[r.p.bibra]

We must understand the difference between consciousness and awareness; then it would be easy to understand the reality of ‘existence’. Soul is said to be embodied with three attributes, truth-awareness-bliss, corresponding to existence-being-beauty (bliss). Awareness as such is an attribute of Soul/Reality/God, and is not directly related to Cosmic-Consciousness, unless both are equated as the same---which is not true.
Each unit in nature---sentient/insentient--is embodied with conscious (as consciousness pervades in all) ---which is local i.e., individual. As rocks grow rock, trees grow as tree. Every variety of life has its ‘history’ embodied in its seed: a mango seed grows as mango tree and so on. The composite conscious of each unit in ‘existence’ is known as cosmic-consciousness. But it is bereft of the quality of ‘awareness’. Consciousness as such could be the ‘life-force’ of the insentient nature. It is the ‘conscious’ memory of the nature/creation. But there could be many, many other creations in the infinite vastness in which all universes along with their creations---gross, subtle-casual, subsume. In ‘existence’ the seeds of each creation project/manifest according to their latent ‘history’(memory).as the conscious in a mango seed grows only a mango tree, similarly the seed of creation (COSMIC-EGG) manifest in correspondence to their conscious-memory---latent in it. There is nothing innovative in these projections, as these are merely the duplications of there ‘original-self’.
A realized soul is Aware’ that he/she is divine are embodied with the same attributes as that of the divinity.
Consciousness is the ‘conscious-memory’ of the material manifestation. It is not embodied with divine-awareness. All creations are conscious, but not aware. All human beings are conscious of the fact that they are human beings, embodies with the qualities of senses-mind-intellect-conscience-wisdom, but not all are aware of their being divine.
Existence is the entirety of ephemeral ‘existence’---the consciousness in all its three phases’ i.e. gross, subtle and casual.
Truth is existence of ‘One-Reality’, ‘That’ is AWARENESS; Its attribute is bliss. Realised-Self is ‘that’, who is aware of his/her divinity and who is always in the state of bliss. In nut-shell;
External Consciousness vs. Internal Awareness
Consciousness is related to only the material objective Jagath, whereas for the Divine-realisation/‘knowledge,’ it is always the Awareness.
Consciousness is of ‘Jagath (ephemeral-world)
Awareness is of Divine
with love&regards.ls.