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To Live: Never Take Anything For Granted

High Priest Hooded Cobra 666

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It's very normal for human beings that we exist and we take it all for granted. Where we are today, what blessings we have. Things one wanted 10 years ago, they are taken for granted once achieved; if not achieved, one takes for granted the fact that they will have "more time doing nothing" and not acquiring these.

Frequently in the heat of "what we would like things to be", as desire is constant, we lose track of what is actually going on with our lives. Desire here, going both ways into need or complacency, lies to you strongly. The truth differs a lot from the above.

Yes, in Zevism we know the soul reincarnates and everything; that is a fact. But if you pay attention the fact that you might reincarnate can be taken the other way: The fact that you must prize your life and time highly, building eternally. In other words, "reincarnation" and second chances should be treated as literally non-existent even if we know these to be the case.

Fact is that you might reincarnate also points to another thing: You won't take certain things with you; and you must value your time and what is in your hands today, and treat it well and wisely in this journey of eternal soul evolution.

The fact one is under the illusion that we always will have "more time" or that we anticipate to leave this world at a certain age, is oftentimes coming with a surprise in life. One might find out a little bit too late that their "anticipations" where incorrect.

If you live life like everyday matters greatly to your advancement and you do your best to go to bed knowing you evolved that day, you will have a happy life despite of external circumstances. One must aim to be able to say in the end of their day that "I did what I could today".

Most people live, even those who have no idea of reincarnation, as they would live two hundred or three hundred years. Wasting lifetime after lifetime. Even some people here they have the most important things in their hands but they allow inertia or "will do it at some other time" take hold.

Eventually time will run out, but the game plays itself deceitfully that we call "life". One always assume there will be another chance and another day for everything and some opportunities disappear entirely, eventually. Certain opportunities do not have this ability to show themselves again and again; others can be open to infinite opportunities. So the good news is if you lost major opportunities, you can always wake up to that fact and make sure you approach things better in the future. The worst thing you can do is ignore this potentiality and think that one has "infinite time" in the objective sense.

Reincarnation means things that are now objective, are subject to change in the next lifetime. One is deceived and those who are deceived, know how to spend their life in inertia mode. Those who join inertia for the duration of their life, will regret it in the end.

Their time is thrown out of the window, there is poor appreciation of life, let alone focused time effort in order to do better and advance. Their lives are thrown out and they take everything for granted. Since everything is taken "for granted" they don't take seriously the most important things in their life, nor they enjoy the simpler things in life.

I always lived my life as if death would definitely arrive at any moment. This was rather "uncomfortable" in itself but at the same time very comforting if one thinks about it. False certainty about existence I have abolished. What this situation did, is that this abolishing has allowed me to exist, to value life and also seek security in it, simply because life itself is an amazing phenomenon exactly because it can go away. It makes you able to use your time properly, be appreciative of existence, and not be someone who takes everything for "granted".

Life also has this other rule where if things are taken for granted and not cared about, they tend to vanish. Even the most stable structures, eventually will vanish if taken "for granted". Carelessness and being inert is another way of saying that you took something for granted. Taking things for granted, means one no longer maintains them; then these things by the nature of the cosmos disappear. That's because things down in this dimension either improve or are maintained, or vanish due to inertia. Taking it for granted and zero maintenance, means it's going to essentially vanish.

The meditations, wisdom of the Gods and many other techniques, can guarantee a longer life or a higher quality of inner existence. This is reassuring and a life saver. But if you pay attention to the lives most people have, they are at the whims of fate and mercy. Still they act like they will live forever, married to false pride, false conceptions, even delusions such as that they will always have another "go". They are so deep into delusion that they are unable to appreciate existence or understand that they are here to evolve spiritually and materially. We Zevists must operate in reverse motion when it comes to this.

Embrace life, do not take anything for granted, and try to do positive things. Treat the eternal journey, as if it would end on this very day. It's both eternal and only for this particular day. If one wakes up in the morning come up and say "What a beautiful day, another opportunity" and make what you can to grow a little or more that day.

Embrace it's eternity by actually understanding that today, is truly in the end eternity itself.

