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Neti neti is the ancient art of extreme negation

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It is like swiping left on the entire fabric of reality. Translating roughly to 'not this, not this', it is an analytical meditation technique used to understand the ultimate truth by systematically rejecting everything it is not. If you can point at it, name it, or think about it, it is not the absolute.

Neti neti is the ancient art of extreme negation
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