Self-consciousness simply means ego consciousness and self-awareness means soul consciousness. Your ego is a false entity. Because you have so much money, because you have so much power, because you are born in a very respected family… your education, your position in life — all these things constitute your ego. But your soul comes with you when you are born, it has nothing to do with anything. Whether you are educated or uneducated — Kabir was not educated; Jesus was not educated — whether you come from a respectable family or not, does not matter.
