------ WORK --------
There is a type of Work
in which a man endeavors
that makes it impossible to bury him
when his body gives up his ghost.
As with many prompting things,
once you understand what the stimulus points toward,
to honor the prompt's intention,
you must forget about the prompt itself
and go in the direction the stimulus point you
rather than waste away your life
staring at the prompt
and trying to figure out who put it there,
how it got there,
when it got there,
and where it came from.
It should be enough to simply follow Good Orderly Direction.
-------------- RELEASE! --------------
When
a Lodge fulfills its promise to a man,
it doesn't keep its umbilical
cord attached.
It severs it with pleasure
and celebrates his successful
transformation!
When a Lodge fulfills its promise to a man,
he doesn't remain cloistered
within its Womb.
He Travels out into the unknown,
Working, Earning,
Supporting and Contributing
and doing all of these Masterfully!
-------------- TUTELAGE --------------
FILED UNDER: Never assume word meaning out of context.
Tutelage is not a side effect of digesting Ruffish.
Should it stinketh, you're Hecatomb lacketh.
Should it nurture, you're Hecatomb suffices!
(If you haven't experienced a Hecatomb,
you're likely to be confused at this point.)
-------------- HECATOMB --------------
-------------- MASTERY! --------------
Mastery:
Being that Holy Terror
that Ruffians Dread!
-------------- THINKING! --------------
Aestimans Discrimine:
A mind altering experience!
-------------- HAVE YOU? --------------
FILED UNDER: HAVE YOU REALLY THOUGHT IT OUT?
To all those Brothers who have been Sold a Bill of Goods
when it comes to The Master's Word,
think about the following:
If you Truly, Honestly and Sincerely Believe
you have found the Lost Word
and want to test its validity, try this simple acid test.
Use whatever you Believe you were given by others to
1) Travel, 2) Work, 3) Earn, 4) Support, and 5) Contribute
and do all Five of these "Masterfully",
continuously
and do so without the assistance of others.
-------------- CHANGE --------------
(Hat tip to Bro. Jon B Coats Jr)
-------------- RABBIT HOLES --------------
When
you do the Work
that Ritual directs you toward,
you build the skills and wisdom
necessary to understand and use
Allegory as it was intended.
When you don't,
you take Allegory down rabbit holes
never dreamed of by
their authors.
-------------- MYTH --------------
(Hat tip to Bro. Eric W. Kuntz!)
-------------- IMAGINATION --------------
Imagination:
A True Wonder Drug!
-------------- FREEBORN! --------------
-------------- RESOURCE --------------
This is the book that inspired "The Craft Unmasked!
The Uncommon Origin of Freemasonry and its Practice".
It delves into the original meanings of the terms
"Free", "Freeborn", "Free & Accepted"
and so much more.
When you don't know your roots,
the fruit you pick is suspect!
For your Consideration:
A Resource for When You're Looking
for The Right Words
to Express What you Have
Suspected All Along.
For Further Light:
BFM
BFM
-------------- FOUR TIMES --------------
-------------- TRAILING THOUGHTS... --------------
If you are wondering what might contribute to the decline of membership, here are 12 Points to consider.
Long-term Membership Killers
1. The overall lack of personal worth in almost every offered activity.
2. Entitlement rather than Merit based progression, focus and attitude focusing upon what ritual points members toward.
3. Little to no understanding required to progress.
4.
Over-controlling Bureaucracy with no room for growth or flexibility
other than that which contributes only to more of the same.
5. Organizational focus not truly serving the personal growth needs of the membership.
6. Education that trains members to run the organization rather than that which nurtures and strengthens members.
7. Politics over Principles.
8. Rules/Laws continually interpreted to benefit a specific positioned few rather than all individual members.
9. Officer Inbreeding at all levels.
10. Key officers maintaining offices preventing healthy turnover and opportunity for membership growth.
11. Attitudes, rules, disappointment, frustration and behaviors reinforced by items 1 through 10.
12. Membership apathy reinforced by items 1 through 11.
-------------- END --------------
Be Well and Travel Light!
-- Coach Nagy ;-)
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