Friday, August 6, 2021

Random Building Thoughts - 2021-08-06

 

-------------- HUMOR --------------  
 
 
-------------- CHARACTER --------------  
 

Your Character is your Word. 
 
You cannot possess It.  
It will always possess you.  
It is Lost to you 
only if you do not Know Yourself. 
 It will be buried in Rubbish 
with every Vice and Superfluity 
you have yet to Divest.  
It will only be Known to you 
when you have done the Work 
required of you.  

Ritual points the way, 
but it is not the Way.  

-------------- CHALLENGE --------------  
 
 
If Only More Men 
Would Follow The Directions.

For Further Light:
Maps!


-------------- ALLEGORY--------------  
 

 Those Unwilling 
to Embrace What's Necessary to Grow 
Should Not be Trusted with Any Garden.
 
-------------- COMPASSES RULE! --------------  
 
 
Your Compasses Rule Your Relationships  
 
Symbolically, of course. 
 
-------------- THE WAY --------------   
 
 
 The Ritual is to Life 
what the Compass is to Maps.
It points the Way, 
but It is not THE Way.
 
-------------- SACRED COWS --------------  
 
 
 
 One must Travel 
beyond the Symbols 
into the experience 
of what these Symbols represent 
to experience their Truth. 
 
What sacred cows 
have you yet to deal with 
appropriately?
 
  -------------- LAST ONE OUT -------------- 
 
 
 When what you offer 
consistently contributes to 
an ever-growing number of detached alumni 
far greater in number
 than your actual membership,
 it would behoove you to rethink 
what you offer.
 
-------------- WHO? --------------  


“Once thoroughly broken down, 
who is he that can repair the damage?”
-- Frederick Douglass

(Hat tip to Bro. Ralph McNeal Jr!)

 
-------------- PASSION! --------------  
 
"The only way 
you're ever going to get 
to the other side of this journey 
is you have to suffer to grow."
-- David Goggins 
 
WARNING! EXPLETIVES!!!
 



Passion: 
What you Willingly Suffer 
to Bring Forth 
a Desired Change.
 
 -------------- PROGRESSIVE SCIENCE -------------- 
 
 
-------------- CHALLENGE --------------  

COACH'S CHALLENGE
 
You are a well-informed Freemason. A member of your lodge comes to you tremendously stressed out over a situation that occurred between him and several people within his congregation. He tells you that his VoSL has a passage proscribing the taking of oaths. He is concerned because they are saying the Freemasonic obligation is an oath and taking it runs counter to his VoSL. He wants your help in dealing with this group.
 
Your Challenge: Explain why this is not a problem and how it doesn't violate his Book's proscription.
 
For Further Light:
OATHS, VOWS & PROMISES!

-------------- MYTH --------------  
 
 
   "Mythology may, 
in a real sense, 
be defined as other people's religion. 
And religion may, 
in a real sense, 
be understood as 
a popular misunderstanding of mythology."
Joseph Campbell, Thou Art That
 
Yes. 
Without any shadow of a doubt! 
Of course, 
you'd have to understand what he meant 
by his statement 
for it to make sense.
 
-------------- BRING WORKING TOOLS! --------------  
 

THE FREEMASON'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY
DON'T PANIC -- BRING WORK TOOLS
 
-------------- MEANINGFUL WORK --------------  
 
 

There is Nothing Attractive 
about Titular Masters, 
unless one Seeks Superficial Glories. 
When the Craft wants to Seriously Address 
the Attrition of its Ranks, 
it must first get Serious about 
Meaningful Work and Advancement.
 
-------------- KNOW --------------  
 
 
Person Progression 
Requires Personal Work. 
No Personal Work; 
No Personal Progress. 
Know Personal Work; 
Know Personal Progress. 
No Personal Work; 
No Personal Progress.
 
-------------- END --------------

 Be Well and Travel Light!
-- Coach Nagy ;-)

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