That's untrue my friend,
The preceding verse was Thomas asking Jesus,
"Lord, we do not know where YOU are going and how can we know the way?" (Jn 14:5)
And Jesus as a direct response to the question answered "I AM way, the truth and the life."
It's about Jesus, not consiousness.
God bless
Crusader for the truth of the gospel and the logical coherence within the context of the scriptural worldview.