Ive read up on different gnostic (not Agnostic, completely different) beliefs and Im starting to get into this sort of thing. Ive talked to Catholic priests who told me its a vanished Christianity and I should abandon it but what do you all think?
I read a book recently about Gnostis dating back all the way to Ancient Greece. Delightful.
The point of being a Gnostic is to realize that the human body is more of a prison really, meant to keep you here. All the great thinkers of history knew this, from Socrates to Mahatma Ghandi to Leonardo DA Vinci. Here is what Albert Einstien had to say:
- A human being is part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. We experience ourselves, our thoughts and feelings as something separate from the rest. A kind of optical delusion of consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from the prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty. The true value of a human being is determined by the measure and the sense in which they have obtained liberation from individual-self. (Albert Einstein, 1954)
Thomas 47:56 - Jesus said, ? whoever has come to know the world has discovered a carcass, and whoever has discovered a carcass, of that person the world-body is not worthy.?
Hi, I'm Gnostic try going to my 360 page. I have many of the Gnostic Gospels posted there. There's a lot to it. I tend to be more like a Cathar....but every Gnostic is different.
There are others here too. I don't know if they want me to "Out" them. My mission is to be visible, I guess.
I follow gnosticism, but after reading some of the in depth discussions on YA nosies groups, I have to admit that I am a total novice on the subject and have much to learn.
I believe that the Gnostic's have a coded (and deeper) interpretation of holy writings that re lat to the banishment of the ego and the enthronement of Christ (Devinne center) in our lives. There is symbolism, that I believe, breaths life into other wise dry, dull bible stories. For instance, the 'desert' is not an arid wasteland, but a state of mind where one goes to rid one selves of old familiar thought patterns and beliefs and eventually come out inspired to a new level of understanding.
It's fascinating, but be warned, it's deep, deep deep stuff.
Does anyone practice Gnosticism?
