In Gazing Upon His Own Purity, He Will See the Archetype Within the Image

For some reason I can’t seem to get into the Christian teachings. I think it’s because I’m just so familiar with them. I want to learn more about other religions and their beliefs and dig deeper into understanding those. Because of this, I leaned more towards the excerpts that allowed me to generalize “A God” as opposed to God- The Father, of Christians.
Gregory of Nyssa seems to incorporate the idea of the God being within us. All we must do is seek within ourselves, and we will find what we are seeking. I like to believe this. I like to think that each of us has this innate goodness, call it what you want- God, virtue, purity, etc.-either way, what we ultimately seek and will find by searching ourselves is this.
He says that we cannot gain any knowledge of our nature by looking to others, or by searching the substances that have been created. But we can look into the artistic skill that has been impressed in the works that have been created.
So to understand this…I am to understand that I will not comprehend this God by looking to others, or by looking to the Bible or Mother Mary, but that I will find this God by looking at the love that went into the creation of Bible and Mary and people in general. This is a concept that seems easy, but I’m finding so hard to put into words.
We are told that when God made me, he endowed my nature with the perfection of his own nature, but that I must cleanse myself from any wickedness that I have let accumulate upon myself. And that when I can see from the eye of my soul, then I “will see clearly within the pure brilliance of my own heart.” Which will be purity, holiness, simplicity, and other brilliant reflections of the nature of God.