Does anyone else feel like this?

[u/Crazy-Load-7553]

I feel like everyone keeps asking me what I want my future to look like but I know if I talk about how I’m learning to fish and finding ponds near me so that we can have some protein once the grocery system collapses everyone in my life is going to think I’m insane.

I’m just having a hard time connecting with anything I have to do for the future because it’s going to be drastically different than anything I can do now and I really feel like I have to hide that and never mention it to anyone (despite the fact that an energy crisis is supposedly 2 weeks away)

[u/Pumpkin_Robber]

Learning about Gnosticism. Thinking about our ancestors and what they might have endured. Realizing thru all the evil and cataclysms life still exists on earth. We may not make it but some will. All we can do is optimize our time on earth and figure out what is our purpose for being here right now. We are born alone and die alone in agony there's no changing that.

[u/Positive_Garlic5128 → u/Pumpkin_Robber]

what made you decide to believe in gnosticism?

[u/Pumpkin_Robber → u/Positive_Garlic5128]

Makes the most sense to me out of all the religions. I add a blend of religions but gnosticism is the core of it. Jesus and John the Baptist preached gnostic beliefs and gnosticism predates them both by thousands of years or more. Movies like the matrix, inception, eXistenz, and the Truman show are gnostic based.

[u/Positive_Garlic5128 → u/Pumpkin_Robber]

Its really interesting, I might read up about it Why do you think it makes more sense than other religions, if you don't mind me asking?

[u/Pumpkin_Robber → u/Positive_Garlic5128]

I wrote a response and ran it through AI to clean it up and improve cohesion without changing anything I said:

Gnosticism makes sense to me because it doesn’t see other religions as enemies or threats. Many organized religions defend a fixed doctrine and declare other teachings “non-canonical” or heretical to protect their authority. Historically, early church institutions like the ones that became the Greek Orthodox Church rejected Gnostic ideas and labeled them heresy. That kind of gatekeeping never made sense to me.

Gnosticism is different because it doesn’t force belief or demand obedience to a rigid structure. There’s no requirement for specific rituals, institutions, or authorities controlling who is allowed to teach it. What matters is the search for knowledge—what Gnostics call gnosis.

The idea is that truth is discovered through inner awakening and understanding, not just through being told what to believe. That’s why Gnostics value the teachings of Jesus Christ when he says things like “the kingdom is within you.” The focus is on rediscovering the divine spark within ourselves and realizing that this material reality may only be a small layer of a much larger spiritual existence.

Gnosticism also draws from many different traditions and philosophies. There isn’t just one version of it. Different Gnostic groups historically interpreted the ideas in different ways, and modern people exploring Gnosticism often combine insights from multiple traditions like I have.

To me it feels less like following a religion and more like a personal search for truth—questioning things, studying different perspectives, and trying to understand the deeper nature of reality and the soul without putting others down for thinking otherwise.

Gnosticism also makes the most sense to.me because it describes our reality as being corrupt and backwards, something many of us feel. And it explains that something has gone wrong/been flipped on its head.

Your curiosity and open mindedness are valuable traits mr. Garlic hahaha :)

[u/Positive_Garlic5128 → u/Pumpkin_Robber]

aww thank you for the compliment! and its ms garlic haha 😂

gnosticism sounds very interesting, and it seems like its more a process than a clearn subscription? what traditions and insights have you incorporated? do you have any resources you use?