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Ignorance in mysticism is treated as a supreme virtue

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While society praises massive intellects, mystics consider knowing too much a critical handicap. Learned ignorance is the conscious realization that human logic is incapable of grasping the infinite. By actively unlearning their rigidly constructed intellectual frameworks, seekers purposefully lobotomize their egos to make room for absolute truth.

Ignorance in mysticism is treated as a supreme virtue
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