Over the years in Zevism I have come to understand many things. The man I was before I joined, is nothing compared to who I am today; the Gods and my personal efforts have facilitated so much intense, deep and eternal change, that it's impossible to put in words.

As a Zevist, you are on radically different trajectory than most people in this world. That doesn't mean you have to remain alone. On the contrary, it means you have to have better relations when this is the case, rather than falling into every trap other people will have to experience due to lack of knowledge.

One of the things I have learned over the years is that it is important to surround ourselves with people that treat us well. By well I do not mean "always good". Well does not necessarily mean nothing else but in a respectful manner that is not damaging to us. In life it's very common that most people are surrounded by people that:

•Do not appreciate you even when you do a lot of things for them. While a lot is relative, many people are mentally ill to the point they have endless misplaced assumptions about life. We on the other hand might be mentally misplaced and thinking that we owe or must give way much than we should, in order to get something basic out of people. Unappreciative behavior both ways is a major illness in human relationships.

•Do not take your dreams seriously - that can undermine your faith in your dreams. If you seek to get better, the messages that try to keep you worthless, must actually become minimized. The job of many people in this world is not for them to become better and to make you better, but to actually make you worse because these people themselves suck. These must be avoided as much as we can, within the confines of reason.

•That we abuse and that are abusive. Why do I mention that "we abuse"? While most people tend to talk about their "victim status", the situation is that most people are also becoming active abusers if other people abuse them, and rarely one is constantly on a claimed "victim status". Many people out there who had their asses beat and constantly whine they are "victims", are in an active form of association with other people, that can cause this. The first primary thing being that they are sitting close to people that abuse them. As this raises their defense, they too become abusive towards these people, starting and maintaining a cycle of abuse. That we too, when confronted with negative human beings, will become evil and abusive towards them either in attack or defense. Hang close to abusers for a while, and you will become one.

•People that are toxic. Hanging around these types of people, will actually make you toxic too. For example, if you struggle to evade drugs, but you are always around drug addicts, that is a very unwise thing to do. That creates a circle of futility in which we become toxic by correlation.

•People that don't help you improve in some way. While these people do not necessarily harm you, they do not also help you become better even in a very small way. This means you are spending idle time with these people.

•People with nothing to offer and unwilling to fix that. In most cases, people, when ready to criticize, attack, destroy, or anything of the sort, they are very quick to "provide" this. When it comes to providing a form of value, they are not ready to provide this. People with nothing to offer in spiritual, mental, physical or any other way, are people that will eventually end up taking and siphoning from others. Not good.

•Those that bring the worst out of you. There are some people in this world that with their mere presence in your life, can bring out the worst elements of your existence. These people should be avoided at all costs.

•Your unlucky stars. As we have human beings with whom we have gracious and proper co-operation, there are people who can literally spell our damnation. That might not necessarily be the case because they are evil or bad people, but it can be because of astrology or other aspects. It's best to stay away from these people in life, or retain a decent distance with them if one cannot evade them.

•Those that don't help you self improve*. There are people that help you improve and people that do not help you improve. "Feel Good" might not arrive by all of these people, but evolution for yourself might. A foolish example here is that nobody likes to go to the dentist, but their work can be life saving. Just "feel good" should not be taken as a highest consideration in a relationship. People that plague you with certain types of darkness, can be good stepping stones if you are strong to help you overcome it.

•*Specifying the Above Point: The difference between these people and those who are mean to cause ruin, is that these people pose challenges and that you will both evolve as you encounter these, while the upper parasitic categories will not bear any fruit. Do not take what I wrote above as evading "the people that don't make you feel good", because oftentimes, bad people for you can make you "feel good". The question to ask here is what people help you grow (even by pressing your limits or by giving you necessary feedback to grow yourself). If you avoid these people, you are disallowing yourself from receiving proper growth and karmic feedback to grow into the individual you must become. By avoid these types of empowering interactions, you are becoming weak.

Perhaps the number one thing I have lost in my first year in Zevism, were many of my "friends". This happened almost naturally, as the person who seeks to wake up, might have an initial response to take some distance from negative sources in order to examine themselves. That state should not be forever. It should last only so long that one de-clutters.

Eventually, one will have to find others who bring increased value to the life of someone. With renewed vigor and confidence after a point, one will actively try to seek better company, or when that is not present, no company; but there are plenty of non toxic and good people out there to associate with and grow alongside, that must be kept in mind.

-High Priest Zevios Metathronos