In ancient Egypt it is was said; “The body is the house of God,”
and one of the many proverbs is, “Man, know thyself … and thou shalt
know the gods.”
Gnosis (Greek for knowledge) in its simplest form is “knowledge of thyself” or the Great Arcanum, Daath (Da’ath - Hebrew for knowledge). Philo also refers to the “knowledge” (gnosis) and “wisdom” (sophia) of God. This fact we find in the biblical passage Proverbs 2.6; “The Lord gives wisdom (sophia), from his face come knowledge (gnosis) and understanding (sunesis).” Plato calls this a recollection and restoration of the views a person once had, and original knowledge that was once lost.
It is in this unique place that we humans find pure love of thyself, thy world and thy brother, in order to live in harmony with one’s self and one’s environment. This is the language of the self that makes a man a master of himself, and thus a king of his own domain. The end result of the great work is inner peace.
Gnosis comes from within each one of us through knowledge. But this knowledge is not something that you will found outside of yourself. Gnosis in its purest form is the intuitive spiritual knowledge that comes with knowing thyself. Your gnosis and my gnosis are not one and the same, but two different paths of knowledge that each one of us must take in this journey we call life. It is also a type of computer code encoded within each of our own DNA that contains unique ‘spiritual knowledge’ or ‘intuitive insight’ that we are born with. That which we must tap into, for true gnosis to occur.
Gnosis is self-knowledge through ongoing self-awareness and self-consciousness that can only reached by quiet contemplation, and deep thought. Self-Awareness Theory states that when we focus our attention on ourselves, we evaluate and compare our current behavior to our internal standards and values. We become self-conscious as objective evaluators of ourselves. This is the self knowledge and intuition of knowing that equals gnosis and this can only be obtained through a self understanding and through much quiet contemplation. Gnosis is the self knowledge that each one of us needs to develop in order to evolve our souls to the next level for our next incarnation.
Wikipedia – Through such self-knowledge and personal purification (virtuous living) the adept is led to direct knowledge of God via themselves as inner reflection or will. Later, Valentinius (Valentinus), taught that gnosis was the privileged Gnosis kardias “knowledge of the heart” or “insight” about the spiritual nature of the cosmos, that brought about salvation to the pneumatics— the name given to those believed to have reached the final goal of sanctity.
It is this path of inner reflection and personal purification that helps us discover the hidden knowledge encoded into our very DNA; with the ultimate goal of our gnosis to lead us down the path of enlightenment. Once we truly begin to know thyself, the world and our mission, we then begin to connect our souls with our Gnosis kardias “knowledge of the heart”; then connecting our soul with our heart, body and minds. The end result being “human harmony.” This human musical harmony experience is that which each one of us has built within, but it is simply lost until we tap into it. Once found, it gives the ability to know thyself in order to fine tune ourselves and our lives.
When we do find ourselves via an inner knowing and self knowledge of the soul, DNA, body, mind, and spirit,we then reach what is called in classical Greek, “Henosis (Ancient Greek Spelling – ἕνωσις).” Henosis is the word for “oneness,” “union,” or “unity.” This path that we embark on that eventually leads us to this inner place of unity would be where one can say that we “find God.” Plato confirms this in his book the Republic by stating, “In principal all human have the ability to see through the world perceived by the senses in such a way: those who penetrate to a deeper knowledge of the structures of reality are as like God as it is possible for humans to be.”
However, let it be said that their are many who enter the gate on the path to gnosis and enlightenment, but those who find it are few as said in Matthew 7:13; “Enter by the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.”
It is from within that we know thyself and to know thyself truely, we gnostics have to develop not only our abilities to quiet thyself, but we also have to develop our inner knowing that comes from intuition. It is this never ending process of quiet contemplation of looking within and then intuiting these inner signals that helps us to not only know thyself, but also to understand thyself for you cannot have one without the other.
Knowing thyself and understanding thyself is unique to each one of us. It is each our own paths that we must individually embark on to reach our intended destination of enlightenment. It is through gnosis that we reach enlightenment. This occurs when we humans combine gnosis with living through the love of the heart in harmony with nature and our environments that surround us. We become Henosis, one and in unity with our true realities and nature in order to see through the man made illusion that we know of today as “the system.”
This story of gnosis and our lost selves can be found in The Allegory of the Cave—also known as the Analogy of the Cave, Plato’s Cave, or the Parable of the Cave. Plato lets Socrates describe a group of people who have lived chained to the wall of a cave all of their lives, facing a blank wall. The people watch shadows projected on the wall by things passing in front of a fire behind them, and begin to ascribe forms to these shadows. According to Plato’s Socrates, the shadows are as close as the prisoners get to viewing reality. He then explains how the philosopher is like a prisoner who is freed from the cave and comes to understand that the shadows on the wall do not make up reality at all, as he can perceive the true form of reality rather than the mere shadows seen by the prisoners.
It is through gnosis (knowledge of thyself) that one can break the chains of the illusion (society) which enslaves them in mental chains in order to become the philosopher (love of wisdom) like in the story above. Once the chains are broken (mental freedom), the newly born gnostic can tap this inner knowledge and knowing of wisdom in order to become a true philosopher, rather than just “another prisoner or citizen” of the illusion that we know of today as “the system.”
As the great gnostic Jesus said in the Gospel of Thomas; “Know what is in front of your face, and what is hidden from you will be disclosed to you. For there is nothing hidden that will not be revealed. And there is nothing buried that will not be raised.”
