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Divine dark is blinding brightness mistaken for shadows

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When the lights are so bright they literally blind you, you assume you are in a cave. This paradoxical concept argues that the absolute is so overwhelmingly brilliant that the limited human intellect perceives it as total darkness. It is an ingenious way to explain why staring directly into ultimate truth leaves you completely clueless.

Divine dark is blinding brightness mistaken for shadows
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