-------------- HUMOR --------------
You'd
think that after candidates
got through studying Rhetoric,
we'd see a
whole generation of Freemasons
with a healthy, active and engaging
sense
of humor...
...Oh yeah,
no one's required to do that...
...never mind.
-------------------------------
Does this Membership
Make me Look Frat?
-------------- CHARACTER --------------
"Do not seek something better,
become something better
and all you seek shall be before you."
-- Brother Tom Rivera
-------------- CHALLENGE --------------
When
you observe your Brothers' lives,
you'll have enough reassurance
to
know that there's no need
to criminalize Masonic Ignorance.
The Natural
Consequences
are Punishment enough.
-------------- TRAIN TO THINK!!! --------------
Masons
know this
and their very being supports this statement.
Sadly,
there
are far too many Freemasons
who will argue counter to this
and to the
point of nausea.
-------------- KNOW! --------------
-------------- CHOICE! --------------
How they Guide you
is still your Choice.
-------------- ALLEGORY--------------
DESTINY or SELF SABOTAGE?!
When you know that you have your head up in a dark place,
When you know that you have your head up in a dark place,
and you realize deep down that this is causing
both your dark outlook
and your dark behavior,
and you refuse to go through the painful process
of doing an obviously much needed head extraction,
Then you have chosen darkness,
and you have also chosen to be
a slave to it.
-------------- ADVICE! --------------
WAIT!!!! It's really "OKAY" to do this?
(Hat tip to Bro. Rich Fredrickson)
-------------- ALLEGORY --------------
(Hat tip to Bro. Rich Fredrickson)
Allegories
are based upon Metaphor. All Myths are built up of metaphors and lend
themselves to Allegory. Like novels, they can be associated with
factual history, but they themselves are not historically factual.
Myths are not intended to be taken as fact or as history. They are
intended to communicate truths and their meaning is understood only at
the level of the person receiving them. However, Myths themselves are
not truth.
Woe
to all who take them as factual or historical statements. They are
blind to the Light of Wisdom and the Truth that they offer.
And
woe to those caught up in exchanges with such individuals who either
accept Myths as either lies or facts for they are dealing with beings
deeply steeped in fallacies and unfounded assumptions.
For Further Light: https://buildinghiram.blogspot.com/2016/06/a-brother-asks-why-allegory.html
-------------- CHARACTER --------------
AMEN!
-------------- MYTH --------------
"The symbology of religion is,
in many of its most essential elements,
common to the whole of the human race;
so that, no matter to what religion you may turn,
you will––if you look long enough––
find a precise and often illuminating counterpart
to whatever motif of your own tradition
you may wish to have explained.
Consequently,
the reference of these symbols
must be to something that is
antecedent to any historical events
to which they may have become locally applied.
Mythological symbols come from the psyche
and speak to the psyche;
they do not spring from or refer to historical events.
They are not to be read
as newspaper reports of things that,
once upon a time, actually happened."
-- Joseph Campbell,
"The Interpretation of Symbolic Forms,"
The Mythic Dimension, p. 198
Yep... The same goes for other types of non-religious Rituals,
but don't let this secret be known
or you might just be done in
and someone might start a religion
based upon your letting it be known.
Of course,
most of the followers won't pay any attention
to what you let be known
for they'll be too busy worshiping you.
in many of its most essential elements,
common to the whole of the human race;
so that, no matter to what religion you may turn,
you will––if you look long enough––
find a precise and often illuminating counterpart
to whatever motif of your own tradition
you may wish to have explained.
Consequently,
the reference of these symbols
must be to something that is
antecedent to any historical events
to which they may have become locally applied.
Mythological symbols come from the psyche
and speak to the psyche;
they do not spring from or refer to historical events.
They are not to be read
as newspaper reports of things that,
once upon a time, actually happened."
-- Joseph Campbell,
"The Interpretation of Symbolic Forms,"
The Mythic Dimension, p. 198
Yep... The same goes for other types of non-religious Rituals,
but don't let this secret be known
or you might just be done in
and someone might start a religion
based upon your letting it be known.
Of course,
most of the followers won't pay any attention
to what you let be known
for they'll be too busy worshiping you.
-------------- NOT ALONE! --------------
You Joined the Gentle Craft
to Use Your Mind Better
but Found it Infested with Ruffians
Who Attack and Bully You
For Daring to do just that...
No! You're not Alone in this.
-------------- SMOTE!?!? --------------
-------------- NEVER SURRENDER! --------------
1) to Enter into the Freemasonic Society,
2) to do so with your Eyes Wide Open, and
3) Without Spoiling the Fun,
..."The Craft Unmasked!" is perhaps one of the best books 1) on what to Expect and 2) that can Provide you an Inoculation against some of the most Typical Disappointments and Disillusionments Experienced by those who Entered Unprepared.
Should you want to Make the Most out of your Experience, read it BEFORE you Join.
For those Members who have always wondered why so much of Freemasonry Doesn't Make Sense and what you can do to help Maximize your Participation and your Benefits, here's your chance to get Light that should have been provided to you BEFORE you joined.
And "Yes", I AM the Author!
"The Craft Unmasked! The Uncommon Origin of Freemasonry and its Practice."
For Further Light:http://www.coach.net/TCU.htm
-------------- END --------------
Be Well and Travel Light!
-- Coach Nagy ;-)
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