This when you become a born again Gnostic Warrior!
Gnosis (Greek for knowledge) in its simplest form is “knowledge of thyself” or the Great Arcanum, Daath (Da’ath - Hebrew for knowledge). Philo also refers to the “knowledge” (gnosis) and “wisdom” (sophia) of God. This fact we find in the biblical passage Proverbs 2.6; “The Lord gives wisdom (sophia), from his face come knowledge (gnosis) and understanding (sunesis).” Plato calls this a recollection and restoration of the views a person once had, and original knowledge that was once lost.
It is in this unique place that we humans find pure love of thyself, thy world and thy brother, in order to live in harmony with one’s self and one’s environment. This is the language of the self that makes a man a master of himself, and thus a king of his own domain. The end result of the great work is inner peace.
Gnosis comes from within each one of us through knowledge. But this knowledge is not something that you will found outside of yourself. Gnosis in its purest form is the intuitive spiritual knowledge that comes with knowing thyself. Your gnosis and my gnosis are not one and the same, but two different paths of knowledge that each one of us must take in this journey we call life. It is also a type of computer code encoded within each of our own DNA that contains unique ‘spiritual knowledge’ or ‘intuitive insight’ that we are born with. That which we must tap into, for true gnosis to occur.
Gnosis is self-knowledge through ongoing self-awareness and self-consciousness that can only reached by quiet contemplation, and deep thought. Self-Awareness Theory states that when we focus our attention on ourselves, we evaluate and compare our current behavior to our internal standards and values. We become self-conscious as objective evaluators of ourselves. This is the self knowledge and intuition of knowing that equals gnosis and this can only be obtained through a self understanding and through much quiet contemplation. Gnosis is the self knowledge that each one of us needs to develop in order to evolve our souls to the next level for our next incarnation.
Wikipedia – Through such self-knowledge and personal purification (virtuous living) the adept is led to direct knowledge of God via themselves as inner reflection or will. Later, Valentinius (Valentinus), taught that gnosis was the privileged Gnosis kardias “knowledge of the heart” or “insight” about the spiritual nature of the cosmos, that brought about salvation to the pneumatics— the name given to those believed to have reached the final goal of sanctity.
It is this path of inner reflection and personal purification that helps us discover the hidden knowledge encoded into our very DNA; with the ultimate goal of our gnosis to lead us down the path of enlightenment. Once we truly begin to know thyself, the world and our mission, we then begin to connect our souls with our Gnosis kardias “knowledge of the heart”; then connecting our soul with our heart, body and minds. The end result being “human harmony.” This human musical harmony experience is that which each one of us has built within, but it is simply lost until we tap into it. Once found, it gives the ability to know thyself in order to fine tune ourselves and our lives.
When we do find ourselves via an inner knowing and self knowledge of the soul, DNA, body, mind, and spirit,we then reach what is called in classical Greek, “Henosis (Ancient Greek Spelling – ἕνωσις).” Henosis is the word for “oneness,” “union,” or “unity.” This path that we embark on that eventually leads us to this inner place of unity would be where one can say that we “find God.” Plato confirms this in his book the Republic by stating, “In principal all human have the ability to see through the world perceived by the senses in such a way: those who penetrate to a deeper knowledge of the structures of reality are as like God as it is possible for humans to be.”
However, let it be said that their are many who enter the gate on the path to gnosis and enlightenment, but those who find it are few as said in Matthew 7:13; “Enter by the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.”
It is from within that we know thyself and to know thyself truely, we gnostics have to develop not only our abilities to quiet thyself, but we also have to develop our inner knowing that comes from intuition. It is this never ending process of quiet contemplation of looking within and then intuiting these inner signals that helps us to not only know thyself, but also to understand thyself for you cannot have one without the other.
Knowing thyself and understanding thyself is unique to each one of us. It is each our own paths that we must individually embark on to reach our intended destination of enlightenment. It is through gnosis that we reach enlightenment. This occurs when we humans combine gnosis with living through the love of the heart in harmony with nature and our environments that surround us. We become Henosis, one and in unity with our true realities and nature in order to see through the man made illusion that we know of today as “the system.”
This story of gnosis and our lost selves can be found in The Allegory of the Cave—also known as the Analogy of the Cave, Plato’s Cave, or the Parable of the Cave. Plato lets Socrates describe a group of people who have lived chained to the wall of a cave all of their lives, facing a blank wall. The people watch shadows projected on the wall by things passing in front of a fire behind them, and begin to ascribe forms to these shadows. According to Plato’s Socrates, the shadows are as close as the prisoners get to viewing reality. He then explains how the philosopher is like a prisoner who is freed from the cave and comes to understand that the shadows on the wall do not make up reality at all, as he can perceive the true form of reality rather than the mere shadows seen by the prisoners.
It is through gnosis (knowledge of thyself) that one can break the chains of the illusion (society) which enslaves them in mental chains in order to become the philosopher (love of wisdom) like in the story above. Once the chains are broken (mental freedom), the newly born gnostic can tap this inner knowledge and knowing of wisdom in order to become a true philosopher, rather than just “another prisoner or citizen” of the illusion that we know of today as “the system.”
As the great gnostic Jesus said in the Gospel of Thomas; “Know what is in front of your face, and what is hidden from you will be disclosed to you. For there is nothing hidden that will not be revealed. And there is nothing buried that will not be raised.”
This when you become a born again Gnostic Warrior!