says: ~ Brahmano hi pratisthaham ~ Brahman (God in truth) is considered the all-pervading consciousness, which is the basis of all the animate and inanimate entities and material. (14.27).

Consciousness is God in truth. God in truth is Self-evident. It is not established by extraneous proof. It is not possible to deny God in truth because God is the very essence of the one who denies God in truth. God in truth is the basis of all kinds of knowledge, presuppositions, and proofs.

Sage  Sankara: ~ “VC~ All this universe which through ignorance appears as of diverse forms, is nothing else but Brahman (Consciousness) which is absolutely free from all the limitations of Maya.

Due to ignorance, the universe has arisen. The universe is the dualistic illusion or Maya. Without ignorance, the Soul, the Self, which is present in the form of consciousness alone shines as the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth.

First remember the Self is not you but the Self is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

You are not the Self because you are the ego. You are not different from the ego because you are the ego. 

The ego, body, and the world appear together as waking or dream (duality) and disappear together as deep sleep (non-duality). The dream is a parallel waking experience and the waking experience is a parallel dream.

Remember:~ 

We need not focus our attention on the ego but we have to find the truth of the whole waking experience (universe).

The seeker has to find out: ~

‘What is it that appears as the waking?’

“What is it that appears as a dream?’

‘What is it that disappears as deep sleep?’

Deeper self-search reveals the fact that whatever appears and disappears is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. The witness of the appearance and disappearance of the three states also the Soul.

All three states are created out of single clay. And that single clay is consciousness. in reality, the witness (Soul) and the witnessed (three states) are one in essence. The knowledge of the single stuff is Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar