Random Building Thoughts - 2022-07-11

 

-------------- 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!

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-------------- 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 

as prescribed by Ritual,
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

 

-------------- 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

 

Source:

 http://www.coach.net/BuildingFreeMen.htm

-------------- 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. 

 

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