-------------- HUMOR --------------
"It is an obvious truth,
that the privileges of Freemasonry
have long been prostituted for unworthy considerations,
and hence their good efforts
have been less conspicuous"
-- Bro William Preston
-------------- CHARACTER --------------
The Foundation
that Masonry points men toward
is found within their Holy Scriptures,
if only they take the time to look.
-------------- CHALLENGE --------------
I've learned
again and again that
too much fertilizer
kills common sense.
-------------- ALLEGORY--------------
FILED UNDER:
For those members
who might have missed the point.
The Working Tools of the Fellow Craft
are Developed by your Apprentice Work.
-------------- DECODE! --------------
A truly dismaying discovery for me
was that it took me a solid decade of research,
intense study and decoding
to figure out that the Code hidden within Ritual
only points to the Work that needs to be done
and that Ritual was not this Work.
The exciting revelation though was
that I had done a solid decade of this Work
to figure this out.
For Further Light:
-------------- THE CODE --------------
FILED UNDER:
When it's not making you Better,
you're following the wrong Code.
"The Code of Masonry"
is collectively those Principles that,
when Recognized, Understood and Practiced
without waiver,
-------------- SABOTAGED --------------
The more you allow yourself
to be distracted from your Work,
the more your Work shall remain sabotaged
by your own consent.
-------------- THE ROCK! --------------
THE ROCK
-- Are You Ready
To Work On Yours?
(at a Lodge near you)
(at a Lodge near you)
-------------- DO? --------------
It's amazing
how many Brothers
respond to this
ignoring the first question.
Do not fool yourself into believing that
-------------- KNOW BETTER! --------------
Do not fool yourself into believing that
Knowing Better Transforms
Brothers toward Betterment.
The Craft's Track Record shows conclusive
evidence to the contrary.
This Evidence is very clear:
it's definitely
not enough just to Know,
one must also Properly Apply what one Knows
to
make any Better difference whatsoever.
Should the Craft take due notice
thereof
and govern themselves accordingly,
both their efforts
and
results would be Bettered.
Should they not,
you'll see its decline
continue.
-------------- KNOW SOMEONE! --------------
You
don't have to join any formalized organization
to Build a Strong
Foundation.
You just need to know what you want to Build
and how you
plan to Do it.
In those moments,
it sure helps to know someone
who
already has
and who has done so
Masterfully.
-------------- CHARACTER --------------
if you do no more than that.
-------------- MYTH --------------
"If all of these stories boil down into one map,
we can use that map
because all human beings are the same
whether they're going through a war,
like World War Two
or going through a war inside.
It’s basically the same kind of process.
In other words
we’re not separate from the characters
we see in our movies and in our novels.
They are us.
It’s one journey."
-- Alan Cohen,
Finding Joe / #HerosJourney
I know that map well.
FILED UNDER:
When you're offered a map reading course,
accept the offer and show up with pen in hand ready to learn!
Rituals are Maps Created by Travelers.
Before you Make Effort
to Navigate Their Respective Territories,
Learn How To Read them Properly
or you may just be Forever Lost
in what you Do.
For Further Light:
-------------- TOLERANCE --------------
Toleration:
To experience any degree of discomfort
without reacting or responding
negatively toward it
or its perceived source.
For Further Light:
Be suspicious of any person
who doesn't believe in reincarnation
this time around.
-------------- OPEN --------------
cyclops (pl. cyclopes), 1510s,
from Latin, from Gk. kyklops, lit. "round-eyed,"
from stem of kyklos (see cycle (n.)) + -ops (see eye (n.)).
One of a race of one-eyed giants
who forged thunderbolts for Zeus,
built the walls of Mycenae, etc.
To have a round-eye,
one must have that eye
entirely open.
-------------- END --------------
Be Well and Travel Light!
-- Coach Nagy ;-)
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