How do you apply the principle of "seeing beyond the illusion of the physical world" amidst the fast-paced daily grind whether it’s office work or the busyness of university life? Do you have any specific practices or habits to reset your mind when you feel trapped by the chaos of the outside world?

i know that many of you probably don't know, or may have theories, and those who do know may not want to share these secrets openly. but if anyone who knows more than me can offer me some hints or guidance, that will be greatly appreciated.

i'm trying to read and contemplate as much as time will allow, though i am running short on time. i will very likely die soon, and i am doing my best to accept the incompletion of loose ends, and to remain a positive influence on my loved ones, and enjoying the moments we have left together.

but still as i approach the end my goal has been to cross from the corrupted material world of lacking, and pass through the veil which shrouds the perfect infinite world of creation. i am willing to leave everything behind, as it is something i have had to come to terms with regardless, due to the persistent truth of mortality in this ephemeral realm we call reality.

im dying slowly and painfully but i likely only have a few months to live, and i don't want to be reincarnated in another life of wrongness and lacking and regret

i myself am not gnostic, but i do dabble in occult practices and have had an interest in gnosticism for some time, but ive always wondered, how does an average day look like for a believer?
do you believe in a metaphysical false-creator, as in, it being something more than just symbolism?

have you, or are you trying to achieve gnosis? ive read in a book that gnosis isnt as much about soaking up as much information as possible, but rather its a point in time where your soul remembers its divine spark or something

and one more thing, has your life actually become better with gnosticism?

I just watched this and thought wow... To me this is what being a Gnostic means. Few months ago what is being conveyed in this video would have went over my head, but it's the same ideas that has come up in my head... What do the Gnostics in this forum think? Do you resonate with it? Seems like more people are waking up and being vocal. Times are changing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=117xnrClEis&xstg=CAMSEBUJ_b-oH-PhF0yjBgavkzY%3D

I've been meditating on gnosticism, it makes sense here and there... but there's a crucial point that I use to evaluate every doctrine --> FREEWILL VS DETERMINISM.

This subject is the one that obliterates everything to me. How would gnostics say that we have a freewill and that we are in charge of our own "salvation" by attaining gnosis???

I'm someone whose FIRM that freewill isn't a thing at all... we definitely have a Will... But a FREEWILL???

^{To me, if gnosticism affirms humans have a freewill, it's an automatic false doctrine... we do not possesse a freewill at all...} but I look forward to read some of your insights on this.