*NEGATIVE/*NEGATIVITY - see HATE, DOUBT, IGNORANCE, EVIL
Antonyms: POSITIVE, LOVE, FAITH, KNOWLEDGE, GOOD
The negative way of the Far Eastern religions should not
be misinterpreted as nihilism. It consists in inducing man
to break through the categories of logical thinking and
to attain superrational enlightenment. The highest
intuitive knowledge cannot be expressed in human words
and concepts. (Buddhism, p13)
Negativity - this causes us to nit-pick at everything and everyone. It is like dirt that causes no joy in our lives. (Chalain Mathis, 4/97 En Garde)
The chief way to consider God is the way of negation, for by its immensity the divine essence transcends every form attained by our intellect; By knowing what it is not we get some knowledge of it, and the more things we are able to deny of it, the nearer we come to know it. (St. Aquinas, Wisdom, p270)