Many Zevists do ask me every single day, about if they are doing enough, or what they should be doing. One sometimes looks at the very tiny steps they take each day, and they question if they are going somewhere with this in the path.
I will show you now, not by emotions and worries, but by actual numbers, why nothing of what you do is in vain, in the context of your evolution. Literally nothing is in vain. It doesn't matter how you feel about it. And where it eventually leads if you keep going steadfast in the path.
As money related financial values is something "everyone can understand", it's used merely as a setting example here. It could be any other example, but because by the end of this you will understand clearly "magnitude", it's used only as an example.
Hesiod, Works and Days, lines 361-362:
εἰ γάρ κεν καὶ σμικρὸν ἐπὶ σμικρῷ καταθεῖοκαὶ θαμὰ τοῦτ᾽ ἔρδοις, τάχα κεν μέγα καὶ τὸ γένοιτο.
"For if you should lay even a small thing upon a small thing, and do this often, soon even that would become great."
As I have kept repeating, one must simply keep going. I will illustrate to you both on the authority of Heraclitus and by mathematical law, father of Math, how these things work. Math is where you go, to explain things, despite of emotional arguments. And yes, this is how it works in Zevism also.
We are going to take a hypothetical scenario here. Of course, the below is not about money, but about numbers. It's just a hypothetical scenario so the magnitude of what is explained and the point is understood clearly.
Let's say you do your meditations every single day.
You do not even become 1% stronger everyday; so you complain about it and you feel like you are doing nothing. But it would be safe to say that if you continue meditating daily, let's assume, that you add 0.25% per day to your power. Less than one percent. Days pass when you start, you are in the loop, awakening a soul that was totally de-activated. You do it regardless.
Now, to assume this mathematically, let's assume the power you have when you begin is totally minimal; we will put this as the equivalent in 100 dollars. These 100 dollars is the borderline "nothing" power that you have to begin with (totally normal when you start all these things; the soul was dormant).
We will put a timeframe of 15 years of unceasing, daily practice, that increases your power by just 0.25% daily.
Yes, that 0.25% that you doubt, that you think is no progression and that you see sometimes nothing of, when you meditate. But let's expand it over to 15 years.
The same compound growth mechanism that exists in numbers, exists in many things in life, including also spiritual power. You won't notice any results in the beginning but they will be there. As you keep pushing, these will start adding up.
$100 compounded at 0.25% daily for 20 years would grow to roughly $7.5 million, meaning the capital increased by about 75,000× from the starting amount.
Now, here is the impressive part. On the first year, you would go in this, from just 100$ to 249$. This is where many people quit. They are like "Zevism is great, I know this" but they fall off the path. They allow doubt to hold in, they undermine their efforts, or they are not consistent.
This is why also in your first year in Zevism, yes, you grow a lot; you could be double powerful by the end of the year, but many people don't notice that. By the third year, the 100$ will just be 1540$. One might have improved ten times or more since that time, but they don't notice it - they say "Maybe it should be way more; do you see this other person" - But at the same time, not everyone starts from the same place. The place where we start, also factors in our general soul condition and past lives.
Temporary emotions cloud judgement, one is hard at themselves. But the person who doesn't care about this and stays strong on the course and loyal to it, moves forward regardless.
You do NOT give up. You continue. Yes you keep meditating even in this day where the sky appears to have fallen on your head, on this hard day. You keep the grind when you are low, when you are good, when you are not. You KEEP GOING.
Then we move forward to the 6th year. By the 6th year, if you are consistent with your practices, you are actually... 23 times more powerful than when you initially began. Extending further to year 10, the 100$ mere number of spiritual power, is the equivalent of 906,000$. This as you can see in these figures, is where the progression starts to be noticeable and undeniable.
Even to yourself, if you stick for 6 consecutive years in growth in Zevism, you cannot lie to yourself no longer that you did not grow as a person. This is where serious conviction will start consolidating.
And here is when it starts to get very interesting: After the decade from the fifth year.... Because by the 15 years, the equivalent of power, can be as much as 86,300,000$ in numbers, starting from just 100$.
Conclusion: The difference between your first 3 years on full devotion, and your 15th year of full devotion, are astronomically on another level. Provided however, you grow everyday and you make it a point, to do this without fail.
Now the above are mathematics just to show you a point: It doesn't matter what you see daily, what matters is your persistence, to set a very long timeframe, and to expand your knowledge and understanding every passing day of your life. This is how this path unlocks. Never underestimate your efforts. The same efforts that you now brand as "useless" and "too small" are the mothers and fathers of your next efforts that down the line, will make where you started appear surreal as to where you are now.
Respect your efforts, keep them daily, and never falter. This is how you unlock the Path of Zevism and your powers.
-High Priest Zevios Metathronos