Igor Vamadeva Kufayev is an artist and spiritual teacher devoted to the transformative potential inherent in human birth. Following a radical awakening in his mid-thirties, culminating in embodied Self-recognition, he has served as a conduit of transmission, guiding seekers through the Kuṇḍalinī process and the integration of heightened awareness.
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What is Gnosticism?
VLA Comment: I have read (not all) of the Nag Hammadi documents found in 1945 in Quorum, Egypt. This is a great video to understand Gnosticism and how Jesus and the antithesis of liberation, the Archons, fit into the Gnostic cosmology.
It is interesting to note that the never ending jealous, wrathful God of the Old Testament Bible – the authoritarian God of the Jews, Yahweh, is not “the Father”, the Monad, nor the Pleroma, not even a lesser God…The God of the Jews is an Archon…the Chief Archon. No wonder the earth plane is so full of suffering. And no wonder the Jews keep on suffering…their God is an Archon who traps them by codes and perpetuates their apparent endless suffering.
In several Gnostic systems — especially Sethian texts from the Apocryphon of John and Hypostasis of the Archons — Yahweh is commonly identified not merely as one Archon among many, but as the chief Archon or Demiurge-Yaldabaoth, Yahweh.
Some Gnostic cosmologies list seven planetary Archons ruled by Yaldabaoth.
Interestingly,names like Iao, Adonaios, and Sabaoth appear derived from Hebrew divine titles:
This reflects how some Gnostic sects reinterpreted Jewish sacred names within their own cosmology.Apparently Jews are following the Chief Archon AND their minions.
Anthropomorphism is the attribution of human traits, emotions, intentions, or behaviors to non-human entities, such as animals, objects, or natural phenomena. It is used to make the unfamiliar familiar, enhancing relatability in literature, art, and marketing, and often helps people understand, connect with, or personify their surroundings.
VLA Comment:
Religions
Highly anthropomorphic: Greek, Norse, Egyptian, LDS (Mormonism)
Mixed / layered: Hinduism, Christianity
Low anthropomorphism: Islam, Judaism
Minimal / none: Buddhism, philosophical Taoism
Bhagavad Gita Vedic/Hinduism)
Foundational passages from the Upanishads (VEDAS) that move away from anthropomorphic (human-like) ideas of God and emphasize an impersonal, formless Absolute (Brahman):
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad
“Neti, neti” (“Not this, not that”)
“Not gross, not subtle… not short, not long…”
Shvetashvatara Upanishad
“Without form, without parts… beyond all attributes”
Mundaka Upanishad
“That which cannot be seen, cannot be grasped… without eyes or ears…”
Chandogya Upanishad
“Where one sees nothing else… that is the Infinite”
Kena Upanishad
“The eye cannot reach it, nor speech, nor mind…”
Impersonal (Brahman/formless light) and personal (Krishna/Supreme Personality of Godhead) as aspects of the same Ultimate Reality. While acknowledging the formless, the Gita highlights the personal, loving relationship with God as the highest and more accessible path.
The personal vs impersonal debate centers on whether God is an abstract force or a relatable supreme being. The Gita resolves this by stating that the absolute reality is ultimately personal. The impersonal aspect is not deemed inferior, but merely a state without the overt display of divine personality and pastimes.
Example: Mormonism (latter day saints) How Mormonism is anthropomorphic-
1. God has a physical body
In LDS doctrine, God the Father is believed to have a tangible, perfected physical body of flesh and bone.
This contrasts with traditional Christian theology, which typically teaches that God is purely spirit (non-physical).
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VLA COMMENT: This obviously is AI generated. The song itself appears to be AI generated. That is not the point. Whoever prompted AI to generate the lyrics and the music yielded an amazing, emotional Lord loving musical creation. These feelings are real for me…So, there. AI as a tool, not an indespensible GOD….Self realization is the ticket.
