-------------- THINK! --------------
FILED UNDER: Know(ing) the Differences
The greatest "three century challenge" Freemasons face
is Recognizing, Understanding and Distinguishing
that which only supports its Institutions
from that which clearly supports its members
and then nurture them both.
Until they do,
Its doors will continue to build
an alumni society
larger than its current membership.
For Further Light:
THINK!
THINK!
-------------- CHARACTER --------------
-------------- OPERATIVE TERMS --------------
The operative term being "Reasonably Sane..."
-------------- ALLEGORY--------------
Ritual uses Old Testament Allegory,
at least in the Symbolic Lodges,
to convey Veiled Classical Greek Philosophy.
When applied
at least in the Symbolic Lodges,
to convey Veiled Classical Greek Philosophy.
When applied
as prescribed by Ritual,
it can only strengthen one's Faith.
When not applied,
you'll get Ruin.
it can only strengthen one's Faith.
When not applied,
you'll get Ruin.
For Further Light:
RUIN!
-------------- TAKE CARE --------------
Take Care
in Whom You Choose
to Guard Your West Gate.
-------------- SELF-FRENDSHIP --------------
When you are Your Own Best Friend,
Loneliness is Self-Abandonment.
-------------- WORK! --------------
The
one unproscribed Masonic Secret
you'll not hear much about anywhere
is
how "Work", as Prescribed by Ritual,
profoundly Transforms one's total
being toward the Better.
It is a four-letter word that remains pitifully
undiscussed
and rarely pursued by the masses.
For Further Light:
WORK!
-------------- THIS! --------------
"Self-discipline and self-control
will determine the quality of your life
more than anything else."
-- Ed Latimore
-------------- ARITHMETIC --------------
According to Scripture*, Pi = 3
* 1 Kings 7:23, 2 Chronicles 4:2
* 1 Kings 7:23, 2 Chronicles 4:2
-------------- MANY ASHLARS --------------
FILED UNDER: Know Your Work Focus
"The Ashlers represent one life coming together."
Contrary to popular belief,
as a Mason,
you Work upon several Ashlars,
bringing each to Suitability
before Cementing it to the others
you have already carefully Raised, Positioned and Cemented
.
Of course,
you could just pile them all up
unsquared and unmortared.
It all depends upon
what you want as your result.
-------------- CHARACTER --------------
Diamonds
do not reflect Light,
they transform it
and make it sparkle in wondrous
ways!
Charcoal absorbs Light
and keeps all of it to itself.
You know
which one you are
by how you handle your Light!
-------------- MYTH --------------
"We are, in fact, productions of this earth.
We are, as it were, its organs.
Our eyes are the eyes of the earth;
our knowledge is the earth's knowledge."
-- Joseph Campbell in The Inner Reaches of Outer Space
We do not come and go from this place.
We come forth and go back into this place.
Hence, we never truly leave.
We merely get re-absorbed,
only to re-emerge again and again and again.
"You" are the result of many "yous".
"You" are the cause of many "yous" to follow.
"You" cannot help but happen,
again and again and again.
-------------- REALIZE IT! --------------
To Manifest one's Word Agreeable
to Wisdom, Strength and Beauty
is Mastery Realized.
-------------- FREEDOM --------------
Frêodôm*:
It Cannot Be
Given to You.
It Cannot Be
Obtained from Others.
It Must Be
Sought from Yourself,
Always.
*Frêodôm – “freedom”,
state of free-will,
charter, emancipation,
deliverance, state of excellence
-------------- PASSING THOUGHTS... --------------
Magical and Mystical thought is experienced
by those who see and wonder.
Those
who have rolled up their mental sleeves
and do the Work
experience
profound awareness.
Imagine
the impact upon Craft Lodges
if all the moneys Brothers put toward the
Fraternity
were all directed toward the Blue Lodge.
Image the impact if
they didn't.
-------------- END --------------
Be Well and Travel Light!
-- Coach Nagy ;-)
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