Do you Truly Believe that a Bunch of Uninformed men, Acting out
Misunderstood Scripts, and who Ignore the Work these Scripts Direct them
toward, are going to Assist you Toward any True Transformation?
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It's Only When a Missing Puzzle Piece Completes a Heretofore Non-Sense Picture That Everything Truly Makes Sense! "Being Frank About Freemasonry"
The Craftier men get, the more Skill they have to Perceive and Bring forth Beauty.
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The EA Degree provides a roadmap for Inward Travels.
It
provides a guide to the inner Terrain that, when Traveled, enables a
man to know his true self and true nature -- The Creature that is
himself. The Work it directs him to is Foundational to his Learning. In
this respect, it is a roadmap of Preparation for Learning. It is
focused upon the physical man. Sadly, few men follow the map that they
are offered.
The FC Degree provides a roadmap for Outward Travels.
It
provided a guide to the outer Terrain that, when Traveled, enables a
man to know the Universe -- the Whole of Creation. The Work it directs
him to is Structural and sets the stage of his Actual Learning. In this
respect, it is a roadmap to Learn How to Learn. It is focused upon the
mental man. Sadly, even fewer men follow the map that they are offered.
The MM Degree provides a roadmap for Eternal Travels.
It
provided a guide to the spiritual Terrain that, when Traveled, enables a
man to know the Word -- the Creator. The Work it directs him to is his
Actual Learning and Teaching. In this respect, it is a roadmap to
Further Cultivation of the Heart and Mind, Travel and Employment of
Cunning Craftsmanship. It is focused upon the spiritual man. Sadly, it
is rare men who follows the map that they are offered.
FILED UNDER: GRAMMAR - Worth reviewing if not studying!
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SPECULATE UPON THIS!
The direction you chose to focus a word's meaning shall assist you in determining the results you do and don't obtain.
A case in point:
A Stone Mason <-- Operative --> Someone who Deliberately and Consciously Works upon Clearly Defined Projects
One
direction keeps a man stuck; the other requires a man to do Work! If
there is a Secret that the Fraternity keeps hidden in plan view, it
would be that Operative Masonry (OM) is still Practiced within the Craft
and you can see it (OM) in the Results that some Brothers Obtain! For
all those who do not Practice it (OM), you shall see very little
Transformation.
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-------------- SEEK THE RIGHT CROWD! --------------
When those around you don't inspire you toward greatness, you're hanging with the wrong crowd.
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Make Masonry Unstoppable! Don't let a lack of Lodge meetings prevent you from practicing Masonry moment to moment and day to day! Masonry doesn't start at Lodge; Masonry begins with You!
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“We're not on our journey to save the world
but to save ourselves.
But in doing that you save the world.
The influence of a vital person
vitalizes.”
―
Joseph Campbell
"Not Ignorance, but ignorance of ignorance is the death of knowledge." -- Alfred North Whitehead
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Beauty, left unflanked and unprotected by Wisdom and Strength, gets
assaulted, destroyed and buried in Rubbish by those who are unworthy to
possess it.
-------------- MYTH --------------
"When you have lived your individual life
in your own adventurous way
and then look back upon its course,
you will find that you have lived a model human life,
Their Skills or Minds don't make Ruffians Rough Ashlars; their Hearts
do. They don't Complete the EA Work. Hence, they do FC Work on
Improperly and Ill-Prepared Foundations. This is what makes them so
dangerous. Empowered Minds Governed by Immature Hearts bring fourth
Civil Disharmony, Death and Buried Beauty.
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From Corona Lodge No. 666... (Hat tip to Bro. Bruce W Clark shared 3 years ago in the very beginning of the crud)
-------------- PSA --------------
-------------- MYTH --------------
"Whenever
a knight of the Grail tried to follow a path made by someone else, he
went altogether astray. Where there is a way or path, it is someone
else's footsteps. Each of us has to find his own way, and this is what
gives our Occidental world its initiative and creative quality. Nobody
can give you a mythology. The images that mean something to you, you'll
find in your dreams, in your visions, in your actions — and you'll find
out what they are after you've passed them."
--Joseph Campbell
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FILED UNDER:
WHAT YOU THINK YOU KNOW YOU KNOW!
Ides - (in the ancient Roman calendar) a day falling roughly in the
middle of each month (the 15th day of March, May, July, and October, and
the 13th of other months), from which other dates were calculated.
No matter what you Seek, and no matter what you Find, if it does not
Sustain you or Transform You and your Behavior for the Better, what true
Value was your Quest?
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FILED UNDER: DISCOURSE WORTH HAVING!
Do
you want to help the next generation of Masons to develop into Better
men? Engage them in Q&A discourse related to what Ritual directs
them toward, premised upon asking a simple question:
What Work must be done to make a good man a Better man, and what occurs for a man who leaves such improvement Work undone?
Here are some lead in questions based on Working Tools and Lodge Furniture:
1) CG - What is Divesting? How is it done?
2) CG - What are Vs&Ss? How are they similar and different?
3) TFIG - What is the foundation of Time Management? Where do you start?
4) TFIG - What must be done to manage time wisely? What tools must you use?
5) J'sL - What are the Cardinal and Theological Virtues? What plan must be executed to develop them within your life?
6) VoSL - What most important to you? What must you do to honor it?
7) Cs - What is Circumscription? How does one go about Circumscribing?
8) Cs - What are the similarities and difference between Passions and Desires?
9) Cs - What does Subdue mean? How do you benefit from it? What are some examples if subduing?
10) VoSL - What does it mean to be true to one's Word? How do you know when your word is not true?
...and so forth.
The
Q&A could go on for months and years. The quality of the discourse
and the men engaging in it would certainly improve over time, if they do
the Work!