-------------- BRING IT ON! --------------
To what Masonic Education
makes effort to bring Order. -------------- HUMOR --------------
If "Freemasonry is a progressive science taught by degrees",
shouldn't we all be wearing lab coats?
-------------- PROPER DIRECTION --------------
Even a river of manure
once properly channeled
can produce a cornucopia.
-------------- EMBLEMS --------------
Emblems(1) represent(2) or epitomize(3);
Symbols substitute(4).
Emblems are a subset(5) of Symbols(6).
(1) a thing serving as a symbolic representation of a particular quality or concept
(2)
be entitled or appointed to act or speak for (someone), especially in
an official capacity; be an embodiment, depiction or portrayal of
(3) be a complete, mature, whole and flawlessess example of
(4) use or add in place of
(5) a part of a larger group of related things
(6)
a thing that represents or stands for something else, especially a
material object representing something abstract; a mark or character
used as a conventional representation of an object, function, or
process, e.g. the letter or letters standing for a chemical element or a
character in musical notation
FILED UNDER: CAN vs SHOULD
Transforming a man toward the Better
can only be done through personal Work upon one's self.
My Work has continually pointed my Brothers
toward Working upon themselves;
not toward working upon others
or telling others what they should do.
I share my journey with my Brothers.
I do not tell them what they "should do"
to Improve themselves,
only what they "can do"
to Improve themselves.
There is a major difference in these focuses.
-------------- ROLE MODELS --------------
-------------- MYTH --------------
-------------- INTRODUCTION --------------
Freemasonic
Ritual Introduces men to Masonry,
it Obligates them toward Masonic
Practice
and does so in consistent fashions
that Preserve the Code
that
directs men toward Betterment
when that Code is followed
by those going
through it.
These are the Voyages of the Blue Lodge Enterprise.
It's Three Degree Mission:
To Explore Strange New Ideas,
To Seek Out Good Men
and Then Improve Them Further,
To Boldly Master What Few Men have Mastered Before!
(Hat tip for the inspiration to Bro. Nick Adair!)
(Hat tip for the inspiration to Bro. Nick Adair!)
-------------- CHANGES... --------------
Raising Brings about Beneficial Behavioral Changes.
When you cannot Clearly Identify how Behavior has
Changed for the Better, Raising has yet to Occur.
-------------- RUFFIANS & WISDOM -------------- When you cannot Clearly Identify how Behavior has
Changed for the Better, Raising has yet to Occur.
“Wisdom cannot be imparted.
Wisdom that a wise man attempts to impart
always sounds like foolishness to someone else ...
Knowledge can be communicated,
but not wisdom.
One can find it, live it, do wonders through it,
but one cannot communicate and teach it.”
― Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha
-------------- THE DANGER... --------------
The Danger of Lip Service
is no one Takes your Tongue Seriously
after it's been Proven Worthless.
It might as well be Removed.
-------------- END --------------
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-- Coach Nagy ;-)
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