-High Priest Hooded Cobra 666
 
Very important for everyone here.
Life is for taking action, and stagnation often squanders the benefits of being alive.

One must live by the Sword of Damocles, so to say.

Or even a Dacian custom that relates to this reminder.
The Dacians saw a parallel between the cycle of life and death and the cycle of day and night. They believed that death is not the time to grow or act, just as night is not the time to eat or act.
From this, comes a proverb that was maintained in the cults of Sabazios centuries later:
"Don't postpone work and food all day, or you'll have a restless and hungry night."

Knowing that a cleaner, more advanced and evolved version of me will have a much better time in life and in death should motivate anyone to take action in life.
 
Thank you for keeping the Temple of Zeus alive, High Priest. No one else could have done it like you. We all must get the most out of the ToZ and out of life itself. Only the Gods know what circumstances we reincarnate into in the next life; the amount of knowledge available in this lifetime is truly once in a millennium, if not more than that, we must take full advantage of it.
 
Thank you HP!

I asked Satan a few hours ago for some advice on this exact thing.

I have poured so much untapped potential in the toilet, but I am finally sick of my circumstances enough to get up off my ass.

I felt a huge surge of energy that my actions TODAY will dictate the rest of my life. I will not waste this gift of Satan any longer.
 
Recently, I have been trying to manage my time more wisely, even started a working to try to manage my time more wisely in the path of the gods. My only real regret in the past 15 years, is that I didn't try hard enough, all these seconds of not advancing or doing things that matters add up to a staggering amount of time lost. Even if you are doing something, but your mind is not completely focused, something that should take 30 seconds can take several minutes, which compounds quite heavily. I aspire to shrink these lost seconds to as small as possible.

Thank you HP Hoodedcobra for carrying this torch of The Gods, you are a great inspiration to all of us Zevists.
 
^That post was meant for the "Erratic Behaviors.." thread.

But this is a important sermon as well.
Learning to "re-appreciate" everything in life, has been very beneficial method for me.
Many seemingly monotonous things have infinite wonder and potential within.
Sometimes I look at the sky and humbled by what incredible and amazing phenomenon is taking place out there.
And how people are oblivious or unimpressed by the fact, but more interested in what some abrahamic book says, baffles me.
 
If you live life like everyday matters greatly to your advancement and you do your best to go to bed knowing you evolved that day, you will have a happy life despite of external circumstances. One must aim to be able to say in the end of their day that "I did what I could today".
This is true happiness. Not sitting around getting drunk or watching brainless tv.

I am most fulfilled (and therefore happy) when I am busy, working here and helping members, or studying what the Gods tell me to study. Members often apologize for taking my time when asking me worthwhile questions- do not apologize! This gives satisfaction to my soul. It's what I am meant to do.

And for those who are lazy and procrastinating, begin a magick working to make yourself more productive. Self-hypnosis can change you miraculously, and you can look at posts here for ideas of runic workings, planetary squares, and so on. Just keep at it, it will make a difference.
 
It's very normal for human beings that we exist and we take it all for granted. Where we are today, what blessings we have. Things one wanted 10 years ago, they are taken for granted once achieved; if not achieved, one takes for granted the fact that they will have "more time doing nothing" and not acquiring these.

Frequently in the heat of "what we would like things to be", as desire is constant, we lose track of what is actually going on with our lives. Desire here, going both ways into need or complacency, lies to you strongly. The truth differs a lot from the above.

Yes, in Zevism we know the soul reincarnates and everything; that is a fact. But if you pay attention the fact that you might reincarnate can be taken the other way: The fact that you must prize your life and time highly, building eternally. In other words, "reincarnation" and second chances should be treated as literally non-existent even if we know these to be the case.

Fact is that you might reincarnate also points to another thing: You won't take certain things with you; and you must value your time and what is in your hands today, and treat it well and wisely in this journey of eternal soul evolution.

The fact one is under the illusion that we always will have "more time" or that we anticipate to leave this world at a certain age, is oftentimes coming with a surprise in life. One might find out a little bit too late that their "anticipations" where incorrect.

