-------------- LIMITS --------------
The Mark of an Educated Mason
is knowing the Limits of Freemasonic Light.
Brother: Is there a limit?
Coach: To Freemasonic Light? ABSOLUTELY!
Coach: To Freemasonic Light? ABSOLUTELY!
It's very nature is limited.
However, it's a catalyst for Masonic light!
However, it's a catalyst for Masonic light!
And that Light is only limited by our humanity!
-------------- NOTHING --------------
It's participating in soul-filled harmony
using only the instrument of your heart.
-------------- CHARACTER --------------
as to avoid making enemies of our friends,
and at the same time to make friends of our enemies."
-- (Bro.) Pythagoras
-- (Bro.) Pythagoras
-------------- SIRENS --------------
Woe to he who trusts
all Rough Ashlars Raised.
Their sirenesque songs coax
all toward destructive ends.
-------------- MYTH --------------
“You know the rule:
If you are falling, dive.
Do the thing that has to be done.”
— Joseph Campbell
— Joseph Campbell
-------------- REMEMBER YOUR OBLIGATIONS -------------- 
Some
of my most saddest and rawest moments occur
when a trusted Brother
robs, cheats and defrauds me
and does so deliberately to benefit
himself,
realizing fully that his actions shall
negatively impact me and
my family.
-------------- HERMENEUTICS --------------
When
you have not done both the Apprentice and Fellow Craft Work, you cannot
rightfully say that any and all interpretations are valid. You
literally don't have the foundation to support such a claim.
TRUE: There are Infinite Interpretations.
FALSE: All Interpretations are Valid.
TRUE:
There exists within that set of Infinite Interpretations a Finite Set
of Salient, Applicable, Valid, Optimal and Well-Integrated
Interpretations; all other interpretations outside this set are Unworthy
Conjectures.
This is what I apply steadfastly toward the research and writing of my books about Freemasonic Ritual to help Masonic Understanding and Practice get past the Bogus Specifics.
Hermeneutics (noun)
1. the science of interpretation, especially of Scripture
2. the branch of theology that deals with the principles and methodology of exegesis
3. (philosophy)
a.the study and interpretation of human behaviour and social institutions
b.(in existentialist thought) discussion of the purpose of life
Word Origin - C18: from Greek hermēneutikos expert in interpretation, from hermēneuein to interpret, from hermēneus interpreter
-------------- SLING --------------
No Lodge member
wants to find
his Ashlar in a Sling.
The World Sees when your Heart is not in it.
It might as well be Taken Out and used as Animal Fodder. -------------- HUMOR --------------
-------------- WHY BOTHER? --------------
If You're Not Applying It,
Why Bother?
-------------- YOU KNOW... --------------
You
know that your Lodge has major problems
when Rough Ashlars rule the
roost,
a few Common Ashlars support Lodge activities
and the Raised
Ashlars have
hacked, chiseled and pried themselves
from the common mass
to depart for committed Quarries elsewhere.
-------------- THE KEY --------------
The
key to bringing Worthwhile Betterment into your life
is to do the Work
for yourself and do so without waiver.
As you do it,
you shall
discover quickly those Brothers
who are engaged in this very same
activity.
These are the Brothers with which to share your Work.
Toward
others who are not engaged in the Work,
keep silent.
What you share is
not only lost on them,
if they are committed to not doing the Work,
what you share shall be received as irritating pearls to swine.
When you
do not want irritated swine on your Ashlar,
Work discretely and share
wisely.
Remember the Cave's allegorical lesson
and stay clear of chained
cave dwellers;
they will do you no good by your sharing.
-------------- MASONIC EDUCATION --------------
For Further Light:
TCU...
TCU...
-------------- END --------------
Be Well and Travel Light!
-- Coach Nagy ;-)
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