Am I correct to think that the world religions are copies of someone else's personal path?
Are each of us our very own "Jesus" in that we find our way by what we experience in this life?
As a Gnostic, how do you find your way through what you experience? (What makes an experience worth something spiritually?)
As a Gnostic, is the way you treat people subjective to the way you have been treated?
As far as Christianity is concerned all stem from the catholic faith, in that they all believe the creator god of the matter universe is the true god and father of Christ and that Jesus died for peoples sins, both untrue, but fundamental to 'orthodox Christianity.
We are not our own 'Jesus', Jesus was the man who hosted the Christ Spirit and allowed the Christ to work fully within him. All people except the sociopath have the Christ Spirit within and it is given by the nature of inheritance. Within us is the Christ Spirit from the Ineffable Father and the Soul from the Demiurge (Creator god of the matter universe). As we grow through our mortal lives we will develop into the living energy thought being of our choice. Through the sensory perception of life around us we develop behaviours to ensure our survival and comfort, some will draw on instinct, learned morality and law, others will consider these, but seek a greater meaning and turn inwards finding and listening to the Christ Spirit within. Those who allow the Christ Spirit to teach, guide and fashion their thoughts and behaviours are those who bond their soul with the Spirit and become one with it, it is they who when the Spirit is redeemed to the True God shall have their Soul saved with it.
I don't think any external experience is worth anything Spiritually unless it is the manifestation of the Christ Spirit in the lives of those who are truly Christian setting an example for those around them, that is faith with works inspiring someone else to seek Christ themselves.
The way we treat people is sometimes difficult to accomplish with the instinctual nature we strive always to come above, however we always strive to treat other people in the same manner as we like to be treated and treat ourselves.