If you live life like everyday matters greatly to your advancement and you do your best to go to bed knowing you evolved that day, you will have a happy life despite of external circumstances. One must aim to be able to say in the end of their day that "I did what I could today".

Most people live, even those who have no idea of reincarnation, as they would live two hundred or three hundred years. Wasting lifetime after lifetime. Even some people here they have the most important things in their hands but they allow inertia or "will do it at some other time" take hold.

Eventually time will run out, but the game plays itself deceitfully that we call "life". One always assume there will be another chance and another day for everything and some opportunities disappear entirely, eventually. Certain opportunities do not have this ability to show themselves again and again; others can be open to infinite opportunities. So the good news is if you lost major opportunities, you can always wake up to that fact and make sure you approach things better in the future. The worst thing you can do is ignore this potentiality and think that one has "infinite time" in the objective sense.

Reincarnation means things that are now objective, are subject to change in the next lifetime. One is deceived and those who are deceived, know how to spend their life in inertia mode. Those who join inertia for the duration of their life, will regret it in the end.

Their time is thrown out of the window, there is poor appreciation of life, let alone focused time effort in order to do better and advance. Their lives are thrown out and they take everything for granted. Since everything is taken "for granted" they don't take seriously the most important things in their life, nor they enjoy the simpler things in life.

I always lived my life as if death would definitely arrive at any moment. This was rather "uncomfortable" in itself but at the same time very comforting if one thinks about it. False certainty about existence I have abolished. What this situation did, is that this abolishing has allowed me to exist, to value life and also seek security in it, simply because life itself is an amazing phenomenon exactly because it can go away. It makes you able to use your time properly, be appreciative of existence, and not be someone who takes everything for "granted".

Life also has this other rule where if things are taken for granted and not cared about, they tend to vanish. Even the most stable structures, eventually will vanish if taken "for granted". Carelessness and being inert is another way of saying that you took something for granted. Taking things for granted, means one no longer maintains them; then these things by the nature of the cosmos disappear. That's because things down in this dimension either improve or are maintained, or vanish due to inertia. Taking it for granted and zero maintenance, means it's going to essentially vanish.

The meditations, wisdom of the Gods and many other techniques, can guarantee a longer life or a higher quality of inner existence. This is reassuring and a life saver. But if you pay attention to the lives most people have, they are at the whims of fate and mercy. Still they act like they will live forever, married to false pride, false conceptions, even delusions such as that they will always have another "go". They are so deep into delusion that they are unable to appreciate existence or understand that they are here to evolve spiritually and materially. We Zevists must operate in reverse motion when it comes to this.

Embrace life, do not take anything for granted, and try to do positive things. Treat the eternal journey, as if it would end on this very day. It's both eternal and only for this particular day. If one wakes up in the morning come up and say "What a beautiful day, another opportunity" and make what you can to grow a little or more that day.

Embrace it's eternity by actually understanding that today, is truly in the end eternity itself.

-High Priest Hooded Cobra 666
I love this!🙏 And thank you for sharing this Information ❤️
 
Beautifulnsermon High Priest, and really in the time I needed to hear it. Makes me think other members needed to hear it just as much. Reminds me to that Confucios quote 'We have two lives, and the second begins when we realize we only have one.' And how true is it. If something happens in life, that makes one realise he is not immortal, not indestructible, not eternal, he will vlue every day, every minute and discard truly timewasting activities. Or t least Im trying to do that myself.
 
Thank You HP i lost most of time studying and reading a lot about jos forums and other stuff that i forgot i have to change things materially and spiritually this however will change as i will have my own place soon and finance will be taken care of i will have more time to achieve physical mastery and doing warfare and my spiritual development iam nowhere near advanced but GOD'S always protected me from situations that i know iam not capable of handling and i do took a lot of it for granted.
 
Thank you.

Recently, I have been thinking that I need to do more. Well, I know I need to do more. I am kinda suffering from this inertia, a bit.

I've fallen into a daily routine of comfort, with the same old daily meditations, without trying anything new. I also feel like I do not partake in this community, enough.

