Death, Dying; For Those Who Are Dying

Everyone here knows that enemy religions corrupted spirituality. Christianity is said to be a “death cult” because it only focuses on repressing your life, repressing your joy and passion and enthusiasm, living in a half-dead state, and await your death where you will either float on a cloud with a harp for all eternity, or burn in eternal fire. Other so-called religions are even worse and represses even more of life. Even new-age movements aren’t really alive. Zevism is the only path that is about living life to your fullest potential in the truest sense, because true spirituality enriches life and makes life more meaningful.

The Ancient cultures of the past understood life and death. “Death” was never seen as permanent, it is only a transition from one life to the afterlife and then to a new life. The cycles continue as in nature, until the individual achieves Godhead, which is only through the instruction of Zeus and our other Gods who are aligned with Zeus.

Death was never seen as morbid. I’ve seen complaints here over the years whenever someone mentioned death, about how “morbid” is it to speak of it. This is from christianity, as that entire religion is corrupt and morbid.

The fact is, everyone will die, until they evolve past the need for reincarnation. Here in the Temple of Zeus we know humans can advance and become Gods, but this is a process that takes lifetimes. Some members have already done work and advancement in your past lives, so I have every hope that as many of us as possible can reach Godhead in this current life.

But to be realistic, most people will need at least one more lifetime. There is nothing wrong with this, it’s just how the soul is, it takes time to develop and evolve and advance. Think about it, did every single soul Zeus created, make it to Godhead in their first life? Obviously not, as everyone is all here again, not as Gods.

To make it clear: there is nothing wrong with death. Yes, it is very sad when our loved ones die. I myself lost one of the most important people to me, and last year I lost another loved one. I also had an Zevist friend (online from the yahoo groups) who died, about 12 years ago. It's very sad, but it is a part of nature. This is how life is: it is followed by death, until we each evolve past death. Life is followed by death... but death is then followed by life again.

One of the roles of the Ancient High Priests was to assist those who are near the end of their life, help with their soul and their conscience, to prepare for the transition to the afterlife, and to prepare for a better start to their next incarnation. Christianity corrupted this and made “death bed confessions”, which is based on real spirituality albeit corrupted.

When you are dying, you don’t want to have a lot of unresolved duties, unfinished business, or regrets. This can make it difficult to enter the afterlife, which is why we have many ghosts on our planet. Everyone who is dedicated to Zeus won’t have to worry about becoming stuck here as a ghost, our Gods will be right there with you when you die, to bring you to the Duat. So don’t worry about that.

But regrets and unfinished business will carry over to your next life. This is one of the ways karma is built. You need to clear your conscience before you die, make peace with yourself, make peace with those in your life. Not just ignoring problems and pretending your conscience is clear, but doing whatever is necessary to make peace.

Any feuds with old friends or relatives, any resentment, arrange to meet up with them and work through it, or write them an email and get everything off your chest. They will be more willing to work with you to resolve an issue if they know you are dying, this is a fact that everyone knows or has heard about, because we all have it in our ancestral consciousness: making peace upon death. Do what you can to move forward to the afterlife with a clear conscience in preparation for a better start to your next life.

Now, about funerals. High Priest Zevios Metathronos has mentioned already that he will be updating the Zevic Rites section for funerals. But that aside, many of you are understandably worried about what your non-Zevist family might do for you when/if you die. Many of you have religious families who will almost certainly hold a religious funeral for you. Don’t be concerned, it will have no effect on your soul. Don’t worry about it. These “religious ceremonies” have no power on anyone who is dedicated to Zeus. You can request a non-religious ceremony if you are able to, these are becoming more and more popular, especially in the Western countries. You can also plan and pay for your own ceremony ahead of time and leave your arranged requests with a solicitor or the funeral home, but you need to have realistic expectations about this. They’re not going to do a Zevist funeral for you, but they will leave out everything religious and show you examples they have already prepared for other clients.

For those who have a loved one who dies, you can of course ask the Gods to take care of them. But you will likely have little say over the type of funeral they have, unless you are the head of your family. So you might be wondering about their funeral, if you can go or not. Yes, you can go. Even if it’s in a church. This is not blasphemous to the Gods. Our Gods are much stronger than that of other religions are, and our Gods understand that humans are by nature social, just like our Gods are.

You are free to make a personal stand and boycott a church funeral, but be forewarned: you will probably alienate your other loved ones. Do this if you feel it is best for you, but if you want, you can attend the church, meditate on the Gods instead.

Recently there have been a few members who posted, mentioning that they are dying. We also have members who are elderly. We will also have more members finding the ToZ in the future who might be near the end of their life and experiencing a spiritual awakening before they die. I want to make something very clear to you: High Priest Zevios Metathronos and myself are ALWAYS here for you. Even if you just need some emotional support, email us. Don’t hesitate, don’t feel like we won’t want to be disturbed by you, don’t feel like we don’t care. This is one of our roles as clergy. And, we care very much about each of you.