-------------- HUMOR --------------
R: A Builder who got caught in a Web.
-------------- MAKES YOU? --------------
What Makes You a Mason?
When asked, “what makes you a Mason?”, every Brother understands his response should be: “My Obligation”.
The
most unfortunate aspect of the English language is how concise use can
be very assumptive in its application and eventual understanding. Very
short responses do not often do justice to what is actually being
communicated.
This
response, “My Obligation”, is one such case. When a Brother expands
upon this to provide a stronger foundation as to what is implied, the
sentence would state something like this:
It
is my being true to the Obligation to which I bound myself, and doing
so without reservation or excuse, living moment to moment making every
conscious effort to live what it is that I gave my word to do that makes
me a Mason.
To take upon oneself any Obligation is to live it, not give lip service and wear it as a cloak to hide what is clearly unsupported underneath.
To
live such an Obligation, one must be Capable of both Knowing it well
enough to examine the words and then Executing them when situations call
for them to be adhered to. One cannot do this when one has not
committed them to memory.
At the very least, the answer to the question is: Living true to my Obligations!
(SOURCE: Pages 124-125, Building Free Men - Volume 8;
Building Better Builders Series of Uncommon Masonic Education books)
found here:
Should
you learn nothing more from Masonry
than there's far more to learn
than
what is usually offered to you by others,
you have learned what you
need to know
to further your own education.
-------------- FOUNDATIONAL! --------------
The Craft is Foundationally about Improvement.
Men without disciplined Zeal to Improve themselves
don't join the Craft
no matter what Dues they may pay,
Doors they might Enter through
or Titles they may Claim they have.
Without such Zeal,
Without such Zeal,
they have not what it takes to Craft
and hence they join something utterly different
and settle for membership.
-------------- ALLEGORY--------------
(Hat tip to Bro. Jared Stanley!)
The Apprentice Work
Civilizes you toward yourself and others.
Incivility is prime indicator
Incivility is prime indicator
of Work not done.
-------------- FIGHTING --------------
You
shall most assuredly fight yourself
should you attempt the Fellow Craft
Work
without completing the Apprentice Work.
Far worse,
you shall fight
others
who might foolishly help you
in your Fellow Craft Pursuits.
-------------- TAKE CARE APPROPRIATELY! --------------
yep, yet one of many greatest gifts
-------------- BE ONE! --------------
To Join the Fun
Be One!
-------------- CHARACTER --------------
Those who Argue about Shadows
have yet to See the Light.
-------------- RUFFIAN --------------
“Perhaps some of us
have to go through
dark and devious ways
before we can find the river of peace
or the highroad to the soul's
destination.”
―
―
The Hero With a Thousand Faces
-------------- FIND WHAT WAS LOST... --------------
<Snicker>
-------------- GET BETTER! --------------
Why Brothers Don't Get Better. (part 3)
What if Disappointments
were Life's Ingenious way
of Holding you Accountable
for Your Risky Investments,
Your Poor Choices
and Your Own Happiness?
-------------- LOGIC --------------
-------------- CIRCUM PUNK --------------
-------------- END --------------
Be Well and Travel Light!
-- Coach Nagy ;-)
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