Living Your Life: The Sacred Game of Existence

[shazam]

Thank you, High Priest ZM. These words fill my soul with a desire to live life to the fullest. This is undoubtedly one of my favorite sermons—it’s so beautiful, and so true! May the Gods bless you!

HAIL ZEUS! HAIL SATYA!

 

[Windstrider666]

I understand the idea, but I struggle to see the beauty in all the suffering. Knowing we’ll lose our loved ones, or face heartbreak, makes life feel less meaningful to me, not more. I’d find meaning in the possibility of it being eternal, not in its promised ending.

Life is meaningful because we know its opposite. We see beauty because we know ugliness. We know love because we know the loss of love. We appreciate life because the end exists. And Eternity becomes sacred because we lived through transience. Eternity only holds meaning when you becomes strong enough to live through life in its entirety every moment of every seconds, every second forever.

Learning to live life properly means knowing all aspects of it and overcoming all of it. To refine love until you reach its perfection. To refine beauty to its perfection. To refine the self until perfection. And the refinement must exist in transience because without it there is no eternity. And without eternity then transience loses its purpose. All things exist in exactness and navigating the world is our journey. And if it must be navigated, then why not choose to play otherwise suffering simply becomes pain without meaning.

 

[FierceSerpent]

Life is meaningful because we know its opposite. We see beauty because we know ugliness. We know love because we know the loss of love. We appreciate life because the end exists. And Eternity becomes sacred because we lived through transience. Eternity only holds meaning when you becomes strong enough to live through life in its entirety every moment of every seconds, every second forever.

Learning to live life properly means knowing all aspects of it and overcoming all of it. To refine love until you reach its perfection. To refine beauty to its perfection. To refine the self until perfection. And the refinement must exist in transience because without it there is no eternity. And without eternity then transience loses its purpose. All things exist in exactness and navigating the world is our journey. And if it must be navigated, then why not choose to play otherwise suffering simply becomes pain without meaning.

What you’re saying makes sense, but I can’t really accept the idea of having to lose what I love and then calling it a “game.” It doesn’t sit right with me. I can recognize love without needing loss to define it. I know my feelings won’t change how things are, but it leaves me uneasy and conflicted toward the Gods. Trying to refine things toward perfection in transience still seems like a game we can’t really win... If we assume perfection is reached and eternity follows, would we be reunited with our loved ones, or would that loss remain forever? That would change a lot in the way it all comes together.

 

[Higher1]

Thank you High Priest Zevios Metathronos. The knowledge of this magnitude and reminder come in handy because the feeling of all these in the sermo to be expressed even to a fellow Zevist would be undescribable with words and we're most grateful for this sermon hitting on the various civilizations and through all of them, the same message. Duality is necessary for balance. We are very thankful to our Gods and Goddesses for their care and the gift of life and the guidance on our part as Zevists to advance day in and out. We're playing our part to the max
Hail Father Zeus
Hail Mama Aphrodite
Hail all our Gods and Goddesses.

What you’re saying makes sense, but I can’t really accept the idea of having to lose what I love and then calling it a “game.” It doesn’t sit right with me. I can recognize love without needing loss to define it. I know my feelings won’t change how things are, but it leaves me uneasy and conflicted toward the Gods. Trying to refine things toward perfection in transience still seems like a game we can’t really win... If we assume perfection is reached and eternity follows, would we be reunited with our loved ones, or would that loss remain forever? That would change a lot in the way it all comes together.

We're all in this world together but advancement is an individual task that each of us is undergoing. Unattached to anything that hinders advancement. The example of Sri Krsna and Arjuna on the battlefield of Kurukshetra. Bhakti yoga explains the need for one to be unalloyed and all concentration is on the supreme personally of Godhead. With time you'll understand and get over attachment and things will start to make perfect sense as you advance. May our Gods and Goddesses bless and guide us all through our advancement day in and out.

 

[Windstrider666]

What you’re saying makes sense, but I can’t really accept the idea of having to lose what I love and then calling it a “game.” It doesn’t sit right with me. I can recognize love without needing loss to define it. I know my feelings won’t change how things are, but it leaves me uneasy and conflicted toward the Gods. Trying to refine things toward perfection in transience still seems like a game we can’t really win... If we assume perfection is reached and eternity follows, would we be reunited with our loved ones, or would that loss remain forever? That would change a lot in the way it all comes together.

Look at it this way. From the perspective of the Gods they also feel loss. Every time a disciple falls. Every time excessive suffering occurs beyond what is necessary for us. Every time we cause our own suffering because we ignore the teachings we are given. If the pain still happens at their level then what would you do if at the stage of development you are right now was eternal and the ones you love aren't? Its because the struggle is still ongoing for us still mortal that eternity isn't given right from the start. Its a capacity that must be reached so that life can be lived with joy.

 

[Admirate Deos]

Nice sermon, High Priest

 

[High Priestess Lydia Coventina]

This was beautiful! Thank you High Priest. May all Zevists save this and come back to this time and time again. We must live, that is why the Gods gave us life.

I quote the below passages to ensure all read them clearly.

The Zevist meditates in order to perceive reality more clearly, not in order to withdraw from reality. The Zevist performs rituals in order to strengthen the connection between the human and the divine, not in order to escape the human condition. The Zevist studies the ancient wisdom traditions in order to live more skillfully, not in order to accumulate theoretical knowledge that never touches the ground. The Zevist trains the body, cultivates the mind, develops the emotions, and strengthens the will, all in service of a single goal: to live the fullest, most beautiful, most powerful life that the individual's nature permits.

This means: travel. See the world the Gods created. Stand on mountains and swim in oceans and walk through forests and sit in ancient temples and feel the sun on your face in countries you've never visited before. Learn. Read the books the ancient sages wrote. Master a craft. Develop a skill so deeply that it becomes an extension of your soul. Build. Create something that will outlast you: a family, a business, a work of art, a community, a tradition. Love. Give yourself to another person with the full intensity of a heart that knows both joy and grief and chooses to open anyway. Celebrate. Gather with your people around a fire, around a table, around a ritual, and give thanks for the fact that you are here, that you are alive, that the Gods placed you in this world and gave you the capacity to perceive its beauty.

Live your life. And do more than the minimum. Do more than what is expected. Exceed the requirements. Go beyond the boundaries. Push further than you thought you could push. Because the Ka, the divine essence within you, demands not merely that you survive, but that you live, and that your living be so complete that when you finally stand before the Gods, you can say without hesitation: I used what you gave me. All of it. To the last drop.