The Mistakes of the Gnostics

Gnosticism basically states that man is truly divine, but has been manipulated by an evil spirit, trapping us in the material world. One interpretation of Gnosticism says that spirit is good and the physical is bad, which leads to say that we should mortify the physical. Another interpretation has been that, since we are permanently divine souls as our birthright, we can get wasted.

The Gnostic movement, in my opinion, has hit the spot in some areas. But both of these interpretations are in no way beneficial. They lead down the road that only leads to trouble. However, speaking of Gnosticism as a whole, I fully agree with the statement that we are truly divine. We can't change how we were created by God, and we should be grateful that we can't accidentally destroy ourselves. That is where I think they hit the spot.

But I still disagree with the idea of good and bad, as well as the evil spirit enslaving us and limiting us to this world. I am agreeing with many others when I say that divinity is beyond good and evil. Nothing is really good and bad; those are judgements that we have made ourselves. The same goes for the idea of an evil spirit limiting us, because we are only limiting ourselves. We have to give up our own idea of how to live in order to be free from the mess, and let God take over, since He created us.

The judgements of good and bad are all our idea. There is no evil, except for that which we think is evil. It's the same for good. Since there is only one God, the duality of good and bad cannot apply to Him. And by the Gnostics saying that the material world is bad, they are living in their own hell.

The only thing that resembles the evil spirit idea is the ego, but there are some major differences. The ego was our own tiny mad idea, and we only let it manipulate us by giving it authority. But, as I have said in earlier posts, the ego is not real. Neither is the physical world; it is only a dream, our own little game. By believing it to be real, we forget that we have the authority over what happens in the game. Reality is our own divinity, the Self. The meaning of life is to wake up to God's reality.

Another funny Gnostic belief was that the darkness overcame particles of the light, therefore enslaving us. This is obviously not true, as darkness cannot remain in the light's presence.