If you're curious...this is generally the view of the gnostics.
Scripture teaches us otherwise: we look for the personal, bodily return of Christ ([Acts 1:11](https://www.esv.org/Acts+1/)); Christ is not within each and every one of us but only those to whom he is given ([Matt. 11](https://www.esv.org/Matthew+11/); [John 1:11-13](https://www.esv.org/John+1/), [14:6](https://www.esv.org/John+14/), [17](https://www.esv.org/John+17/); [Eph. 1-2](https://www.esv.org/Ephesians+1/); [1 John 3](https://www.esv.org/1+John+3/)); and the Trinity has never been incomplete ([Mal. 3:6](https://www.esv.org/Malachi+3/); [James 1:16-17](https://www.esv.org/James+1/), etc.) - he is, as you rightly said, "perfect."
Check out this brief article on [The Nature of God](https://learn.ligonier.org/guides/the-nature-of-god) from Ligonier.
For a helpful comparison of gnosticism vs Christianity, I would highly recommend Peter S. Jones, _[The Other Worldview](https://a.co/d/7LOLyKj)_.
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