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Originally Posted by Amanah
Self realization typically means realizing that we are one with God, our soul is already "God"
Christianity teaches that man has a fallen nature and needs to be redeemed by receiving the Spirit of God
The first concept is deception, the second concept is redemption.
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Amanah, I don't disagree with your definitions of self realization, but I think there are some parallels between gnostic's attaining spiritual levels and Paul's growing to the fulness of the stature of christ. There are other weird gnostic doctrines like the spiritualization of Mary Magdalene and the divine feminine, but I am only searching for NT parallels.
I was just wondering if receiving the Holy Ghost, we can attain spirituality. It would not be our own spirit, but our spirit through the HG. What have you studied about self realization? You seem to know a good definition.