Random Building Thoughts - 2021-09-06

 

-------------- SEE? -------------- 

 

 When you actually 

follow The Path, 

you see things 

other can't,

or refuse to.

 

-------------- THE TOP REASON! -------------- 

 

 

 Of all the Reasons Offered

 To Justify and Encourage 

Joining Freemasonic Ranks, 

Improvement of one's Own Understanding 

and Worship of God 

Should be on the Top.

 

-------------- THE LAW --------------  

 

 

BEING: 

Who you Are 

Affects What you Do. 

What you Do Affects 

What you Have.

 

 -------------- BE IT! --------------  

 

 

 Masonry is not a religion,

 not a club,

 not an association 

and not a way of life. 

 It's a way of BEING! 

 

-------------- BEST ROUTES -------------- 

 

 

Freemasonic Rituals Offer 

One of the Best Routes 

to Exploring your Own Faith. 

 

Imagine doing this for yourself 

and in ways that Bring forth 

Stronger and more Well-Founded Beliefs! 

 

How would your World Change?

 

 -------------- CHALLENGE --------------  

 

Be neither 

Part of the Shadow 

nor that which Casts it; 

But Bring Light to It

 as only you can.

 

-------------- CHARACTER --------------  

When your Coach or Mentor 

doesn't require you to invest in your Betterment 

 as a condition for his ongoing support, 

you don't have a Coach or Mentor. 

What you do have 

is a person interested in something

other than your best interests. 

 

-------------- EXAMPLE --------------

    

 

You're 

a Shining Example 

of what Freemasonry 

Can 

and Can't do 

for a Man.

.

 

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

 

 

 'bout time too!

 

 -------------- JUDGE! -------------- 

 

Please don't make Judgmentalism 

out to be a bad thing. 

 

Judgement is in itself but a tool 

and a God given gift. 

 

It's only when it is brandished by 

a zealous, narrow-minded 

and inexperienced poor Craftsman, 

that it is ruinous. 

 

We are to judge with Candor, 

 and in such a way 

as to be held to the same standard 

we hold others to.

 

-------------- 8 VIRTUES --------------

 

The Apprentice Virtues: 

Sometimes,

 some things 

are not 

clearly spelled out.

 

-------------- MEETINGS -------------- 

 

 

What Exactly 

Do Your Meetings Do 

to Improve and to Contribute 

to the Overall Well-Being 

and Advancement of 

Your Attending Brothers? 

 

-------------- GOATS? --------------

 

 

 

THE CANDIDATE

Better Ask About Those Goats

 

-------------- MYTH --------------  

 

“It may be a species of impudence

 to think that 

the way you understand God 

is the way God is.”
― Joseph Campbell,  

Thou Art That: 

Transforming Religious Metaphor

 

-------------- CHALLENGE TOO -------------- 

 

-------------- IMPROVE! -------------- 

 

 

Every man Improves 

his own Application of his Own Faith 

when he Faithfully Applies 

what he Learns 

thru Masonic Practice.

 

-------------- END -------------- 

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

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