yes, traditionally there are two ways to approach God: cataphatic and apophatic apophatic is more similar to negation of self however, it is not the same the

yes, traditionally there are two ways to approach God: cataphatic and apophatic apophatic is more similar to negation of self however, it is not the same the idea is to remove accidental properties until one perceives the essence itself, like peeling an onion with a diamond in the middle