Have you tried a dictionary?
Look up these two words:
1. Meaning
2. Absolute
1 a : the thing one intends to convey especially by language : PURPORT b : the thing that is conveyed especially by language : IMPORT
2 : something meant or intended : AIM *a mischievous meaning was apparent*
3 : significant quality; especially : implication of a hidden or special significance *a glance full of meaning*
4 a : the logical connotation of a word or phrase b : the logical denotation or extension of a word or phrase
1 a : free from imperfection : PERFECT b : free or relatively free from mixture : PURE *absolute alcohol* c : OUTRIGHT, UNMITIGATED *an absolute lie*
2 : being, governed by, or characteristic of a ruler or authority completely free from constitutional or other restraint
3 a : standing apart from a normal or usual syntactical relation with other words or sentence elements *the absolute construction this being the case in the sentence *this being the case, let us go** b of an adjective or possessive pronoun : standing alone without a modified substantive *blind in *help the blind* and ours in *your work and ours* are absolute* c of a verb : having no object in the particular construction under consideration though normally transitive *kill in *if looks could kill* is an absolute verb*
4 : having no restriction, exception, or qualification *an absolute requirement* *absolute freedom*
5 : POSITIVE, UNQUESTIONABLE *absolute proof*
6 a : independent of arbitrary standards of measurement b : relating to or derived in the simplest manner from the fundamental units of length, mass, and time *absolute electric units* c : relating to, measured on, or being a temperature scale based on absolute zero *absolute temperature*; specifically : KELVIN *10* absolute*
7 : FUNDAMENTAL, ULTIMATE *absolute knowledge*
8 : perfectly embodying the nature of a thing *absolute justice*
9 : being self-sufficient and free of external references or relationships *an absolute term in logic* *absolute music*
10 : being the true distance from an aircraft to the earth's surface *absolute altitude*
So let's see. First, I'm not sure which meaning of
meaning we imply when we say that meaning is the same as consciousness. Do we mean 4a above, or do we mean something like "the meaning of life"? I'm going with the latter.
As for
absolute, I presume we are using meaning 7 above, possibly along with meaning 9.
One possibility is that people believe that the ultimate universal meaning of life is embedded in the fundamentals of idealism (or whatever metaphyisic we're talking about). I'm not sure how we would know, but assuming it's true I still have no idea how we would know what that meaning is. (Nor do I (personally) understand how such meaning could be satisfying in any life-affirming way.)
Another possibility is that people believe that each individual's life meaning is embedded in the fundamental, in some sort of akashic record-like way. Again, how do we know this is the case and how do we know what our meaning is?
A third possibility is that I'm wrong about the meaning of
meaning and people are actually talking about the meaning of concepts being stored in some sort of absolute oracle to which we have access. (This is more like meaning 4a.) The idea is that this is how we know what our perceptions mean.
~~ Paul