Enlightenment and Divine Darkness

Vladimir Lossky, referring to St. Dionysius the Areopagite, says that the Divine Darkness of negative theology leads to the knowledge of the Unknowable God. 

"To approach Him, one must reject everything that is below Him — that is, everything that exists. If, in seeing God, we comprehend what we see, then it is not God Himself we see, but something intelligible, something inferior to Him. Only through unknowing can we know Him, who is above all possible objects of knowledge. By following the path of negation, we ascend from the lower levels of being to its peaks, gradually setting aside all that can be known so that in the darkness of complete unknowing, we may approach the Unknown. For just as light —especially abundant light — dispels darkness, so the knowledge of created things — especially excessive knowledge — eliminates unknowing, which is the only way to comprehend God in Himself."

In stargazing, there is a concept known as light pollution. This is when light prevents us from seeing the dark sky and beauty of stars  — the light "pollutes the night." To see the stars, you must go to dark places (as shown on the light pollution map).

Something similar happens with the desire to see God. God is surrounded by the Divine Darkness of "unknowing." To see God, you must look into this divine darkness from the darkness of your human knowledge and your experience. But modern humans are unwilling to acknowledge their ignorance, unwilling to admit that their experience is not valid. They ALREADY know everything (that is necessary) and do not wish to know what contradicts their knowledge and devalues their experience. God ends up being overexposed to the modern mind by the excessive light of proud human enlightenment.