Random Building Thoughts - 2022-03-31

 

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

 

 

Entitlement is not 

a Sign of Progression toward Empowerment;

 it's a Sign of Stagnation

 toward Impotency.

 

Don't settle for being entitled. 
Earn your title!

 

-------------- PRIORITIES... --------------  

 

For Some Men, The Source 

is Far More Important than What is Offered by It, 

Shunning all that is Offered elsewhere, 

no Matter How Factual, Truthful or Useful.

 

Do you dismiss based upon the source 

rather than examine what is offered?

 

If so, why is that what is offered is of no value to you 

just because of the source of it?

 -------------- TRY IT! --------------  

 

 

What do you do to assure your square is true? 

How often do you do this?

What method(s) do you use?

-------------- TRY ME! --------------  

 

 

What are your life's frictions?

  

-------------- TRIANGLE TRIPLETS! --------------  

 

-------------- MYTH -------------- 

 

"Our life evokes

 our character
and you find out 

more about yourself
as you go on. "

-- Joseph Campbell 

 

 What have you 

evoked so far?

 

-------------- TRIPLET TOO... --------------  

 

 

"Happiness is when
what you think,
what you say, and
what you do
are in harmony."
-- Mahatma Gandhi

 

Are you in harmony?

 

-------------- CAUSES... --------------  

 

  

We are not alone...

 

A Brother Asks...
Why the Church Controversy? 

 -------------- END --------------

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Random Building Thoughts - 2022-03-30

 

-------------- UNDERSTAND? --------------  

 

 

"If, anywhere, brethren of a particular religious belief 

have been excluded from this Degree 

[18° Knight Rose Croix], 

it merely shows how gravely the purposes 

and plan of Masonry may be misunderstood.

 For whenever the door of any Degree 

is closed against him who believes in one God 

and the soul's immortality,

 on account of the other tenets of his faith, 

that Degree is Masonry no longer."
-- Albert Pike   

 

-------------- FOR LITERAL BROTHERS... --------------  

 

 

"Freemasonry is confessedly an allegory,

 and as an allegory only must it be supported, 

for its traditional history admits of no palliation. 

Whoever would remove Freemasonry out of the category, 

as an allegorical institution, 

might as well destroy its existence; 

for in no other character would it be able to hold its own. 

It is one consistent and intelligible assemblage of symbols,

and any attempt to explain it, 

by reference to facts, is sure to fail:

 instead of a clear, beautiful, and harmonious 

system connected in all its parts,

 a distorted caricature will be produced 

without a single redeeming trait of character."

– Bro. George Oliver

 

COACH'S NOTE: To Study Freemasonry is to Study Allegory!!!!!

 

-------------- DEFINE --------------  

 

   

palliation (noun)

• A cloaking or concealment; a means of hiding or concealing.
• The act of palliating or concealing the more flagrant circumstances of an offense, crime, etc.; a lessening or toning down of the enormity or gravity of a fault, offense, etc., by the urging of extenuating circumstances, or by favorable representations; extenuation.
• Mitigation or alleviation, as of a disease.

 

 

 

 

-------------- ROOTS --------------  

 

 

Enthusiasm = Charcoal, Clay

 

c.1600, from M.Fr. enthousiasme (16c.) and directly from L.L. enthusiasmus, from Gk. enthousiasmos "divine inspiration," from enthousiazein "be inspired or possessed by a god, be rapt, be in ecstasy," from entheos "divinely inspired, possessed by a god," from en "in" + theos "god" (see Thea). 

 

Acquired a derogatory sense of "excessive religious emotion" (1650s) under the Puritans; generalized sense of "fervor, zeal" (the main modern sense) is first recorded 1716. 

 

Masons know why!

 

 

 

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

 

"It is not the critic who counts; 

not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, 

or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. 

The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena,

 whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; 

who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again,

 because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; 

but who does actually strive to do the deeds; 

who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions;

 who spends himself in a worthy cause; 

who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, 

and who at the worst, if he fails,

 at least fails while daring greatly,

 so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls 

who neither know victory nor defeat." 

--Theodore Roosevelt

 

-------------- MYTH --------------  

 

 "A dream is your creative vision for your life in the future. 

A goal is what specifically you intend to make happen. 

Dreams and goals should be just out of your present reach 

but not out of sight. 

"Dreams and goals are coming attractions in your life."

- Joseph Campbell

 

-------------- THE WORK OF A LIFETIME --------------  

 

 

Each Degree takes about 90 minutes. 

The Work that each Degree 

points toward takes a lifetime! 

 

 -------------- TRUE FC PROFICIENCY  --------------  

 

-------------- END --------------

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Random Building Thoughts - 2022-03-29

 

 

-------------- TENETS... --------------  

 

FILED UNDER: 

Don't ever lose sight of the intent 

of the Masonry practiced 

within Freemasonry!

"For whenever the door of any Degree 

is closed against him who believes in one God 

and the soul's immortality, 

on account of the other tenets of his faith, 

that Degree is Masonry no longer."
-- Bro. Albert Pike

  

 -------------- WELL? --------------  

 

 

Are you a scholar or a parrot?

