07/05/2026
This is one of the most powerful books you will ever read in self development.
A few of the words that stood out for me in this book are;
1. Urgency is often used to bypass awareness but delay is often protection.
2. Time reveals what emotions hide.
3. This is how deception enters. It does not break down the door. It asks to be entertained.
4. Not every conversation deserves your participation.
5. Your strength is not measured by your intentions. It is measured by your ability to guard your mind against subtle shifts.
6. Lust does not approach you as an enemy. It approaches you as an opportunity.
Lust is not what you feel. It is what you start believing you cannot live without.
And destruction begins when: Deception meets uncontrolled desire.
The Lust & The Serpent exposes the hidden system of desire, deception, and how control is lost.
It breaks it down:
The Serpent = The Voice of Deception
Lust = The Response of Misguided Desire
Eve didn’t fall because she was weak. She fell because something shifted. Her desire was redirected.
Her perception was altered. Nothing looked dangerous. Until it was too late.
This is how people still fall today. Not suddenly. But subtly. Lust does not appear as destruction.
It appears as something that feels: Necessary, Harmless, Even beneficial. And because it looks right…you don’t resist it. You accept it.
The problem is not just desire. It is influence.
The serpent was never just a character. It represents a system: Subtle influence, deceptive reasoning, persuasive voices, internal justification
Today, that voice shows up as: Social media, Friends, Culture, Your own thoughts
The Lust & The Serpent exposes this system.
So you can see it before it controls you.
Imagine recognizing deception early. Before desire takes over. Before your judgment shifts.
Before you start justifying what you once resisted.
Imagine being able to: See clearly, Think correctly, Choose wisely Before the damage is done.
That is what awareness gives you.
Like I said from the beginning is you seek growth and self development...in fact self control...power over self and negative influences both internal and external whether in business, in the corporate world, in relationship...life generally
Then Read this before you learn the hard way.
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