High Priestess Lydia's recent post about the chakras, has given me a reminder of this. I shouldn't leave my advancement on autopilot, so to speak.
 
It's very normal for human beings that we exist and we take it all for granted. Where we are today, what blessings we have. Things one wanted 10 years ago, they are taken for granted once achieved; if not achieved, one takes for granted the fact that they will have "more time doing nothing" and not acquiring these.

Frequently in the heat of "what we would like things to be", as desire is constant, we lose track of what is actually going on with our lives. Desire here, going both ways into need or complacency, lies to you strongly. The truth differs a lot from the above.

Yes, in Zevism we know the soul reincarnates and everything; that is a fact. But if you pay attention the fact that you might reincarnate can be taken the other way: The fact that you must prize your life and time highly, building eternally. In other words, "reincarnation" and second chances should be treated as literally non-existent even if we know these to be the case.

Fact is that you might reincarnate also points to another thing: You won't take certain things with you; and you must value your time and what is in your hands today, and treat it well and wisely in this journey of eternal soul evolution.

The fact one is under the illusion that we always will have "more time" or that we anticipate to leave this world at a certain age, is oftentimes coming with a surprise in life. One might find out a little bit too late that their "anticipations" where incorrect.

If you live life like everyday matters greatly to your advancement and you do your best to go to bed knowing you evolved that day, you will have a happy life despite of external circumstances. One must aim to be able to say in the end of their day that "I did what I could today".

Most people live, even those who have no idea of reincarnation, as they would live two hundred or three hundred years. Wasting lifetime after lifetime. Even some people here they have the most important things in their hands but they allow inertia or "will do it at some other time" take hold.

Eventually time will run out, but the game plays itself deceitfully that we call "life". One always assume there will be another chance and another day for everything and some opportunities disappear entirely, eventually. Certain opportunities do not have this ability to show themselves again and again; others can be open to infinite opportunities. So the good news is if you lost major opportunities, you can always wake up to that fact and make sure you approach things better in the future. The worst thing you can do is ignore this potentiality and think that one has "infinite time" in the objective sense.

Reincarnation means things that are now objective, are subject to change in the next lifetime. One is deceived and those who are deceived, know how to spend their life in inertia mode. Those who join inertia for the duration of their life, will regret it in the end.

Their time is thrown out of the window, there is poor appreciation of life, let alone focused time effort in order to do better and advance. Their lives are thrown out and they take everything for granted. Since everything is taken "for granted" they don't take seriously the most important things in their life, nor they enjoy the simpler things in life.

I always lived my life as if death would definitely arrive at any moment. This was rather "uncomfortable" in itself but at the same time very comforting if one thinks about it. False certainty about existence I have abolished. What this situation did, is that this abolishing has allowed me to exist, to value life and also seek security in it, simply because life itself is an amazing phenomenon exactly because it can go away. It makes you able to use your time properly, be appreciative of existence, and not be someone who takes everything for "granted".

Life also has this other rule where if things are taken for granted and not cared about, they tend to vanish. Even the most stable structures, eventually will vanish if taken "for granted". Carelessness and being inert is another way of saying that you took something for granted. Taking things for granted, means one no longer maintains them; then these things by the nature of the cosmos disappear. That's because things down in this dimension either improve or are maintained, or vanish due to inertia. Taking it for granted and zero maintenance, means it's going to essentially vanish.

The meditations, wisdom of the Gods and many other techniques, can guarantee a longer life or a higher quality of inner existence. This is reassuring and a life saver. But if you pay attention to the lives most people have, they are at the whims of fate and mercy. Still they act like they will live forever, married to false pride, false conceptions, even delusions such as that they will always have another "go". They are so deep into delusion that they are unable to appreciate existence or understand that they are here to evolve spiritually and materially. We Zevists must operate in reverse motion when it comes to this.

Embrace life, do not take anything for granted, and try to do positive things. Treat the eternal journey, as if it would end on this very day. It's both eternal and only for this particular day. If one wakes up in the morning come up and say "What a beautiful day, another opportunity" and make what you can to grow a little or more that day.

Embrace it's eternity by actually understanding that today, is truly in the end eternity itself.

