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The Present

All of life is largely related to the past and the future. The mind tends to dwell on the past and the future. Dreams, aspirations, or past events commonly take up space in our minds.

We relieve ourselves and increase our understanding when we also focus on the present.

In contrast with people and outsiders who always dwell on the past or the future, we Temple members must also be aware of the present time, the present moment, and the present era.

Only when the present is understood does the balance between the past and the future become established.

When one knows the power of Now, they will know the power of the Future and the influence of the Past. Just by knowing now, that will suffice.

You will be joyous if you focus on the present.

Πολὺ τοῦ βίου πρὸς τὸ παρεληλυθὸς καὶ τὸ μέλλον ἀναφέρεται· ὁ νοῦς ἐν ἐκείνοις διατρίβει, ὀνείρατα, ἐλπίδας καὶ γεγονότα περιφέρων.

Ἀνακούφισιν καὶ πλείονα σύνεσιν εὑρίσκομεν, ὅταν καὶ τῷ παρόντι προσέχωμεν.

Ἄλλοι τῷ χθὲς ἢ τῷ αὔριον μόνον προσέχουσιν· ἡμεῖς δὲ τοῦ Ναοῦ μέλη τὸν παρόντα χρόνον, τὴν παροῦσαν στιγμήν, καὶ τὴν νῦν ἐποχὴν γιγνώσκειν ὀφείλομεν.

Μόνον τὸ παρὸν συνιέντες ἰσορροπίαν μεταξὺ παρελθόντος καὶ μέλλοντος καθιστῶμεν.

Ὁ τὴν τοῦ νῦν δύναμιν γνοὺς καὶ τὴν τοῦ μέλλοντος δύναμιν καὶ τὴν τοῦ παρελθόντος ἐπίδρασιν γνώσεται· ἡ τοῦ νῦν γνῶσις ἀρκεῖ.

Χαρὰν ἕξεις, ἐὰν τῷ παρόντι προσέχῃς.

To Paron · Transliteration

Poly tou biou pros to parelēlythos kai to mellon anapheretai; ho nous en ekeinois diatribei, oneirata, elpidas kai gegonota peripherōn.

Anakouphisin kai pleiona synesin heuriskomen, hotan kai tōi paronti prosekhōmen.

Alloi tōi khthes ē tōi aurion monon prosekhousin; hēmeis de tou Naou melē ton paronta khronon, tēn parousan stigmēn, kai tēn nyn epokhēn gignōskein opheilomen.

Monon to paron synientes isorropian metaxy parelthontos kai mellontos kathistōmen.

Ho tēn tou nyn dynamin gnous kai tēn tou mellontos dynamin kai tēn tou parelthontos epidrasin gnōsetai; hē tou nyn gnōsis arkei.

Kharan hexeis, ean tōi paronti prosekhēis.

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Prayer:

"Lord Apollo,

Show me the power of stillness so that I may observe the present,

Which is the mother of the Great Silence."

Ancient Greek Code PrayerΤὸ Παρόν

Ὦ δέσποτα Ἄπολλον,

δεῖξόν μοι τὴν δύναμιν τῆς ἡσυχίας, ἵνα τὸ παρὸν θεωρῶ,

ὃ τῆς μεγάλης σιγῆς μήτηρ ἐστίν.

Ō despota Apollon,
deixon moi tēn dynamin tēs hēsykhias, hina to paron theōrō,
ho tēs megalēs sigēs mētēr estin.

The prayer asks Apollo for stillness to perceive the present, described as the mother of great silence.

Apollo Power Ritual

Page & Holy Texts: High Priest Zevios Metathronos