Asatru Folk Assembly - Being Excellent in the Here and Now #afa #asatru #ásatrú #asatrufolkassembly

00:00:00.000 life is the point of life being successful at life one of the things

00:00:05.560 that characterizes also true as opposed to some other faiths it's not about the

00:00:12.600 next world or the next life house is about this world in this life it has

00:00:19.220 implications into the future certainly but it's not about storing up treasures

00:00:24.520 in heaven it's not about escaping the wheel of samsara it's about this it's about being

00:00:35.560 excellent in the here and now it's about living your best life living heroically and being worthy

00:00:44.040 of honor and praise and making a difference in the life that you're in hopefully by doing so

00:00:50.600 you earn um the respect of the icr and of your ancestors and that certainly affects

00:00:58.360 uh the life after this but concern yourself with the here and now and living a good life

00:01:07.000 and having a healthy family and the successful endeavors making your folk better building

00:01:13.320 beautiful things living greatly that's one of the big things that is

00:01:23.400 different about ossature than about so many other faiths so there's absolutely a point um

00:01:31.400 but that point is not some far off distant thing it's living well and uh

00:01:36.680 one of the things that is defined as a true is it's life embracing as opposed to life rejecting

00:01:44.260 this isn't a life full of sorrow and misery that it's your job to slog through and if you

00:01:50.820 bear up under the weight of it enough then maybe you get a reward on the other side no

00:01:56.020 live greatly now enjoy the things in your life now make the most of your life while you're here

00:02:03.880 midgard and in doing so earn the reputation and the respect that will grant you um better options

00:02:14.040 or a greater destiny in the life beyond the veil.

Asatru Folk Assembly - October 16, 2026