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Originally Posted by Anagogy  But in the statement you brought up as an example, "consciousness is responsible for X." If somebody holds a differing definition for "consciousness" the statement is not going to mean the same thing to them. |
That is my basic point, if there isn't a consensus of definition then there really can't be a "truth".
If person A says consciousness shapes the world.
And person B says consciousness shapes the world.
But person A says consciousness is Coke and person B says Pepsi either, one is right and the other is wrong, or they both mean something more general (i.e. Cola shapes the world).
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Originally Posted by Anagogy In one context there could be a universal truth stated plainly, but in another context misinterpretation will shroud that same esoteric secret in confusion. |
The idea of secret is nothing more than deception for one reason or another. It is by definition a tool to keep someone away from the truth. I don't think it has anything to do with misinterpretation.
Now I do agree that the medium (ie a parable) can have more than one interpretation, but I would say that for each interpretation there can be at most one "Truth" and no single truth of an interpretation could contradict the truth of another interpretation. Otherwise it wouldn't be true.