It's easy to get caught up in semantics games when it comes to discussing the spiritual world.
I think his definition of consciousness is different than the one used by say, Eckhart Tolle.
He is referring to consciousness in the every day tradition sense, i.e. waking consciousness.
Whereas Eckhart Tolle uses consciousness to describe the all encompassing awareness that pervades everything.
In your post, Maharaj mentions "awareness" later on, and that seems to be the word he prefers to use to describe consciousness.
Going off your post, it doesn't sound like he is claiming anything different, just different word choice. But I am not really familiar with Maharaj.
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