GNOSTICISM
THE GOD OF JESUS THE CHRIST (ISA THE KRISTOS)
Never did Jesus proclaim that the Abrahamic "god" is his god. In fact, he identified the god of the Jewish priests as Satan.
Jesus called his Father the True God. So, who is the True God that Jesus so often mention in his teachings?
The Celestial Realm:
The Monad
The supreme being is known as the Monad, the One, the Absolute, Aiōn Teleos (the Perfect Aeon, αἰών τέλεος), Bythos (Depth or Profundity, Βυθός), Proarchē (Before the Beginning, προαρχή), Hē Archē (The Beginning, ἡ ἀρχή), the Ineffable Parent, and/or the primal Father. The Monad is the high source of the Pleroma, the region of light.
The Apocryphon of John, gives the following description:
The Monad is a monarchy with nothing above it. It is he who exists as God and Father of everything, the invisible One who is above everything, who exists as incorruption, which is in the pure light into which no eye can look. "He is the invisible Spirit, of whom it is not right to think of him as a god, or something similar. For he is more than a god, since there is nothing above him, for no one lords it over him. For he does not exist in something inferior to him, since everything exists in him. For it is he who establishes himself. He is eternal, since he does not need anything. For he is total perfection.
The Pleroma
The heavenly Pleroma is the center of divine life, a region of light "above" (the term is not to be understood spatially) our world, occupied by spiritual beings known as Aeons.
The Aeons
From this primordial source, a series of Emanations, or Aeons, emerged. These Aeons manifest in male-female pairs called Syzygies, collectively form the Pleroma, or 'Fullness' of the divine. This concept emphasizes that the Aeons are not separate from the divine but are symbolic representations of its attributes.
The Aeons descends through a series of stages, gradations, worlds, or hypostases, becoming progressively more material and embodied. In time it will turn around to return to the One (Epistrophe), retracing its steps through spiritual knowledge and contemplation.
Barbelo The Aeon
Barbelo refers to the first emanation of the Monad. Barbelo is often depicted as a supreme female principle, the single passive antecedent of creation in its manifold. This figure is also variously referred to as Anthropos the 'Mother-Father' (hinting at her apparent androgyny), 'The Triple Androgynous Name', or 'The Eternal Aeon'.
Sophia The Aeon
The name Sophia (Greek for "wisdom") refers to the final emanation of God, the youngest of the Aeons.
Sophia is identified with as the Anima-Mundi or "world-soul", as in an attempt to to emanate without her co-partner Syzygy, Sophia created the Demiurge.
After cataclysmically falling from the Pleroma, Sophia's fear and anguish of losing her life (just as she lost the light of the One) caused her confusion and longing to return to it. Because of these longings, matter (Greek: hyle) and soul (Greek: psyche) accidentally come into existence.
The Astral Realm:
The Demiurge
When Sophia attempted to emanate without her co-partner Syzygy, the Demiurge came into existence, who in turn brings about the creation of materiality. The Demiurge has many names, and among them are Yaldabaoth, Yahweh, Saklas, and Samael. He was also known as Rex Mundi (King of the World) and sometimes conflated with Satan.
In the Apocryphon of John, the Demiurge declares that he has made the world by himself:
Now the archon ["ruler"] who is weak has three names. The first name is Yaltabaoth, the second is Saklas ["fool"], and the third is Samael ["blind god"]. And he is impious in his arrogance which is in him. For he said, 'I am God and there is no other God beside me,' for he is ignorant of his strength, the place from which he had come.
The Demiurge is often depicted as a (sometimes winged) serpent with a lion's head. This creature is exiled outside the Pleroma; in isolation, and thinking itself alone, it believed that he is the Creator God. It then created the material world.
For clarification purposes, let us call the "God" of the Bible as "The Demiurge God" to differentiate from the Monad being the "True God".
The Archons
The Demiurge created the Archons, in an attempt to mirror the Monad & the Aeons.
The Demiurge created the Archons for the sole purpose of serving him, and to control the material world.
The Demiurge was later became known to the world as "God" (of the Bible) and the Archons were known as "angels".
The Material Realm:
Adam & Eve
The Demiurge and his Archons then created the first Man in the form of a golem. Angelic beings were subsequently tricked into entering the golem bodies with the promise of material pleasures, unknowing to them that the price would be decay & death, and also forgetting their spiritual origins.
The Demiurge and the Archons later raped Eve, and thus Abel & Cain were born.
Transmission Of The Pneuma
In an attempt to redeem herself, the Aeon Sophia secretly breathed the the Pneuma (Divine Spark, also known as the Divine Breath, Spirit, or Soul) into Man, thus giving mankind the opportunity to regain their spiritual status if they choose to strive towards enlightenment.
Afterwhich , Adam & Eve had their 3rd child, Seth, who was the true firstborn of Adam with Eve. As Seth was the offspring of Adam after receiving the Pneuma, It is for this reason that Gnostics are also called Sethians.
The Inverted & Distorted Teachings of Jesus
Much of the teachings of Jesus has been distorted by the Catholic Church and those in power.
Jesus often teach using various methods:
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Parables: Stories used to teach a concept or lesson
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Metaphor & Analogy: Using two different entities to explain a concept
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Symbology & Esotericism
Never did Jesus proclaim that the Abrahamic "god" is his god. In fact, he identified the god of the Jewish priests as Satan.
Jesus called his Father the True God. So, who is the True God that Jesus so often mention in his teachings?
While the Abrahamic "god" stressed on obedience (aka slave mindset) and worship to fuel his ego, Jesus taught that the True God is love.
Love is not just and emotion or a feeling. It is a mindset and a way of life. You are to embody love, not just feel it.
God is not the old man in the sky who is always looking down at the world, micromanaging and judging everyone and punishing anyone who crosses him.
The reason why God The Father is considered a Creator is because he is creation itself, and all creation is in him. And yet he does not interfere in the daily operations.
Jesus did not say that he is God. He often calls his God his Father, and what he was doing was God's will and not Jesus'. Jesus did not command his followers to worhip him. He told his Apostles and his followers about God (The Father), and that the Christ (Krist consciousness) is within themselves. They are to become Christ themselves, and not worship him as a deity.
The heaven that Jesus spoke of refers to the Pleroma. He is calling his followers to ascend their consciousness and return to the Father in the Pleroma.
The hell that Jesus spoke of refers to the material realm. "Hell" is the translated word for "sheol" meaning "grave" or "underworld".
Since the material realm is one of decay and death, it is the underworld when compared to the Pleroma.
The resurrection that Jesus spoke of is not coming back to life like a zombie. It is the death of the old self that is attached to unwholesome qualities, and living (again) as a new being of light.