-High Priest Hooded Cobra 666
Thank you for this another one of most perfect Sermons. I knew this is the case and these are thoughts they was always lingering in the corner of my mind and whispering to me. Something what was always making my life worth living and reasons why I am happy and more fulfilled. Until now I was coming across these thoughts from some extremely very few other people well how few, maybe one hahaha.. and was keeping them safe and was never letting them go, but when I hear at last these from You I take it them as an Approval and as encouragement to apply without any doubts and with bravery more. And I take it really very seriously. Thank you.
 
Thank you, esteemed High Priest, for this powerful and transformative sermon. I aspire to fully embrace life, never taking anything for granted, and to be able to reflect at the end of each day, knowing that I have indeed exerted my best efforts, regardless of external circumstances.
 
A very important reminder, dear High Priest. I have been struggling keeping up my productivity, I have fallen again into old loops of time-wasting habits and inertia. And I know that this is wrong and not appreciative of life. But knowing and doing are different things. But it seems that I am not the only one struggling and that makes me happy, not in the sense that I wish upon my Zevist brothers and sisters the struggle, but in knowing that we all need to overcame mostly the same difficulties.

What I find especially important is the idea of living every day as if it were your last. Your quote of "today, is truly in the end eternity itself" reminds me of a quote by Albert Camus: "Don't wait for the Last Judgment. It takes place every day." I think it is very powerful to live by the pressure, because it pushes your limits, which compounds over time. If I only do the bare minimum every day, it will take longer, because if I put all my effort in, I would advance faster.

Thank you, dear High Priest.
Hail Zeus!
 
It's very normal for human beings that we exist and we take it all for granted. Where we are today, what blessings we have. Things one wanted 10 years ago, they are taken for granted once achieved; if not achieved, one takes for granted the fact that they will have "more time doing nothing" and not acquiring these.

Frequently in the heat of "what we would like things to be", as desire is constant, we lose track of what is actually going on with our lives. Desire here, going both ways into need or complacency, lies to you strongly. The truth differs a lot from the above.

Yes, in Zevism we know the soul reincarnates and everything; that is a fact. But if you pay attention the fact that you might reincarnate can be taken the other way: The fact that you must prize your life and time highly, building eternally. In other words, "reincarnation" and second chances should be treated as literally non-existent even if we know these to be the case.

Fact is that you might reincarnate also points to another thing: You won't take certain things with you; and you must value your time and what is in your hands today, and treat it well and wisely in this journey of eternal soul evolution.

The fact one is under the illusion that we always will have "more time" or that we anticipate to leave this world at a certain age, is oftentimes coming with a surprise in life. One might find out a little bit too late that their "anticipations" where incorrect.

If you live life like everyday matters greatly to your advancement and you do your best to go to bed knowing you evolved that day, you will have a happy life despite of external circumstances. One must aim to be able to say in the end of their day that "I did what I could today".

Most people live, even those who have no idea of reincarnation, as they would live two hundred or three hundred years. Wasting lifetime after lifetime. Even some people here they have the most important things in their hands but they allow inertia or "will do it at some other time" take hold.

Eventually time will run out, but the game plays itself deceitfully that we call "life". One always assume there will be another chance and another day for everything and some opportunities disappear entirely, eventually. Certain opportunities do not have this ability to show themselves again and again; others can be open to infinite opportunities. So the good news is if you lost major opportunities, you can always wake up to that fact and make sure you approach things better in the future. The worst thing you can do is ignore this potentiality and think that one has "infinite time" in the objective sense.

Reincarnation means things that are now objective, are subject to change in the next lifetime. One is deceived and those who are deceived, know how to spend their life in inertia mode. Those who join inertia for the duration of their life, will regret it in the end.

Their time is thrown out of the window, there is poor appreciation of life, let alone focused time effort in order to do better and advance. Their lives are thrown out and they take everything for granted. Since everything is taken "for granted" they don't take seriously the most important things in their life, nor they enjoy the simpler things in life.

