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The American spiritual writer and philosopher Ken Wilber uses a concept called " Great Nest of Being " which is similar to the Great chain of being and which he claims to belong to a culture-independent " perennial philosophy " traceable across 3000 years of mystical and esoteric writings.
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And a witty American journalist remarked over a century ago what is even more true today, `` Many a writer seems to think he is never profound except when he can't understand his own meaning ''.
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