 

Scholar (noun)

 

1. a specialist in a particular branch of study; a distinguished academic. 

 

[synonyms: academic, intellectual, learned person, man/woman of letters, mind, intellect, savant, polymath, highbrow, bluestocking; authority, expert; (informal) egghead]

 

• archaic - a person who is highly educated or has an aptitude for study.

 

2. a student holding a scholarship.

 

• archaic - a student. [synonyms: student, pupil, schoolchild, schoolboy, schoolgirl]

 

Origin: Old English scol(i)ere ‘schoolchild, student,’ from late Latin scholaris, from Latin schola

 

When you go strictly by what is currently accepted by those who are described by what is currently accepted as the dominant definition, you possibly miss accepting what was accepted in the past as acceptable too.

 

Context and intent are everything when it comes to understanding what is being communicated. When you miss the context and intent of the content, you are most likely also missing the point of the communications.

 

When you are actively engaged in the Work that Ritual directs you toward, you ARE a Scholar, and you ARE practicing Scholarship! When you merely cut and paste what others have said, with no expression of personalized thought or understanding as to its relevance to you and others, you are a repeater.

 

-------------- FAITHS... --------------  

 

 

A Brother Asks: Why do so many Freemasons inherently associate 

the Craft with any one specific religion?

  

For Further Light:

FAITHS...

  

-------------- MYTH --------------  

 

What is unknown is the fulfillment of your own unique life,

 the likes of which has never existed on earth. 

And you are the only one who can do it. 

People can give you clues how to fall and when to stand, 

and when you are falling and when you are standing, 

this only you can know. 

And in the way of your own talents is the only way to do it. 

- Joseph Campbell  

 

 

 

-------------- LIFETIME! --------------  

 

Each Degree takes about 90 minutes.

 The Work that each Degree points toward 

takes a lifetime! 

 

 -------------- KEEP IT DUST FREE!! --------------  

 

 

Freemasonry "should" exist 

to support Masonry. 

In practice,

 that prescription is collecting dust

 at the pharmacy.

 

-------------- EMPOWERMENT -------------- 

Empowerment comes from Engaged minds 

Actively Asking That which is Uncommonly Asked, 

Actively Seeking That which is Uncommonly Sought, 

and Actively Knocking upon that which is Uncommonly Knocked upon.

 

Entitlement is not a sign of Progression toward Empowerment; 

it's a sign of Stagnation toward Impotency.

 

-------------- WITHOUT DEEP ROOTS... --------------  

 

-------------- TEST! --------------  

 

 

Ask yourself what would Occur for the Craft 

if more Brothers would Actively Heed this Sage Advice 

when it comes to Mastery.

 

-------------- END --------------  

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Random Building Thoughts - 2022-03-28

 

 -------------- EVIDENCE! --------------  

 

A Master's Wages 

are a Direct Result 

of His Concerted Efforts 

to Improve Himself. 

Such Efforts Bear Fruit that Allows him 

to Travel, Work, Earn, Support 

& Contribute Masterfully. 

them as Evidence.

 

 -------------- WINGS --------------  

 

 

Every Time A Freemason 

Realizes Free Masonry 

Another Good Brother 

Gets His Travel Wings.
 

-------------- MUSIC -------------- 

 

 

 

 -------------- QUALITY --------------  

 

 

FILED UNDER: It's not rocket science; it's much better!

 

I'm never impressed by the quantity of men who show up.

 I am always impressed by the quality of the men showing up.

 I believe all Good men are impressed in this way 

and it also tells me the right men are attracted to what is offered.

Our Masonic problem today is not that our lodges are dominated 

by men whose ancient ideas 

restrict the present masters and younger officers from desirable innovations. 

These ideas have been selectively ignored 

and collective undesirable innovations rule in covert ways 

that undermine the very ideas that founded this society.

To attract the kind of men we seek and need, 

our lodges must show signs of Masonic Life, 

not just Freemasonic Activities, 

and Brothers must demonstrate Masonry in our everyday living.

THAT shall Attract the Attention and Support of Good men. 

 

-------------- CHANGE --------------  

 

  

Change your Heart, Change your Mind.
Change your Mind, Change your Behavior.
Change your Behavior, Change your Patterns.
Change your Patterns, Change your Habits.
Change your Habits, Change your Outcomes.
Change your Outcomes, Change your World.
Change your World, Change your Life.
Change your Life, Change the World.

 

-------------- MYTH --------------  

 

 

"I think it’s important to live life with

 a knowledge of its mystery, 

and of your own mystery."

- Joseph Campbell 

 

 
 

-------------- HEAPS! --------------  

 

 

In Temples filled with Lots of Light, 

Expect to Find Heaps of Love.

 

 -------------- MASONIC ROLES -------------- 

 

 

As you Ply your way through 

this Unprecedented Time of Crisis, 

Please Consider your Freemasonic Rolls 

a Critical Part of your 

Long Term Survival.  

 

 -------------- END --------------

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