I always lived my life as if death would definitely arrive at any moment. This was rather "uncomfortable" in itself but at the same time very comforting if one thinks about it. False certainty about existence I have abolished. What this situation did, is that this abolishing has allowed me to exist, to value life and also seek security in it, simply because life itself is an amazing phenomenon exactly because it can go away. It makes you able to use your time properly, be appreciative of existence, and not be someone who takes everything for "granted".

Life also has this other rule where if things are taken for granted and not cared about, they tend to vanish. Even the most stable structures, eventually will vanish if taken "for granted". Carelessness and being inert is another way of saying that you took something for granted. Taking things for granted, means one no longer maintains them; then these things by the nature of the cosmos disappear. That's because things down in this dimension either improve or are maintained, or vanish due to inertia. Taking it for granted and zero maintenance, means it's going to essentially vanish.

The meditations, wisdom of the Gods and many other techniques, can guarantee a longer life or a higher quality of inner existence. This is reassuring and a life saver. But if you pay attention to the lives most people have, they are at the whims of fate and mercy. Still they act like they will live forever, married to false pride, false conceptions, even delusions such as that they will always have another "go". They are so deep into delusion that they are unable to appreciate existence or understand that they are here to evolve spiritually and materially. We Zevists must operate in reverse motion when it comes to this.

Embrace life, do not take anything for granted, and try to do positive things. Treat the eternal journey, as if it would end on this very day. It's both eternal and only for this particular day. If one wakes up in the morning come up and say "What a beautiful day, another opportunity" and make what you can to grow a little or more that day.

Embrace it's eternity by actually understanding that today, is truly in the end eternity itself.

-High Priest Hooded Cobra 666
Yeah I used to take things for
Granted but I don't now you
Just got to remember things
Sometimes come to you in a
Preif moment and just sit there
You think it will come around
Again well you missed your opportunity you have to to take your chance when it comes to you and I agree with you
HP Hooded Cobra another wonderful Sermon everybody
Have a wonderful day 💗
Hail Almighty Zeus and the God's of Hell!!!!
 
Thank you High Priest Hooded Cobra! ⚡🔥

We have been blessed with the most beautiful experience, to live each day with the guidance of the Gods. The only limitations that exist in this life as Zevists are those we place on ourselves.

I really admire how much has been accomplished by our esteemed High Clergy and Guardians, this motivates me so much in my daily life, but it's true that we are prone to forgetting. Let excellence, risk, and tireless bravery form our habits so we do not forget that we are on the Heroic Path! 🌟✨
 
Personally, the idea of reincarnation is what keeps me going—evolving. It's more of a belief than a knowledge; I hope to reach a level by the end of my life where I know, not believe, in it.But if I were certain of the non-existence of reincarnation, as I was before JoS/ToZ, I'd prefer to live a life of leisure and simply enjoy myself in any way possible...
 
You have my appreciate for You and Miss/Mrs. Lydia in posts in near past. I didn't read current post because...I'm busy but if it bring
whast i will...anyway... I'm just fair.

You and Her shared your own Experiances, How You Lived. It's a lot and great efforts, more than messages about life,gods,politics. You shared your path.
Just thank you for your courage. IT NEEEDS A COURAGE. But it have a lot of "essence". You know. I'm describing it as a quality how you price the people, who surrounds you.
You changed....a little, but it is...
I know my dress, my wear is a little insane, negative. But even my deleted accounts I'm back...why? I don't know.
But I described love as : "When you back to people that made you insane, angry and you still thinking about them". It's yours.
Never qualify quantity of posts with quality of them, because 1000x posts about "thank you dear Hps." can be lower than 1x who change your mind.

I realy like you, but we were far away how we describe ZEVS teachings. how we menage it in time.
 
Powerful message.
For you should be Dear Henu. I'm glad if you understand actuall messages of Clergy in every message - I mean under-conscious links. (How Clergy changed their mind, their efforts and final outcome)
I'm apreciate your great work and posts, but it ENDed in specific time in my opinion. People shourded by Abyss when they can't just find light again should perish.

Abaddon bless your way.
 

Al Jilwah: Chapter IV

"It is my desire that all my followers unite in a bond of unity, lest those who are without prevail against them." - Shaitan

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